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I often talk about the essence of an Academy education. It is founded on a strong academic program steeped in a place where love of learning and solid study skills are part-and-parcel of the program! However, an Academy education is not limited to that.

This education is enhanced by the constant messaging which is rooted in the theology and spirituality of the Sacred Heart. Such messaging does not reside in any one person nor in any one grade level nor in any one peak experience. Rather, it is the background which is also the core, the foundation and follow-up of everything we do.

And that message is this:

1. We are created and loved by Love’s Very Self (whom we know as God and personally experience in Jesus, the Christ)
2. We are invited to come to experience God’s Love in a very personal way.
3. We are called to live our lives as a flowing forth from that experience. In other words, we are called to lead lives that are loving, as a way of returning love for love.

Helping our children know themselves as loved and calling them to BE the face of Love to others is a journey which takes a lifetime.  This power-packed message helps our children to develop the gifts that they have. It helps them to accept that they don’t have to have every gift … it helps them allow others to have different gifts (with appreciation) … it helps them to accept their own struggles (with self-acceptance) … it helps them to accept others’ struggles (with understanding) … and it provides a foundation for a life of personal character and integrity!

This is our goal, our hope, and our aspiration. Last Saturday, as we launched our Eighth Class students into some of the best high schools in the St. Louis area, we launched some self-aware and well-formed individuals of whom we are proud!

Thank you for being a part of the journey this year. May your summer be filled with God’s Goodness and Grace! As I say to the children, I hope you get some time to rest a little, read a little, play a little and pray a little.

Blessings and Gratitude,

Maureen Glavin, rscj

As I am sure you are aware, May has a unique feel at the Academy! Field Day, Mission Day, May Crowning and Maypole, the Eighth Class Graduation Dinner, Prize Day Ceremony and Graduation Ceremony, and Closing Ceremonies are among the events which contribute to this month’s mix of faith, tradition, joy and celebration of love and learning with our students!

Through these events, the children are provided the opportunity to progress in some aspect of their development, are able to demonstrate their growth through engagement in the experiences/activities, and have occasions to be acknowledged and honored for their progress, maturation and achievements.

While parents are invited to some of our May events, one set of culminating moments in which Mrs. Renken and I are alone privileged to participate, are our Eighth Class end-of-year conversations. During these conversations, Mrs. Renken and I come to see, hear and experience the fruit of many years of Academy formation. The manner with which our soon-to-be graduates engage in the conversation, their self-awareness, the care with which they converse, the quality of their insights and the thoughtfulness with which they participate, all point to the quality of their very persons. Having begun these conversations this week, I am confident that we are launching our graduates well prepared to continue their journey of growth—a journey which, in every aspect of their being (spiritual, intellectual, emotional, social and relational), will be a lifelong endeavor.

Let us continue to relish and enjoy these culminating May moments as we continue to pray for our children, that their journeys bring them to the point of being whole, happy, wholesome, courageous, confident and holy human beings!

I remain united to you in this common aspiration,

Maureen Glavin, rscj