Bert L’Homme is a lifelong educator and a lifelong Catholic. In July 2010, he was named superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Washington, and his career finally crossed paths with his faithful calling. L’Homme, 60, is also an ordained deacon at St. Francis de Sales parish in Northeast Washington. He sat down with The Washington Examiner to share his faith and the work it inspires.Do you consider yourself to be of a specific faith?

I am a Catholic. I have always been a Catholic. I was raised in a French Canadian Catholic family in Massachusetts where the church was the center of our life. It’s basic to who I am.