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Catholic Spotlight Interview with CatholicMom.com
"The Correlation Between Faith and Academic Excellence"
~posted 1/22/12~
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Dr. Pace offers a wide variety of academic and spiritual seminars, workshops, and retreats. She applies her considerable teaching talents and fields of expertise to test-prep and is considered the foremost combined ‘Test-Prep Instructor/Retreat Director’ in the Philadelphia area. She welcomes the opportunity to work with students from all private, public, and paraochial schools, as well as home schooled students. Explore the website and look at the totally unique, holistic approach to learning and test-taking offered by her various programs.
Dr. Pace's unique programs promote:
- Academic Excellence
- Emotional Readiness - (See 'List of Emotions' Page)
- Physical Preparedness
- Spiritual Awareness of Personal Best
About Dr. Pace
Dr. Patricia Sisca Pace has been a teacher and youth mentor for over 30 years. She received a doctorate in psychology from the University of Southern California, and she has taught mathematics, English, psychology, religion, and test-prep at various parishes, high schools, and universities. Dr. Pace is also a retreat and spiritual director, certified at the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, PA.
Other Certifications
- 1989 Certification in Cross Culture Psychological Evaluations of Indo-Chinese Refugees, Lutheran Family Services
- 1973 Certificate of Achievement for 248 hours of training in Child Care, Los Angeles Unified School District
- 1974 Certificate of Completion in Recreation Education-Child Psychology Care, USC, Medical Center, 176 hours
Religious Affiliations
- 2001-Present Medical Mission Sisters Associate, Philadelphia, PA
- 1990-Present Benedictine Oblate, St. Anselm’s Abbey, Washington, D.C.
- 1989-Present - Spiritual and Retreat Director
- 1988-2003 - Religious Education Instructor and Projects Coordinator for KABSCCD Youth Group
Social justice projects including:- St. Francis Inn Soup Kitchen, with the Franciscans
- Catholic Worker Clinic
- Self-Help, Inc for recovering addicts
- Honduran Education Project, with the School Sisters of Notre Dame
- Red Cloud Indian School Education Project, with the Jesuits
- Environmental actions, with the Lenape and Sioux Nations
- Government Letters - national and international
- Published Newsletter - We Are C.H.U.R.C.H. The Light of the World
- 1988-2000 - Intervention Team Coordinator and Referral Services for families of addicts
- 1988 - Starting Point, Inc. series on addiction
- 1988 - Rolling Hills Hospital series on addiction
- 1988 - LKEC Philadelphia Addiction Services, Bridge Street - Adolescent Diagnostic and Education Program Intake, Evaluation and Counseling
- 1976 - Resthaven Community Mental Health Center, CA., group facilitator and private counselor
Presentations and Events
- Villanova University, November 10, 2011: Dr. Pace is speaking on lay spirituality
- National publishing company links Dr. Pace's SAT Retreat to website: http://www.osv.com/ParishNav/FaithFusion/Resources/forCatechist
Articles about Dr. Pace's Programs
- Intelligencer Newspaper Article
featuring Dr. Pace's Programs! (8/11) - "Slaying the SAT Dragon"
A feature article - Catholic Standard & Times, (2/22/11) - "Tests Measure Many Things and Prepping Can Help"
Dr. Pace's Published Response in the Wall Street Journal (6/3/09) - Putting God To the Test: God
and the SAT
As published in the September/October 2007 issue of Momentum Magazine - the journal of the National Catholic Educational Association.
- God
and the SAT: Spiritual/Academic Retreat at TMLA
As published in the August 23, 2008 edition of The Tablet - the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
