Kristi Laughlin and myself, both Associates in San Francisco, California, met by chance on the streets, protesting the financing of the climate profiteers in downtown San Francisco’s financial district on September 25, 2019. The action toook place as a part of the Global Climate Strike week. I was part of 1,000 Grandmothers for Future Generations, whose assignment…
The Society of the Sacred Heart, United States Canada Province, strongly supports the statement of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious concerning the formal withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. The statement reads: The Leadership Conference of Women (LCWR) was deeply disappointed by President Trump’s 2017 pledge to pull the United…
The pilgrims completed their 330+ mile walking journey from Mound City to St. Charles, Missouri, when they arrived at the Shrine of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne on November 18. The pilgrims toured the shrine, prayed at Saint Philippine’s sarcophagus and attended Mass with the students at the Academy of the Sacred Heart. During the 25…
The Central Team of the Society of the Sacred Heart traveled across the United States and Canada throughout their five-week visit. Take a look back on their visit through this video slideshow!
A reflection by Rhonda Morley, Associate, Fairchester Over the course of the summer, the news has been filled with so much sadness and horror regarding the separation of families seeking to flee the violence of their home countries. Many of us have been prone to feelings of helplessness in these situations. One of our Associates,…
Orange Shirt Day in Canada: Every Child Matters As Religious of the Sacred Heart in the United States – Canada Province, we are called by our 2016 Chapter Calls to stand in solidarity with “those who have been wounded, displaced, and excluded,” and “to defend justice, peace, and the integrity of creation in response to…
The Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States and Canada began – as so many American and Canadian institutions – with an immigrant. Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne left her home in France in 1818 with a desire to educate the poor, especially indigenous people of America. In our 2016 Chapter Calls, the International…
A Life Given In Love: Reflections on Philippine Duchesne, edited by Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, is now available to order online. This book was original printed in a limited supply and distributed to Sacred Heart communities and schools. Philippine Duchesne is remembered today as a saint, a woman of prayer, and a figure of courage. Her…
Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat stated that she would have founded the Society of the Sacred Heart for the “sake of a single child.” This commitment is at the heart of our mission. Committed to the well-being and safety of all children, the United States – Canada Province joins with schools, the Global Catholic Climate Movement…
On September 16, 2019, members of the Central Team, formally known as the General Council, of the Society of the Sacred Heart arrived in Albany, New York, to commence their month-long visit in the United States – Canada (USC) Province. The Central Team includes Superior General Barbara Dawson, RSCJ, and her council: Daphne Sequeira, RSCJ,…
On September 14, 2019, RSCJ and friends celebrated a liturgy in the novitiate community in Chicago, Illinois, to officially welcome Ruth Cunnings, NSCJ, to the novitiate. Provincial Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, and Maureen Glavin, RSCJ, representing the Provincial leadership team attended the gathering along with Chicago-area RSCJ, Maryknoll Sisters and Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA)…
The Religious of the Sacred Heart join all who are mourning the loss of Cokie Roberts, legendary journalist, political commentator and Sacred Heart alumna. As we listen to Cokie’s well-deserved accolades, our hearts are filled with a profound mixture of sadness and gratitude. We have lost a wonderful friend and a faithful partner in mission….
Join Fr. Michael Joncas as he discusses his newest mass setting, The Mass in Honor of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne. Learn the story behind this wonderful new setting dedicated in honor of the 200th anniversary of Saint Rose Phillipine Duschene’s arrival in the New World. Click here for more information and recordings of the Mass….
A reflection by Catherine Kestler, Associate The Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) and Associate’s Indiana Dunes Hiking Retreat took place on August 15-20, 2019. Associates Jane Steinfels, Lori Wilson and I joined Mary Frohlich, RSCJ, Diane Roche, RSCJ, and Jane O’Shaughnessy, RSCJ, at a rural La Porte, Indiana, farmhouse. From there, we ventured to…
The Duchesne Prayer Room at Mount Anville Secondary School was created in 2018 to commemorate the bicentennial of the journey of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne to the United States in 1818. The Duchesne Prayer room was created with input from the Society of the Sacred Heart Irish – Scottish Province and United States – Canada…
The Society of the Sacred Heart, as a part of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), affirmed this letter. The following is a letter sent by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious during its annual 2019 conference to President Trump on August 14. The letter, affirmed by the 663 LCWR members gathered in assembly…
In the wake of yet two more mass shootings in the United States within 24 hours, the leadership of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States – Canada Province joins its voice with the families of these massacres, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the Leadership Conference of Women Religious…
August, 2, 2019 Today, The New York Times published “The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings: America’s nuns are beginning to confront their complicity in slavery, but it’s still a long road to repentance.” online. The Religious of the Sacred Heart have committed ourselves to a better understanding of the ongoing issues of racism…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ), Associates and members of the Society of the Sacred Heart community alongside Catholic leaders, advocates and activists held prayer and later held witness to an act of civil disobedience Thursday, July 18, 2019. Those present raised their voices for an end to the inhumane treatment of…
Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat stated that she would have founded the Society of the Sacred Heart for the “sake of a single child.” This commitment is at the heart of our mission. Committed to the well-being and safety of all children, the United States – Canada Province strongly opposes the separation and detainment of children…
Carol Bialock, RSCJ, is not a traditional nun. She is a poet, an activist and a student of Sufism, and she has spent her life deeply devoted to those in need. And now she is a published author as well, seeing her vivid book of poems, Coral Castles, released by Fernwood Press on her 90th…