Busch School Consecrated to the Sacred Heart

On May 13, 2026, the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, the faculty and staff of the Tim and Steph Busch School of Business gathered for their end-of-semester meeting. After a standing-room-only Mass in St. Michael the Archangel Chapel, Father Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., university vice president of ministry and mission, led the congregation in personal prayers of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Dean Andrew Abela then stood and recited a prayer consecrating the entire Busch School to the Sacred Heart 

 as well, promising to lead "this community following your example of generosity, justice, mercy, and self-sacrificial love." 

The texts for the consecration were provided by His Way at Work, a Catholic organization that "transforms workplaces by inspiring business owners to consecrate their companies ... placing God at the center."

"Business schools, and indeed most businesses, don't usually start big meetings like this," said Vice Dean Tony Cannizzaro. "But we hope more will. There is no better way to remind our students and ourselves that what we do here serves a higher purpose."

In a petition expressing the distinctly Catholic and countercultural mission of the business school, Dean Abela prayed for the grace to be attentive to others' needs "so that I never turn success or money into idols that poison my heart." 

The Busch School of Business was founded in 2013 with the goal of promoting business as a means to advance the common good. By rooting their efforts in prayer—especially in the busy week leading up to Commencement—the faculty and staff acknowledged their trust in God as the one who makes their work fruitful.

Consecration of the Busch School to the Sacred Heart

Celebrant: Dean Abela, please stand. Please state before God and the Church your intention and commitment by reciting your school's Act of Consecration.

Dean Abela: Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe and Head of the Church, thank you for creating and redeeming me, and calling me to put all my gifts, talents, and skills at the service of building up your eternal Kingdom here on earth.

Throughout history, you have called individuals like me to form communities that work together to serve the human family in many ways. In your providence, you have brought me to become a leader of one of these communities.

Today, with full freedom and fervent hope in your omnipotent goodness, I consecrate to you and the transforming love of your Most Sacred Heart this community, the Busch School of Business.

I recognize that this community ultimately belongs to you and that, as its leader, I am your steward and representative. As such, I promise and commit to leading this community following your example of generosity, justice, mercy, and self-sacrificial love.

I can do nothing without you, and so I humbly ask for you to help me:

• Be a blessing to everyone who works for me every day and every hour;
• Stay alert to the needs and opportunities of those around me so that I never turn success or money into idols that poison my heart;
• Believe firmly that when we truly flourish as a community of persons, we will also flourish in our service to society;
• Repent and start afresh with luminous hope whenever my thoughts, words, or actions fail to reflect your wisdom, love, and truth.

Amen.

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