THE PRESIDENCY

 

"Let us live together the family of the Sacred Heart"

 Paola del Prete's draft 2018-2022 mandate

 

“We are a big family made up of:

• - Old and Old
• - Religious (RSCJ)
• - Sacred Heart Schools and networks of school leaders
• - Associates and volunteers

How to "make family"?
How can we really “be the Family of the Sacred Heart”?
The components of this family have a common identity, a feeling of belonging, which must be defined, developed, encouraged… Here are various practical proposals.

To be the Family of the Sacred Heart, it is important to:
1. Develop the feeling of belonging to the Family of the Sacred Heart, in particular by organizing a world day of festivities and exchanges on the same date by all the components of the Family. We could call it: “Mater Day”.
2. Increase the feeling of sharing the same identity through actions and activities common to the whole Family: hymn of the Sacred Heart (Heart of Jesus), objects with initials, info-studies / jobs / careers evenings, International Sacred Volunteering. Heart, twinning between schools and / or national associations, internships and pilgrimages, testimonies and videos of alumni, schools, nuns, young people returning from an experience in Volunteering, former or former reputable , etc.
3. Ensure effective and trusting communication between the different members of the Family of the Sacred Heart.
4. Participate or be represented in each other's meetings at local, national, regional and global levels.

 

To be the Family of the Sacred Heart, it is important to:
5. Support a common aid project that will be chosen with the nuns. It will be presented at the start of the mandate to the national associations who will be invited to participate regularly not only financially but also in all other ways. They will be regularly informed of the assistance provided to the project and of its progress.
6. Gather information on the location of all Sacred Heart schools and religious communities around the world and describe their composition.
7. Make visible the spirituality and the pedagogy of Saint Madeleine-Sophie Barat and the nuns, themselves sources of the Family of the Sacred Heart, in particular by the spiritual advisor of AMASC who could propose a monthly theme for reflection, to be disseminated on the AMASC website and that of the other components of The Family.
8. Redefine the concept of hospitality and its implementation, with places to visit specific to the Family of the Sacred Heart.

To be the Family of the Sacred Heart, it is important to:
9. Strengthen contacts with the networks of school leaders at all levels and encourage initiatives by continent both between the old ones and the nuns and heads of schools. 'establishments
10. Ensure that the websites of the various components properly reflect all the riches of the Family and the life of each one in an interactive way. Also use social networks to widely communicate information, especially to younger people.
11. Promote the organization of the World Congress at a more democratic price, eg. in a Sacred Heart school (or other) or in a reception center.

BRIEF: “Let us live together the family of the Sacred Heart! ". This is the program we are offering you for the next four years! "

If you would like to find out more about AMASC or have any questions, please contact Viki Cullen who is our AMASC Representative, by sending her an email on victoriacullen2014@gmail.com