After discernment and deliberation, the provincial team has asked Melanie Guste, RSCJ, to serve in the role of director of JPIC for the United States – Canada Province. 

The Religious of the Sacred Heart continue to share the Society's mission to discover and reveal God's love through connection and collaboration across generations, cultures, and borders, sponsorship of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, and continued partnerships with organizations and other women’s religious congregations.

Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ, gave 22 different presentations and talks to Religious of the Sacred Heart and lay collaborators during a 2 week visit to Japan this past fall.

On October 11, alumnae and alumni from City House and Barat Hall schools, Religious of the Sacred Heart and members of the Villa Duchesne community gathered at Villa for a blessing of a pedestal, the last surviving remnant of the City House and Barat Hall schools in St. Louis, Missouri.

At the end of September, the Network of Sacred Heart Schools hosted its first-ever learning and action conference entitled Sacred Heart Summit: Hearts Rooted in Change. The historic three-and-a-half-day conference brought together an international and intergenerational group of over 500 members of the Sacred Heart family to learn, build community, and commit to action.