The Provincial Team is pleased to announce that Janet Anderson has been named the new director of finance in the United States for the United States – Canada Province. In addition, the team welcomes Mary Halsey as the new controller for the province. Janet has worked for the Society for 10 years, having served as…
Christmas 1818 in St. Charles The girls who had already made their First Communion were invited to spend Christmas Eve at the convent with the boarding pupils. They arrived with their blankets or buffalo robes, each prepared to make her own shake-down for the night in the school room. After supper they gathered around the…
Dear Sisters and Friends, Since the closing celebration of the bicentennial, these weeks have been filled with expressions of gratitude from across the province and across the world. The family of the Sacred Heart has experienced deeply the cor unum that binds us together, whether in weekly emails, a common day of global service or…
About the Award Since 2017, the Sister Carol A. Haggarty, RSCJ Leadership Award has been given to an RSCJ, a Sheridan Road alumna/us, or a former Sacred Heart School faculty or staff member who best exemplifies the leadership and commitment to Sacred Heart education, as demonstrated by the late Sister Haggarty. Sister Haggarty served Sacred…
Over 1,000 members of the Sacred Heart family, near and far, gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on the Feast Day of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne to celebrate the closing of the Province’s bicentennial celebrations. Members of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, along with 30 descendants of the Duchesne and Perier families, Network of…
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, along with other Sacred Heart schools from around the world, celebrated the 200th anniversary of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne’s arrival in North America. In this video, we honor Philippine and her legacy at Duchesne Academy.
The United States – Canada Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart stands with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in their hope that members of the caravan of migrants from Central America, currently at the southern border of the United States to seek asylum, will be received in a way that respects international…
Written by Mary Frohlich, RSCJ On September 4, 1838, 859 members of the Potawatomi Nation began a forced relocation march from their home near Twin Lakes, Indiana, to lands to be given them in Kansas. Their chief, Menominee, refused to sign the removal papers and so he was transported in a prison wagon. Water was scarce…
Written by Mary Bernstein, RSCJ Saturday, September 29, 2018, at noon was a special moment in the RSCJ Cemetery in Lake Forest, Illinois. What had been a gloomy, cold day suddenly became sunlit and beautiful as 64 people gathered to bless the refurbished cemetery of 154 RSCJ who served Chicago and Lake Forest beginning in…
The Academy of the Sacred Heart and the Rosary Sacred Heart Alumnae Association are pleased to announce Sister Jane McKinlay, RSCJ, as recipient of the 2018 Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat Award. This award is given to a Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) who has contributed greatly to the needs of the students and the…
Brother Frank calls during his opening song and drumming. Sunday, September 23, was full of emotions as descendants of known persons enslaved by the Society of the Sacred Heart gathered at St. Charles Borromeo Church and Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, to remember and honor their ancestors. This gathering, formally named…
On September 18, 2018, St. Philomena School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, formally entered the application process to become a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools in the United States and Canada. The Faithful Companions of Jesus (fcJ), an international order of Roman Catholic sisters living and ministering in Asia, Australia, Europe and the…
On Friday, September 14, 2018 students, faculty, parents, alumnae/i, RSCJ and friends of the Sacred Heart gathered at the Academy of the Sacred Heart (ASH) in St. Charles, Missouri, to celebrate Mass in honor of its 200th anniversary. Archbishop Robert Carlson presided in a packed gym decorated in honor of Philippine. Students and alum of…
Forty-five students, faculty and staff who represent six of the seven Sacred Heart schools in France arrived in St. Louis on September 12, 2018, in order to participate in the Sacred Heart Global Service Day and explore where Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne lived and worked. The group spent several days immersed in the life of Philippine…
[Silver Spring, MD] The recent news detailing the extensive and sometimes brutal sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests in the United States has left us at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious sickened and ashamed of the church we love, trusted, and have committed our lives to serve. We weep and grieve with all who…
Friday, August 10, sisters from all over the country, including several RSCJ, gathered at the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri, to participate in the action “Being in Communion: Standing Against Racism.” This action was a part of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) Assembly and included song and several minutes of silence and…
On Friday, July 27, RSCJ and Sacred Heart alum, friends and family members gathered at the Shrine of Saint Philippine in St. Charles, Missouri, to celebrate a liturgy and blessing of leadership. Under the leadership of Provincial Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, the Society bid farewell to the outgoing team, Margaret (Meg) Causey, RSCJ; Anne-Marie Conn, RSCJ;…
On Thursday, July 19, 2018, hundreds of people packed into the Missouri History Museum to hear Cokie Roberts’ presentation “Extending America’s Promise: Pioneering Women.” Roberts’ presentation was the culmination of the History Museum’s Crossing Frontiers lecture series, which celebrated women who have crossed both physical and metaphorical frontiers, and broadened horizons for women. This event also…
At its recent annual conference, the Association of Professional Chaplains (APC) presented its 2018 Anton Boisen Professional Service Award to Patricia Murphy, PhD, BCC, who is associate professor in the Departments of Religion, Health, and Human Values and Psychiatry, as well as staff chaplain in Psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago. The Boisen Award…
In celebration of the Bicentennial of Philippine’s arrival in the New World, join our beloved Saint and visit the sites where she lived and walked! Download “In the footsteps of Saint Philippine Duchesne: A self-guided tour” below.
On June 29, a sculpture of Saint Philippine was unveiled and blessed by the Most Rev. Robert J. Carlson, archbishop of St. Louis, and Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, provincial of the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province. Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of St. Louis….