Category: Education of the Heart

An Inspiration for Addressing Challenges in Education Today Mother Cabrini contributed a progressive lived tradition to Catholic educational practice.  This emerged from the relationship of Mother Cabrini and the seven MSC co-founders with the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In 1881 she explained that: ‘the most loving Heart of Jesus inflamed the souls of these virgins…

YOU CAN READ THE ARTICLE IN SPANISH, ITALIAN AND PORTUGUESE BELOW ~ written by Sister Flora, MSC   The Source that Nourished Mother CabriniJuly is the month which reminds me so many things: the winter holidays of my childhood, the public holiday of my country, the patronal saint holiday at my parish in El Carmen, the…

Integral Development of the Person Mother Cabrini wrote to the students of the Magisterium Institute: If every child who has been entrusted to us in our schools… if we not only instruct his mind, but educate his heart… My good daughters, make not only a school of literature, science, mathematics, history, but also a school…

A Reflection from Educators of the Heart at Istituto Cabrini in Rome What is Education of the Heart?“Educating of the Heart” is the founding principle of Mother Cabrini’s educational method. The Saint’s pedagogical intuition is based on the use of persuasion as a means of influencing people and catalyzing profound changes. This educational work is…

by Beverly Bryde, Dean for the School of Education at Cabrini University At the Heart of Education at Cabrini UniversityAn education of the heart at Cabrini University is a transformative process for all who are engaged in the institutional mission, entitled Education of the Heart.  Our university mission states “Cabrini University is a Catholic institution of…

Education of the Heart Means ActionCabrini High School in New Orleans recently sent out a powerful message addressed to both their immediate Cabrini community but applicable to our Cabrini World and the world at large. Their letter confronts systemic racial inequality in the United States, highlighted by the recent killings of innocent black civilians.  It …

The Ideal and Principles The ideal of MSC Education of the Heart is to learn to love as Jesus asked: ‘love one another as I have loved you’ (John 15:12).  This is central to the full growth of the learner, created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26). Mother Cabrini identified three inter-related aspects…

Education of the Heart, the Essence of Being Cabrinian In a time of pandemic, the Cabrinian proposal of “Education of the Heart”, as an integral formation of the human being, opens the way for an important reflection on the Meaning of Life and the Care for Life of all. Mother Cabrini highlighted in her educational…

What is ‘Education of the Heart’? With my hand on my heart I can say that my introduction to the Cabrinian expression ‘Education of the Heart’ had a profound impact on me in my role as an educator and my life as a Christian.  When I chose the parable of ‘The Lost Sheep’ to read…