Sacred Heart Education Summit in Chicago

Chicago was awash with Hearts two week ago, as the first global Sacred Heart Summit took place, bringing together 520 students, educators, RSCJ, and partners in mission from 9 countries. The title of the summit was Hearts Rooted in Change and featured over 100 presenters and speakers who shared their insights on a wide range of social justice topics, from beekeeping to addressing polarization, and documentary filmmaking to rethinking attitudes to immigration.

Students and educators sat alongside one another sharing their thoughts and ideas on these wide-ranging issues and most crucially, how these new insights might be transformed into action in their schools.

Vicky Lorenzato, Schools and College Network Coordinator for the ENW province was  warmly welcomed by our American colleagues, and it was powerful to share the many similarities experienced in our communities.

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A highlight was the closing keynote speech from Sr Imma De Stefanis RSCJ who invited delegates to consider how they will return to their regular lives and ensure that they take the spirit of the Summit with them. We were reminded that our lives are a series of journeys and that this shared time had been like an oasis in the journey.

Sr Imma concluded with these two powerful quotations:

“You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.” Carlos Castaneda

"Be strong when you are weak, be brave when you are scared, be humble when you are victorious.” Michelle Moschetti

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