July 14, 2021, marked the 50th anniversary of our Oakwood Retirement Community, located in Atherton, California (on the same property as Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton). Opened on July 14, 1971, Oakwood is currently the largest Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) community in the United States – Canada Province. The Oakwood community plans to hold celebrations…
Books by Mary E. McGann, RSCJ, and Maria Cimperman, RSCJ, received first place awards from the Catholic Media Association’s 2021 Book Awards. Sister McGann’s book, The Meal That Reconnects: Eucharistic Eating and the Global Food Crisis, and Sister Cimperman’s book, Religious Life For Our World: Creating Communities of Hope, earned first place recognition in the categories of Catholic Social Teaching and…
Re-watch the live stream of the Feast of the Sacred Heart Virtual Prayer Service held June 11, 2021.
Dear Sisters and the Family of the Sacred Heart, This letter brings with it LOVE, SOLIDARITY AND HOPE as we prepare to celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and enter into Jesus’s pierced Heart, a heart that is open to both joy and suffering. What a year we have lived since I…
In January 2021, the Society of the Sacred Heart General Council completed its discernment in choosing the next provincial of the United States – Canada Province. With the unanimous consent of the General Council, Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ, has been named the new provincial for a mandate of three years, commencing on August 1, 2021. This…
The Graduate Theological Union (GTU) is pleased to announce that Dr. Mary E. McGann, RSCJ, adjunct associate professor of liturgical studies at the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University, is the recipient of the 2021 GTU Excellence in Teaching Award.  The Excellence in Teaching Award is given annually to recognize a member of…
The National Black Sisters Conference, together with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), have released a statement on the critical importance of ensuring that all people – no matter race, zip code, economic situation – enjoy the sacred right to vote. The Society of the Sacred Heart United States – Canada Province supports and endorses this…
By Kim Lamberty, Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) director for the United States – Canada Province. The human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together; we cannot adequately combat environmental degradation unless we attend to causes related to human and social degradation. – Laudato Sà48 Pope Francis continues to remind us that care…
Associated Alumnae & Alumni of the Sacred Heart (AASH) has named Frances (Fran) Gimber, RSCJ, and Carolyn (Lyn) Osiek, RSCJ, honorees of the 2021 Woman of Conscience Award. Both women will be honored during this years’ AASH National Conference held virtually April 22-25. The Conference was set to be held in Detroit, Michigan, but shifted…
We are grateful that a measure of justice has been achieved for George Floyd and his family. We also know that there is still much to be done before our hearts and our country can be truly healed of the deep wounds of persistent racism that prevent us from seeing one another as brothers and sisters….
The Society of the Sacred Heart is united in solidarity with all people fleeing their homes in search of a life free of oppression, marginalization, human rights violations and poverty. We fully endorse the statement from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) calling upon the Biden Administration to fulfill its promise to increase the number of refugees resettled…
By Sheila Smith, RSCJ, UN-NGO Representative for the international Society of the Sacred Heart The 65th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65) was held virtually from March 15-26, 2021. The priority theme was “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender…
By Maggi DeJesus-Wilson I was raised Catholic by a deeply devoted mother who during my early years worked as a director of religious education. My childhood was accompanied by “What Would Jesus Do?” bracelets, cartoon movies depicting the lives of the saints and my classmates calling me “church girl.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, college led me to question the faith…
