Saturday, March 15, 2008

once a child of the sacred heart, always a child of the sacred heart


my mom said this to me on the phone the other day. i asked her what she meant. she told me she was reading this blog and realized how i am living the sacred heart values, without even realizing it.

it's crazy to go back and look at pieces of your upbringing and realize that you are the way you are for very specific reasons. my mom always made sure that i was where i needed to be to get the best possible education. i was always where it made the most sense. and i can't imagine it having been any other way. i needed to have a foundation from sacred heart, but the public school freedom and experience after.

i went back and looked at the goals & criteria that were unknowingly guiding my sacred heart education. i found it to be such a strong declaration from an institution.

like one of their goals is that,

schools of the sacred heart commit themselves to educate to a social awareness which impels to action.

and they measure it with things like,

-the school educates to a critical consciousness that leads its total community to analyze and reflect on the values of society and to act for justice.
-the school offers all its members opportunities for direct service and advocacy and instills a life-long commitment to service.
-the school is linked in a reciprocal manner with ministries among people who are poor, marginalized and suffering from injustice.
-in our multicultural world, the school prepares and inspires students to be active, informed, and responsible citizens locally, nationally, and globally.

how powerful is that? i think its pretty loaded.

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