Schools of the Sacred Heart have a very specific mission expressed in the Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart Education. Formation to this mission is one of the most important charges Sacred Heart educators have today.
The ultimate aim of Formation to Mission is commitment to live out the values of Sacred Heart education and to integrate them into the fabric of personal and school life. Intentional formation empowers the adults to be bearers of this mission and to assume their responsibility to foster its transmission to the next generation.
The term Formation to Mission within Network schools refers to an ongoing plan for the education of adults to the essential elements of the culture of Sacred Heart.
Dimensions of this Formation
- awakening and deepening one's personal relationship with a loving God symbolized by the Heart of Christ.
- understanding the vision of Sacred Heart education as expressed in the Goals and Criteria.
- integrating the inherent values expressed in the Goals and Criteria in one’s self-understanding as an adult in the Sacred Heart community
- modeling these values in the public sphere
- empowering others to claim their own relationship with God
Useful Documents
The Life Lived - Becoming a Sacred Heart Educator - (724 KB)
Glossary of Terms - (918 KB)
St. Madeline Sophie Quotes - (28 KB)
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Biographies
Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat 1779 - 1865
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne 1769 - 1852
Janet Erskine Stuart 1857 - 1914
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