Teaching. Inspiring. Connecting.
Teaching here requires a little more. Every member of our staff has an advanced academic pedigree and a sophisticated understanding of teaching in today’s world. 90% of our faculty have earned advanced degrees, including several doctorates.
But teaching here requires even more than that. It requires a specific understanding of how to teach boys during the most important years of their development. It requires a passion that inspires, and a commitment that extends well beyond the classroom. Our philosophy of relational learning is centered around the connection between teacher and student. So teachers here matter more. And we’re blessed to have a faculty we believe is the best in Greater Boston.
More importantly, our students agree.
But teaching here requires even more than that. It requires a specific understanding of how to teach boys during the most important years of their development. It requires a passion that inspires, and a commitment that extends well beyond the classroom. Our philosophy of relational learning is centered around the connection between teacher and student. So teachers here matter more. And we’re blessed to have a faculty we believe is the best in Greater Boston.
More importantly, our students agree.
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Faculty Spotlights
Mr. Vincent Bradley
Chair of the History and Social Studies Department
An advocate of experiential learning, Mr. Vincent Bradley, Chair of the History and Social Studies Department, has fostered relationships with historical and cultural institutions in Boston. Mr. Bradley led an independent study team of eight seniors that collaborated with officials at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate in Boston and co-wrote curriculum centered on American mobilization for World War I. CM was the first school in the country to successfully collaborate with the EMK Institute to create a Senate Immersion Module.
Active in the Advanced Placement community, Mr. Bradley has served multiple times as an AP US History Reader for the national exam. Additionally, Mr. Bradley has been a featured speaker on AP curriculum and pedagogy at the College Board’s AP National Conference in Orlando (2006); Washington, DC (2010 and 2017); and Austin, Texas (2015). Through Mr. Bradley’s efforts, Catholic Memorial School regularly hosts nationally-renowned historians on campus.
An advocate of experiential learning, Mr. Vincent Bradley, Chair of the History and Social Studies Department, has fostered relationships with historical and cultural institutions in Boston. Mr. Bradley led an independent study team of eight seniors that collaborated with officials at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US Senate in Boston and co-wrote curriculum centered on American mobilization for World War I. CM was the first school in the country to successfully collaborate with the EMK Institute to create a Senate Immersion Module.
Active in the Advanced Placement community, Mr. Bradley has served multiple times as an AP US History Reader for the national exam. Additionally, Mr. Bradley has been a featured speaker on AP curriculum and pedagogy at the College Board’s AP National Conference in Orlando (2006); Washington, DC (2010 and 2017); and Austin, Texas (2015). Through Mr. Bradley’s efforts, Catholic Memorial School regularly hosts nationally-renowned historians on campus.
“Students at CM appreciate knowing that I am more than just a teacher. In class, I allow for occasional moments of conversation about life. This way they have a model of another adult doing his best to be a husband, father, coach, and man of faith, and I learn from them about what it is like to be a teenager in these times of rapid change.”
Mr. Gabe Verdaguer
World Languages Department Chair
In addition to teaching, Mr. Verdaguer coaches the middle school soccer team and the outdoor track and field team. He serves as moderator of the Knights of the Round Table, the school’s multicultural club.
Connecting With Higher Education
Throughout the school year, CM invites distinguished professors and speakers to give lectures, conduct workshops, and lead professional development opportunities.
In recent years, CM has welcomed:
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Dr. Davarian Baldwin
Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies, Trinity College
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Dr. Jeffrey Bolster
Professor Emeritus of History, University of New Hampshire
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Dr. Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard University
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Dr. Jefferson Cowie
James G. Stalman Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
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Ms. Margot Carlson Delogne
Founder, The 2 Sides Project
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Mr. Raymond Flynn
Former Mayor of the city of Boston and former US Ambassador to the Vatican
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Dr. Matthew Garcia
Professor of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies, Dartmouth College
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Dr. Hidetaka Hirota
Professor of American History, City University of New York - City College
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Dr. Peniel Joseph
Founding Director, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, University of Texas
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Mr. Artemis Joukowsky
Film Producer, Co-Director (with Ken Burns) Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War
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Dr. Lisa McGirr
Professor of History, Harvard University
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Dr. James O'Toole
Professor and Clough Millennium Chair in History, Boston College
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Dr. Heather Richardson
Professor of History, Boston College
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Dr. Chad Williams
Chair, Department of African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis University
About Us
Catholic Memorial, the Christian Brothers School of Boston, prepares boys for college, manhood and a world full of unknown challenges, ambiguity and complex problems and the importance of relationships.
