Mission

THE UNIVERSIDAD DEL SAGRADO CORAZON (SAGRADO) IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, COMMITTED TO THE EDUCATION OF THE WHOLE PERSON THROUGH STRONG FOUNDATION IN THE LIBERAL ARTS. SAGRADO IS PART OF PUERTO RICOS OLDEST PRIVATE, CONTINUING EDUCATIONAL PROJECT AND IS DEFINED BY A DEEPLY HELD MISSION THAT REFLECTS A DOUBLE COMMITMENT TO SOLIDARITY. THE FIRST PART OF THE MISSION STATES THAT WE SEEK TO EDUCATE PERSONS IN INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM AND MORAL CONSCIENCE. SAGRADO AIMS TO EDUCATE PERSONS, EACH IN HIS OR HER OWN INDIVIDUALITY AND WHOLENESS, TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN JUDGEMENT AND EXERCISE THEIR OWN ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE SECOND PART STATES THAT SAGRADO EDUCATES PERSONS WHO ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MORE AUTHENTICALLY CHRISTIAN PUERTO RICAN SOCIETY, DEFINED AS A COMMUNITY OF SOLIDARITY IN JUSTICE AND PEACE. SAGRADOS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AIM TO ACHIEVE THE MISSION OF DOUBLE SOLIDARITY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OUTLINED BY THE VISION OF THE WORLD AS THE CLASSRO