Vocations
United States – Canada Province continues anti-racism work
One thing is for certain, in order to wholly live out the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart, the collective Sacred Heart community must commit to the ongoing work of anti-racism. This work is never completed, but an extension of our call to love each day we walk this earth. On the weekend…
Mary Frohlich, RSCJ: Discovering Our Kinship With Earth and All Her Creatures
Everyone loves family first. But too many of us have forgotten that as children of one Father, we are bonded in a kinship relationship with every created being. The Incarnation reveals definitively that the Heart of God beats at the center of the entire network of life. Discovering this ecological spirituality orients us toward reverence for all life, and…
Catholic leaders call to free the families and end family detention
The Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, has signed a statement by Catholic leaders demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately release all children and their associated family members detained at three detention centers named in a recent federal court ruling. In the face of a global pandemic, any…
A letter from the Superior General: Feast of the Sacred Heart 2020
Dear Sisters and Friends in the Family of the Sacred Heart, This year as we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart in a time of darkness and uncertainty, we listen to the invitation of Jesus:Â Come, all you who are heavy burdened, take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek…
Statement concerning the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on DACA: June 18, 2020
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are thriving in the United States. They contribute to our society by working to support their families, by taking advantage of educational opportunities and by serving in the military. Approximately 62,000 health care workers in the United States, on the front lines of a global pandemic, are DACA-eligible….
Statement on Racism: May 29, 2020
The Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States and Canada strongly condemns the gross violation of human dignity that we, along with millions of others, witnessed in the video of George Floyd’s last minutes. We are outraged at yet another killing of an unarmed African-American man, and stand in solidarity with all people…
Shared humanity and a spacious heart
By Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ My vocation as a Religious of the Sacred Heart shapes how I interact with people. As a teacher, this means that I share the love of God primarily with my students, and I see teaching as a relationship that is based on respect and honor for the unique individual in front…
In the midst of uncertainty: A statement from the United States – Canada Province
Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat said it is the relationships we build that sustain us through moments of joy and moments of challenge. These uncertain times surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have brought our province times of challenge, which we work through, each day, in order to meet the needs of our members, staff and Sacred Heart…
A Letter from the General Council: Holy Week
As we begin this holiest of weeks, let us pray together the Psalm for today’s liturgy. The Lord is my light and my salvation. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear? The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid? When evildoers come at me to devour…
A Letter from the Superior General
SOCIETÀ DEL SACRO CUORE CASA GENERALIZIA Rome, 23 March 2020 Greetings from Rome! We wanted to share with you that, faced with the magnitude of this pandemic and the possibility that travel to Italy would potentially become impossible, we decided to cut short our visits to Latin America and return to Rome. Daphne, Bodo, Marie-Jeanne…
RSCJ reflects on Sisters and Seekers (Nuns & Nones)
By Bridget Bearss, RSCJ In 2016, the Society of the Sacred Heart held a General Chapter where four calls were identified for the shaping of our direction: To reach new frontiers To live more humanly To create silence To be and act as one Body Nearly simultaneous to experiencing the depth of these calls for…
A reflection by Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ
The province welcomed and celebrated newly professed Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, on Saturday, February 22, 2020, in St. Charles, Missouri. The following is Sister Mousseau’s reflection from her celebration Mass. First Reading: Jeremiah 8, 7-8 Second Reading: Romans 8, 28-39 Gospel Reading: John 4: 5-30, 39-42 This reading which tells of Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan…