• Claire Castaing, RSCJ (right), stands with current Superior General Barbara Dawson, RSCJ,  and lights Sophie's candle. This candle was at Sophie’s bedside at the time of her death; and the Society has kept it since then. Each new superior general, at the time of her election, lights this candle for a brief moment.
    In the early hours of August 20, 2024, the secretary general of the Society's General Chapter 2024 announced the election of Claire Castaing, RSCJ, as the next superior general of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  Sister Castaing is from the Belgium-France-Netherlands Province and will serve an eight-year term.
  • With the Olympics in Paris underway, we as a Sacred Heart community wish good luck to those Sacred Heart alumnae and alumni from around the world who are and will be competing in the Olympics and Paralympics! The Following athletes are competing in Paris:  Georgia Bell '10 Sacred Heart High School, Hammersmith, London Athletics (1500m) Blanca Hervas '21 Sagrado Corazon, Rosales, Madrid  Athletics (4 x 400m relay)
  • This past June Sacred Heart educators, in partnership with the Society of the Sacred Heart, came together for the Sacred Heart Stories workshop, at which they conducted primary source research that would help bring more of the rich history of Sacred Heart Education to U.S. and World History courses throughout the Network of Sacred Heart Schools.
  • In the fall of 2021, I participated in a day offered to women religious of the Diocese of San Diego focused on ministries of direct service to people on the move — migrants and refugees at the United States–Mexico border in Southern California. I was deeply touched hearing about the variety of ministries done by sisters and began to look at ways to get involved after moving to San Diego.
  • RSCJ with students at Anniversary Mass (Photo by Barb Martell)
    The Sacred Heart School of Halifax community came together for the Feast of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat to celebrate Mass and the conclusion of its 175th anniversary school year.