The Academy experienced a joy-filled week! We welcomed our SHCOG Visiting Team on Monday, we celebrated the Feast of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne with joy and gusto on Tuesday, and yesterday we celebrated the visitors’ Reflections with a mini-Congé organized and orchestrated by the faculty!
A HUGE thank you goes out from me to the Academy’s SHCOG Steering Committee. Under the leadership of Co-Chairs Sandy Ahlheim and Joan Runge, the committee worked hard to prepare and execute an inclusive and thorough process which eventuated into our own Self Study document.
Another thank you goes out to all who authentically, earnestly, generously and eagerly participated in the process.
My heart is filled with gratitude for so much at this school.
Excerpts from the Reflections:
- We are pleased to state to the Provincial and her Team that the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles is deeply committed and devoted to living the Goals and Criteria
- The curriculum at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, which is rooted in the Goals and Criteria, is clearly thriving.
- The dedication and commitment to live by the five Goals and Criteria unite this community. This consistent thread among each member of the community is what permeates your hallways and keeps this magnificent school strong and vibrant in God’s love and purpose.
What Next: A soon-to-be-named Action Plan Committee will take the Self Study, the Visiting Team’s Reflection and the Provincial Team’s letter to us (soon to be written) and create an Action Plan which will continue the process of deepening our living of the Goals and Criteria.
May we enter into this week of Thanksgiving by counting our blessings and praying to God in gratitude for all God’s love and grace,
Maureen Glavin, rscj
