Share:

 

Eric Maurer (™98) with some of his students at St. Paul™s Ch

Eric Maurer (™98) with some of his students at St. Paul™s Choir School in Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Archdiocese of Boston has named 10 teachers from its Catholic school system as recipients of its 2020 Excellence in Education Awards, including a 91¿ì»îÁÖ Aquinas College alumnus: Eric Maurer (™98).

œThe 10 recipients were nominated by parents, administrators, students, and/or their peers because of their strong leadership qualities, Catholic values, academic excellence, and their commitment to their students as well as schools," says the Archdiocese™ Superintendent of Catholic Schools, . œThe honorees are the cream of the crop in terms of faculty members.� 

Mr. Maurer and his fellow educators œhave gone above and beyond to create a welcoming environment and a culture of success,� says Cardinal Seán O™Malley, Archbishop of Boston. As teachers, they œshare the Catholic faith in word and action� in the course of their work.

A co-founder of the Lyceum in Cleveland, Mr. Maurer now teaches mathematics, science and Latin to fifth-through-eighth graders in Cambridge, Massachusetts. œI am blessed to work at St. Paul™s Choir School, where I am trusted with many subjects and am not only allowed, but actually encouraged, to share and explain the Catholic faith whenever possible,� says Mr. Maurer. œI am coming to see that younger boys are natural philosophers, always willing to wonder,� he adds. œThe enthusiasm that bubbles up when one is sincerely seeking truth is contagious and motivates students as they learn to pursue truth themselves.�

Noting that he is œhumbled and overwhelmed� to have been chosen for this honor, Mr. Maurer graciously credits his alma mater as the place œwhere I became educated, as Aristotle describes in his Parts of Animals, learning to think and to repel sophistry with such confidence and humor.�