FAITH TRADITIONS Sacred Heart Schools’ Formation to Mission provides ongoing opportunities for the adult community to learn how to more deeply and fully understand what it means to be a Sacred Heart educator. On March 16, 2011, the Educators of the Sacred Heart (ESCJ) group under the leadership of Connie Solari, sponsored an event on forgiveness and reconciliation for Sacred Heart faculty and staff. The presentation, “Across Religious Traditions: A Lenten Meditation,” featured five Sacred Heart educators and staff members who shared their reflections on the topic from the perspective of their religious traditions: Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. Sacred Heart Schools’ Director of Formation to Mission, Martha Roughan, RSCJ, concluded that the event provided “a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the many ways the process of conversion and the rituals of reconciliation are understood and celebrated across various faith traditions.”
2011 ALUMNI SPIRIT OF MATER AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED Sara Merryman (SHE ’57, Convent ’61) and Ashley Elizabeth Pritchard (SHP ’05) Sacred Heart Schools is proud to honor the 2011 Spirit of Mater Award Recipients on Saturday, June 11, 2011, during the Grand
Reunion. This award recognizes alumni who radiate Mater’s spark of the divine spirit and who employ life in a manner representative of the Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart Schools. Nominees must have attended one of the following: St. Joseph’s School of the Sacred Heart, Sacred Heart Preparatory, Sacred Heart Elementary, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Menlo or Atherton College at Menlo, and Academy of the Sacred Heart. These individuals have contributed significantly to their alma mater, their profession and/or their community. Finally, all exemplify a quality of character worthy of being role models for past, present and future Sacred Heart students. Previous award recipients include Yvonne Pometti, RSCJ (Sacred Heart Menlo ’37) and Rob Van Alstyne (SHP ’04), Irene Cullen, RSCJ (SHP ’57), Melissa Pritchard (SHP ’66), and Jonny Dorsey (SJSH ’99, SHP ’03). For more information about the Spirit of Mater award, please visit www.shschools.org/spiritofmater.
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