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The Beautiful Work

The Beautiful Work


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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.



About the Author :
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.

Review :

Mary Fox, Professor Emerita at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, AFSC

  • Tim has created an excellent means of Lasallian accompaniment for us all, even when - perhaps especially when - we feel we are walking alone. The quotations and reflections gathered here provide succinct yet meaningful points of departure with which to begin or end our days. Highly recommend!

Thomas Groome, author What Makes Education Catholic, Professor of Theology and Religious Education at Boston College

  • Truly a lovely and inspiring work. Only a spiritual grounding can sustain education for what it is meant to be - Beautiful Work. Tim Joy's book offers such a resource.

Tom Southard, Executive Director Christian Brothers Conference, RELAN

  • The Beautiful Work reveals how teachers - in the light of faith - can see the ordinary as sacred, where teaching is not merely a profession but a calling, a vocation, and a prayer. Tim's messages will inspire teachers to persevere in the ceaseless, beautiful work entrusted to us.

Susan Hines, Vice President for Student Affairs, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

  • Tim Joy brings John Baptist de La Salle's meditations into clear focus through the daily realities of school life. His reflections show how Lasallian spirituality comes alive in the small, ordinary moments of teaching and leading. The Beautiful Work is thoughtful, honest, and deeply rooted in the experience of a principal who understands both the challenges and the grace of educating students-and why teaching truly matters.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798993921600
  • Publisher: Fountain Pen Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Fountain Pen Books
  • ISBN-10: 8993921601
  • Publisher Date: 10 Feb 2026


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