Woodlands Academy’s Resilient Woman Speaker Series Concludes April 11

The final of four presentations in “The Resilient Woman Speaker Series” at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart is Friday, April 11, at 10:30 a.m. at the school, 760 East Westleigh Road, Lake Forest.

Retired Sacred Heart educator Connie Solari will discuss “Madeleine Sophie Barat: Resilience in Service to Love.” This program is free and open to the general public.

Solari is the author of “Sophie’s Fire,” a recently released work of historical fiction about the life of Barat, who founded the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1800. “She was an activist, an entrepreneur, a scholar and a visionary,” according to Solari.

After 41 years as a teacher and administrator at Sacred Heart schools in California, Solari recently retired. She currently serves as a volunteer coordinator for the Atherton-Mumbai India Project and is a member of the Formation to Mission Committee of the Sacred Heart Network board.

Solari graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magne Cum Laude from UCLA and holds master’s degrees in both humanities and educational administration.

The theme for the current school year at Woodlands Academy is The Resilient Sacred Heart Woman. Graduating women of courage, confidence and compassion is Woodlands Academy’s four-year goal.

For more information, visit www.woodlandsacademy.org.

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Founded in 1858, Woodlands Academy is an independent Catholic college preparatory day and boarding high school for young women, and part of a worldwide network of Sacred Heart Schools that spans 19 cities in the United States and 44 countries around the world.  A nonprofit, Woodlands Academy’s identity is rooted in Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat’s desire to inspire young hearts and minds to excel, to lead lives of integrity and to serve.  For more information about Woodlands Academy, please visit www.woodlandsacademy.org