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The Beautiful Work: Contemplations On Why We Teach
The Beautiful Work: Contemplation On Why We Teach is a spiritual correspondence between the staff of De...
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The Beautiful Work: Contemplation On Why We Teach is a spiritual correspondence between the staff of De La Salle North Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon, and the writings of St. John Baptist de La Salle, the Patron Saint of Teaching. Drawing from his experience as Principal and Director of Mission, Tim Joy weaves day-to-day high school moments in his weekly Sunday night emails to his staff, along with imagined visitations from the pivotal life of John Baptist de La Salle. In the long arc of a single school year, the staff's unceasing work among students emerges as a consequential moral act.
The Beautiful Work is a direct message from the mission field of education to amplify the vital nature of the profession, to elevate the dignity of all those who work in schools, and to restore the work as a sacred enterprise requiring adults to submit to their calling and embrace its grave and transcendent responsibilities.
Author: Tim Joy
Publisher: Fountain Pen Books
Published: 02/10/2026
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9798993921600
About the Author
Joy, Tim: - After attending St. Mary's College of California as a novice in the Christian Brothers, Tim returned to Portland, married, started a family, and finished studies at Portland State University and University of Portland. He went on to teach for 20 years at his alma mater La Salle High School in Milwaukie, a suburb of Portland, and then moved across town to De La Salle North Catholic High School, a startup school, where he served for 21 years as Vice Principal, Principal, and Director of Mission. Now retired, Tim and his wife Kim live in Milwaukie, Oregon.
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