The Follow to Lead Podcast
Follow to Lead is a monthly podcast produced by the Duc In Altum Schools Collaborative (diaschools.org) primarily for leaders and professionals in Catholic Education. Our goal is to help our audience listen for and follow God’s call in order that, both personally and professionally, we may lead others to God. Each month co-hosts Fr. Randy Sly and Kyle Pietrantonio will showcase stories of inspiration, observations and insights from Catholic leaders, well-known speakers, school administrators and others active in the educational mission of the Church. Follow to Lead can help each of us know better how God is calling us, and the role passionate Catholic education plays in spreading His message of faith, hope and love.
Episodes
Our special guest for this episode of “Follow to Lead” is Mary Pat Donoghue, Executive Director of the Secretariat of Catholic Education for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. We will be discussing the First Mark of a Catholic School, “Inspired by a Supernatural Vision.” While focusing on the whole child in the educational process, Catholic Schools are unique in forming the student not only for this wor...
We begin our series on the Five Marks of Catholic Schools with special guest, Archbishop Michael Miller
On this edition of “Follow to Lead,” we are beginning a six-part series on the “Five Marks of Catholic Schools” from Archbishop Michael Miller’s 2005 Document “The Holy See’s Teaching on Catholic Schools.” This powerful presentation was written while he was the Secretary of the Congrega...
Today we will be talking with Chris Carneal, Founder and CEO of Booster, about two fascinating subjects. First, we will get an update on the latest activities happening with Booster, a partner with the Duc In Altum Schools Collaborative. Booster has been changing the ideas of fundraising in schools across the country for the past 20 years.
We will also dig into the area of “Building a Staff Culture” in o...
Today we will be joined by three administrators who know the work of Admissions in faith-first schools: Karen Maginn, Coordinator for Duc In Altum Schools Collaborative, who worked in Admissions prior to this position; Amber Hellwig, Director of Admissions for St. James Academy; and Chris Harrington, the Vice President of Admissions and Engagement at JSerra High School.
We all know that Admissions is mor...
Today, we have a very special edition of Follow to Lead, looking at the impact Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had on Catholic Education. For this podcast, we are joined by three members of the Duc In Altum Board of Directors, Rich Meyer, President of JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, CA; Andy Tylicki, President of St. James Academy in Lenexa, KS, and Dr. Todd Flanders, Headmaster at Providence Academy in Plymouth, MN....
Today we will be talking with Matt Meeks, CEO of Catholic Ventures. Catholic Ventures began in 2021 as an incubator for Technology in the Church with a vision to sanctify the use of modern technology and provide an alternative to “Big Tech,” that we are hearing so much about these days.
Their newest venture is the Lion & Lamb Book Club, the first-ever Catholic children’s book subscription box that helps...
Today's episode of Follow to Lead is a very special Christmas program. Rather than our normal guest interview, we will be featuring a fun story that will warm the hearts of Catholic teachers and others who work with children in a parish or school setting. The story is entitled "Have You Seen the Baby?" written by our own Fr. Randy Sly. Please join us for this special Christmas feature on Follow to Lead!
On this episode of Follow to Lead, we will be talking with Lynn Hire, Executive Director of the FIRE Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Lynn is in her ninth year with the FIRE Foundation, which recently celebrated their 25th anniversary of providing children with special needs the opportunity for an inclusive education in the Catholic schools they attend. Since their beginning in 1996, FIRE has raised close to $6.2 ...
On this episode of “Follow to Lead,” we are addressing the other worldwide pandemic, pornography, which is now impacting both men and women at even very young ages. Steve Pokorny, Founder of Freedom Coaching in San Antonio, TX will be joining us to discuss this very serious topic. Steve founded Freedom Coaching to offer help to those who struggle and are looking for freedom from the grip of pornography, something with...
On this episode of “Follow to Lead,” we’ll be talking with Anna Camacho, Artisan and Founder of CORDA Candles about discerning careers and her company.F or years, Anna asked for the intercession of St. Joseph, praying and hoping for some kind of work that was creative and let her work with her hands. There were plenty of ideas that didn’t pan out, but she kept bothering St. Joseph for one that would! And then one day ...
This is a special encore edition of Follow to Lead with our guest is Dr. Clare Kilbane, Professor of the Practice at the University of Notre Dame affiliated with the McGrath Institute for Church Life. Clare will be a featured presenter at the Duc In Altum Summit this month. Prior to joining the McGrath Institute, Clare spent twenty years as a professor of education at four different universities. She has authored man...
Today we are featuring a special encore edition of Follow to Lead with Camille Pauley. As a featured presenter at the Duc In Altum Summit this month, Camille will be sharing about her non-profit organization Healing the Culture and their mission is the evangelization and conversion of people to become deeply, authentically, and permanently pro-life. Founded in 2003 by Camille and Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D., Heali...
Today’s guest is Pat Reidy, Vice President for Mission and Faith at JSerra Catholic High School in Orange County, CA. There’s a lot of talk right now about being a mission driven school. We will be discussing this critically important topic with Pat, talking about what it means, what it doesn’t mean, and what it looks like in practice.
Today on Follow to Lead, we will be talking with Jeremy Lillig, Director of Stewardship and Development for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph about special funding initiatives for Catholic Education. He is also the Executive Director of the Bright Futures Fund, which supports inner city schools in the diocese and provides administration in the diocese for the the new Missouri Scholars program, providing funding f...
In this episode we’ll be talking with our Executive Director, Kyle Pietrantonio about recent developments in the Duc In Altum Schools Collaborative, as well as a look at upcoming events and activities. As a part of the program, we’ll share information about our Fall Summit, including speakers and some of the workshops being planned. This year’s Summit will be hosted by JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano, CA.
This week on “Follow to Lead” we will be interviewing Rachel Ullmann, the Executive Director of the GIVEN Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to activating the gifts of young adult women for the Catholic Church and the world. GIVEN inspires and equips the next generation of female leaders to “receive the gift that they are; realize the gifts they’ve been given; and respond with the gift that only they can g...
Today we will be talking with Chris Ledyard, the Athletic Director of JSerra High School. Prior to his work at JSerra, Chris spent over 20 years as Athletic Director at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. For Catholic schools, sports is always a key component to the proper fulfillment of our faith mission. During our program, we will dive into the issues of integrating faith, virtues and moral values into athletics in scho...
Today’s program features Dr. Margarita Mooney Suarez, Associate Professor, Princeton Theological Seminary and the Founder/CEO of the Scala Foundation. She lives her academic life at the intersection of social science, philosophy and theology. A gifted and popular speaker for schools, youth groups, parish groups and others, she loves challenging people to think in new and different ways about culture, education and fai...
What began as a conversation between a mom and her daughter has become an international movement. We will be talking in today’s program with Marcie Stokman, author of the book, “The Well-Read Mom.” This book and a small group of mom’s who began to meet and read the Classics has become a movement of book clubs and groups in many parts of the world. As we will learn, through the power of reading together and reading wel...
Today’s program, featuring Mike Erwin, will be a multi-faceted exploration into three fascinating organizations. Mike combined his passion for Christ, his interest in leadership and his military background to help establish a high school dedicated to building tomorrow’s faith-filled leaders. His is also the founder of Team Red, White and Blue, dedicated to enriching the lives of military veterans and co-founder of the...
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