Dear Parents,
As we continue to celebrate the greatest Feast of our Faith, let us do so with JOY, HOPE and CHARITY!
This is a perfect week to celebrate the anticipated feast of the foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart, Madeleine Sophie Barat. Mother Barat had a deeply personal connection with Jesus Christ whom she loved and from whom she experienced being loved, thus filling her heart and life with great joy. Because she related to others from this heart-filled place, others experienced her as a woman of deep charity. And, it is certainly true that the foundational strength of this relationship was the source of Sophie’s “courage and confidence,” allowing her to live her life with great hope.
These characteristics are exactly what we want for our students! We hope to instill them by doing two things:
- Inviting students to open their hearts to God’s Great Love for them and to be in relationship with the Risen Christ. Tomorrow’s meal of love (Eucharist) is one (of many) invitations to heart-openness so that each one can experience for themselves God’s deep and abiding love.
- Inviting students to open their eyes and SEE Christ all around them in those they encounter. Tomorrow’s opportunity to be helpful and giving of their time and energy and effort for the sake of the recipients of the Mission Day monies, is an opportunity to see the Risen Christ in those in need in our world NOW and respond accordingly.
The connection between these three celebrations (Easter, St. Madeleine Sophie’s Feast and Mission Day) is a perfect partnership as we continue to celebrate, educate to and live lives of JOY, HOPE and CHARITY.
In Union in the Heart of Christ,
Sister Glavin
