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Over 311,000 people gathered in New York City on September 21st to express their worry about the future of this planet that is our only home. For some it was the prospect of rising temperatures caused by carbon emissions that had them marching and carrying signs. For others it was the callous pollution of ground…

On this, September 15, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, we are delighted to share the newest icon from Patricia Reid, RSCJ. Sister Reid spent several months writing this icon for the new United States – Canada Province. Jesus Christ is the true focus of the icon. Within his shelter can be viewed scenes…

The connection between Religious of the Sacred Heart of Grand Coteau and St. John Berchmans is deep and time-tested and blessed. On Sunday, August 17, several RSCJ attended the blessing of the new high altar relief in the Cathedral of St. John Berchmans in Shreveport, Louisiana. Earlier in the week, on August 13, the anniversary…

When Duchesne Academy (Houston) Upper School Theology teacher and Campus Minister, Sara Hoegen was challenged by a friend to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, she promptly accepted. She also took the idea to her students and colleagues at Duchesne and after school on Friday, August 15, a small group gathered to watch as she…

On Saturday, August 9, we celebrated the opening of our new noviceship in Halifax with a Liturgy with Associates and Religious of the Sacred Heart. We are blessed to have one novice studying this year and a vibrant community of religious surrounding her to aid her on her journey. We thank God for the gift…

Melanie Guste, RSCJ, recently wrote a reflection about her personal challenge of finding God in the storm – specifically Hurricane Katrina. To read Sister Guste’s article, visit the Clarion-Herald of New Orleans.

The Chapel at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, San Francisco (Broadway) was recently named in honor of Mary (Be) Mardel, RSCJ. Sister Mardel served as a teacher, principal and Director of Schools at Convent & Stuart Hall, and is credited with leading the transition of the school from one owned by the Society to…

The Sacred Heart Schools in Montreal, Quebec and Halifax, Nova Scotia, have been accepted as provisional members of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. While each school is well established as a Sacred Heart School, they are not currently members of the Network, which, prior to the merger of the United States and Canadian provinces,…

In anticipation of the creation of the Conference of Sacred Heart Education in the United States and Canada, the leadership team of the United States – Canada Province has asked Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ, to become the first Head of the Conference. Sister Cooke, currently serving as headmistress of Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in…

Anne Corry, RSCJ, from the Australia/New Zealand Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart, is the international Society’s coordinator of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) activities. She recently updated members of the Society on her work over the past several months. Here are some of the highlights of her report: Like everyone…

The August issue of the Corps Connector – the newsletter of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps – features a piece on Sister Betsy Hartson’s ministry, Living Wages. Sister Hartson and a colleague, Bob Crittenden, founded Living Wages in 1998 because they believed education was the key to ending poverty. Read the IVC article. To learn more…

Sister Juliet Mousseau, who wrote this week’s reflection in honor of the Feast of St. Madeleine Sophie, recently released a translation of poems: Adam of Saint-Victor, Sequences, a translation of liturgical poetry written by Adam of Saint Victor, who lived in the twelfth century. From the publisher: Adam of Saint-Victor’s (1146) sequences are recognized as sophisticated…