Background
Sacred Heart Academy aims to nurture wise students to respond to the needs of their neighbours. It aims to achieve it by transmitting them knowledge, bringing to light their virtues, fostering their sincerity and humble mind through thorough education in their studies and life based on their faith in God.
Students experience God's love through meeting with school staff, and love their neighbours based on the confidence of that love and realise the true meaning and value of life.
Goals
To raise awareness among children and young people about JPIC issues through silence and meditation.
Activities
Teachers guide students, with theory and practice, through their time of meditation (meditation in the right posture).
- Tuesday class meditation: meditation on the heard of religious mission is broadcasted by the heads of class. JPIC essays are read to the class while students mediate about the issue in silence. After the reading, there is an open discussion on the JPIC topic of the reading.
- Wednesday common meditation: all students make silence together to pray with Philippine Duchesne.
- Thursday silent meditation: silence to discover oneself.
- Friday meditation: meditation listening to poetry and music to lighten their mind.
Collection of mediation records
- At the end of each semester, the students, that have been recoding their mediation thoughts, hand out their mediation records and engage in an open discussion.
Outcomes
Following the daily mediation and the semesterly discussion, students have had the opportunity:
Self-inside
- To foster their personality through self-reflection
- To develop inner strength to judge and act correctly
- To re-consider and learn correct values in a material-oriented lifestyle
- To strengthen their understanding of the Sacred Heart mission
In practice
- Students participate in JPIC events
- Students raise funds for JPIC issues
- Students write messages to victims
- Students attend mass
People being served
People being served : Agents of transformation (Educators)
Age group : Children 0-17
Number of participants : 101-250
Schedule
Project status : Ongoing
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Overview
Society presence : Korea/Chinese
Focus of the project : Prayer
JPIC Imperative : Transforming and Being Transformed
UN Sustainable Development Goals : 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, 17 Partnerships for the Goals
