High school students from across the state met at Sacred Heart University in late June, prepared to embark on a journey of faith learning, self-exploration, music ministry, prayer, liturgy and community service.

The six-day summer institute brought 33 high school students and seven SHU mentors together for the University’s first "SHU Journey: To God and the World Through the Catholic Intellectual Tradition." A $559,654 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. funded the program, for which interested students applied in the spring.