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A.J. Cattapan, Author

Jesus And His Disciples

How "The Chosen" Ended up in My Dissertation

While writing my dissertation on Young Adult Literature in the spring of 2020, the TV show "The Chosen" skyrocketed in popularity. I noticed a such a close connection between the two that I ended up discussing this TV show about Jesus and His disciples in final chapter.

a poster with the words how i'm bookending my work - from - home days with online community prayer

As we all struggle to figure out our new daily routines heres how Im bookending my work-from-home days with prayer. . I wake up at 6:45 am (Central) and pray the rosary with @manyhailmarysatatime on Instagram. . Then its eat work exercise eat and work some more. Most of that work right now is dissertation writing. Next week Ill be back to remote teaching. . At 5:00 pm Central (3:00 pm Pacific) I close out my work day by hopping on Facebook for an Holy Hour with @jonathanroumieofficial. He does

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Todays my first day of spring break. Thanks Chicago! #snow #springbreak #yagottabekiddingme

Here's a little meme that fans of @thechosentv will get. It goes along with the Gospel reflection I posted earlier. . . . #memesforJesus #christianmemes #scripture #bible #pharisee #Godisgood #blessed #christian #catholic #thechosen #getusedtodifferent #bingeJesus #faithbasedtv #Jesus #Christ #faith #biblestudy #gospels #Christianmemes #Jesussaves #HolyBible #thechosenTVseries

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Showered dressed and did my hair and makeup. Partly for #JensHappyHour (see @jenniferfulwiler for details) but also because Ill be going live on Facebook with @lisahendey at 12:30 Central to do a live lesson on creating characters for stories. Head to Lisas Chime Travelers Kids page on Facebook to have your kids watch! #homeschooling #Facebook #quarantine #quarantinelife #kidlit #kidwriters #freewritinglesson #educator #teacher #catholicwriters #catholicbooks #catholicyouth #catholicschool #cath

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Today at 3:00 pm Central! #stjoseph #stjosephsday #coronavirus #covid_19 #pandemic #memesforjesus #prayer #rosary #catholic

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Electronic Products

Fear not! Quarantine will not stop us. #elearning #quarantine #quarantinelife #quarantineandchill #keepcalmandcarryon

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Pull Yourself Together

How could an English teacher help but think of Anne Frank in the midst of being quasi-quarantined due to #coronavirus? I've read this book with students so many times over the years. When I hear people complain about the little sacrifices they are going to have to make over the next few weeks I want to say "Pull yourself together! You're not spending two years stuck in an attic fearing death in a concentration camp!" And smile as much as you can people. Anne was able to find moments of joy in he

Spirituality

Books

Book mail today! The latest from @bishopbarron. #wordonfireinstitute #catholicbookstagram

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Grad School Problems

Classroom Observation

Finished a couple more steps in my dissertation process so I filled in the two Ts. As one of my students said Im now Dr. Catt! In case youre wondering I finished classroom observations and interviews for my data collection. Next up: I need to code all this data. #dissertation #dissertationlife #gradschoolproblems

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Christian fiction books

Day 24 of #catholicfictionchallenge = chapter book for kids so here is one of The Chime Traveler books by @lisahendey! #catholicfiction #catholicbookstagram #catholicbooks #saints

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Thanks to @awordinprogress for mentioning Angelhood for todays #catholicfictionchallenge. The prompt for today is #supernatural so a guardian angel story fits. . . . . #angels #guardianangel #supernatural #yalit #yabooks #christianfiction

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Day #16 of #catholicfictionchallenge is historical fiction so Im sharing this YA novel set in 18th-century Italy by my friend @cmartinoauthor. . . . . . . . #yalovin #catholicbookstagram #yabooks #yalit #ireadya #bookstagram #booknerd #bibliophile #bookworm #bookish #booknerdigans #bookaddict #bookfan #booklove #igbooks #instabooks #instareads #booksoninstagram #epicreads #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #catholic #catholicteen #catholicyouth #catholicfiction #catholicbooks #italy

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Getting a step closer to becoming Dr. Cattapan. Filled in the first A today to represent getting all the consent forms last week. That means Im now in full data collection mode. #gradschool #gradschoollife #gradschoolproblems #dissertation #edd #doctoralprogram #education