Mission Education 2016, Day 1
The 2016 Mission Education Conference is October 10-11 in northern Mississippi. Held approximately every three years, Mission Education is a time for employees and other collaborators in SCJ ministry to learn about Fr. Leo John Dehon, as well as the congregation that carries on his dreams. It is also a time for co-workers across the country to get to know one another and learn how they are a part of the worldwide mission of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. This is the eighth conference, and the second time that Sacred Heart Southern Missions has hosted it.
Taking a cue from the Jubilee Year of Mercy, the theme of this year’s gathering is “Mercy in Mission,” reflecting on the ways that SCJs and co-workers are inspired by the charism of Fr. Leo John Dehon to be agents of God’s mercy in responding to the needs of others.
The first day of the conference included an interview with "Fr. Leo John Dehon," a first-hand account of poverty in the Delta, the music of southern African Americans from the time of slavery to today's Beale Street, a panel discussion about social services, and time with Bishop Joseph Kopacz of Jackson who first spoke about the diocese and then was the main celebrant at the afternoon's Mass.
Read MoreTaking a cue from the Jubilee Year of Mercy, the theme of this year’s gathering is “Mercy in Mission,” reflecting on the ways that SCJs and co-workers are inspired by the charism of Fr. Leo John Dehon to be agents of God’s mercy in responding to the needs of others.
The first day of the conference included an interview with "Fr. Leo John Dehon," a first-hand account of poverty in the Delta, the music of southern African Americans from the time of slavery to today's Beale Street, a panel discussion about social services, and time with Bishop Joseph Kopacz of Jackson who first spoke about the diocese and then was the main celebrant at the afternoon's Mass.
