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….
June 3 – 9, the Stuart Center in Washington, D.C., hosted the Sacred Heart Global Citizen Program, bringing together 12 participants from Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States to participate in a week of exploration, conversation, reflection and prayer. This year’s focus was Ecological Transformation through Spirituality. The program was co-organized by the office…
On the Feast of the Sacred Heart, we invite you to reflect on words from our Superior General, Barbara Dawson, RSCJ: “All of us are called to pray deeply. We are called to deepen our love – within the Heart of Christ, for each other and for our world and its people. We are called…
Saint Madeline Sophie Barat stated that she would have founded the Society of the Sacred Heart for the “sake of a single child.” Because this commitment to the safety and well-being of children is at the heart of our mission, the United States – Canada Province stands in strong opposition to the present policy of separating…
Happy Feast Day! Today we celebrate the feast of our beloved foundress, Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat. Sophie was committed to a deep life of prayer and reflection, and she continually invited the members of the Society to see this as the basis for their inner lives and for whatever tasks they undertook. We invite you…
The Society of the Sacred Heart has joined many Catholic leaders and organizations and signed this statement in response to President Trump’s decision to end the United States’ participation in the Iran Deal. Pax Christi International A Tragedy of Monumental Proportions In direct contradiction to the repeated verifications provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency…
The Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, stands with and echoes the Leadership Conference of Women Religious’s statement in regards to the Trump administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Hondurans. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) is deeply troubled by the decision of the Trump administration to terminate…
Informed by Mary Mardel, RSCJ, the work is the new centerpiece of the Flood Mansion’s front entrance, representing the past and future of Convent & Stuart Hall, as well as Sacred Heart education around the world. Evoking Convent & Stuart Hall’s past and its place among Sacred Heart schools around the globe today, the school…
The Bicentennial Committee is pleased to share Echoes from the Rebecca, a prayer, reflection and guided meditation resource centered around the four calls of the 2016 General Chapter. To download, click the “vimeo” logo. Once on the vimeo page, click “Download” located beneath the video.
On Saturday, March 24, 2018, RSCJ and members of our Sacred Heart family participated in the “March for Our Lives” in cities across the country. The #NeverAgain movement, which came about as a response to the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, organized the March for Our Lives. The March serves as…
Our new province Chief Operating Officer (COO), Antonia M. Ponder, J.D., is a native of St. Louis and the product of Catholic education, receiving her undergraduate and law degree from Saint Louis University in 1999. After clerking for the Missouri Supreme Court, Toni practiced corporate and real estate law at mid-size firms in St. Louis. In…
The Central Team announced they have named Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, provincial for the United States – Canada Province, 2018-2021. She currently serves as provincial. This month, Sister Hammond selected her new provincial team: Donna Collins, RSCJ; Maureen Glavin, RSCJ; Theresa Moser, RSCJ; and Diane Roche, RSCJ. The new team will begin on August 1, 2018….
Saint Philippine and the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles are featured in the St. Louis Review for Catholic Schools Week. The article tells the story of Philippine coming to the New World and opening the Academy, the first free school west of the Mississippi. Find out about the lesson plans that are being shared…
Bloomfield Hills — Sr. Bridget Bearss, RSCJ, prepares for every commencement speech with prayer, silence and reflection. Every speech is unique, for every class at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is unique. But every message boils down to a simple truth: Faith, not fear. This year will be no exception,…
Watch the Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart’s (AASH) gift to the Celebration of the Bicentennial of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne and her legacy. The video was produced by Roselie Bellanca Posselius, Grosse Pointe ’73, Bloomfield Hills, ’77 and JC Whitelaw.
In the wake of yet another mass shooting at an American School, the leadership of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the Unites States – Canada Province joins its voice to those of the surviving students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and people of good will from all faiths across this country, who…
What is National Catholic Schools Week? Since 1974, National Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. It starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week, which in 2018 is January 28 – February 3. The theme for the National Catholic Schools Week 2018 is “Catholic Schools:…