The Rosary
Riding on the Wave
In the heart of Jesus, we are all one: our bonds grow stronger. In the heart of Jesus, we are united through our collaboration with one another. In the heart of Jesus, we are welcomed, included, accepted, and loved. Our theme for the school year is, thus, an aspirational one; one that expresses our yearning for oneness in a blessed and broken world
Not by Accident
These comments were shared on June 1st during the 133rd Graduation of the Class of 2017-2018 at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, LA. Good evening! Welcome to the Board of Trustees, parents, friends and family and, especially to the Senior class of 2018. This evening, we celebrate a culminating event in your graduation from The Academy of the Sacred Heart, but, more significantly, we celebrate the circuitous journey of each one of you to this solemn moment. None of you have arrived here by accident. Your sitting here has not occurred by some random phenomena, but [...]
The goal of true education…
These closing comments were offered at the end of our traditional "Prize Day." Members of the Board of Trustees, Faculty and Staff, Students and Family members. Thank you for being here this morning, and for sharing in the formal ceremonial end of the 2017-2018 school year. The end of the year signals for all of us a time of celebration, especially as we come to the end of this Prize Day program where so many of you have been recognized for outstanding achievement. Today, we celebrate your success, and, more importantly, we celebrate the character of your person as reflected [...]
Our Sacred Heart Roots
“I don’t really have any roots…,” a young woman recently shared with me while visiting the school. Listening quietly, I suspected that rather than having “no roots,” she was on an archetypal journey to find them. Does it surprise you that she has found her way to New Orleans? For us who live under the canopies of Live Oaks, whose tap roots extend both deep and wide, we value our roots as a source of identity and insight, character and culture. Looking deeply into our roots as a Sacred Heart school community, we discover that on this day, February 7th [...]
Bicentennial Celebration of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, St. Louis Cathedral
This short "Call to Worship" opened the Liturgy of Celebration with banners and song in a packed Cathedral. Philippine's spirit is alive and well! Good afternoon! We gather here in this beautiful Cathedral for the opening of the Bicentennial year of celebration of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne. Philippine Duchesne was a pioneer missionary of the Catholic Church. She was a frontier woman of vision. And, she was a woman known as the “one who prays always.” Beginning today, November 18th, 2017, and continuing through the coming year, the Religious of the Sacred Heart and members of the larger community of [...]
