By Iris Longo
July 7, 2020
We were asked these questions: What is the spiritual lens through which you view the world? What does that look like in action?
I characterize myself as a “spiritual” individual. In my terms, this means I have a drive to serve a higher calling, but don’t conceptually identify that drive as a commitment to one particular religion or set of pre-described practices
July 1, 2020
The Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, has signed a statement by Catholic leaders demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately release all children and their associated family members detained at three detention centers named in a recent federal court ruling. In the face of a global pandemic, any delay can be deadly...
June 29, 2020
Welcome to the new RSCJ.org, featuring the new Associates, Vocations and the Shrine of Saint Philippine Duchesne sites. Toggle between these sites using the links in the upper left corner.
June 19, 2020
A reflection by Provincial Shelia Hammond, RSCJ, on the Feast fo the Sacred Heart during the virtual prayer celebration June, 19, 2020.
June 19, 2020
Juneteenth is a day honored and celebrated in the United States, as it marks the final proclamation, in 1865 in Texas, that enslaved persons were free. One hundred and fifty-five years later, the residual effects of enslavement are present and visible throughout the United States.
June 19, 2020
Dear Sisters and Friends in the Family of the Sacred Heart,
June 18, 2020
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients are thriving in the United States. They contribute to our society by working to support their families, by taking advantage of educational opportunities and by serving in the military.
By Sergio Vasquez, Associate, New Orleans, Associates Leadership Team
June 10, 2020
"At the same physical place in the same chronological time." I sat at Mass on the Feast of Pentecost and was struck by these words of the homilist, Fr. Greg Walthrop, SJ, unpacking the readings. The disciples had gathered in fear and yet something remarkable took place.
By Lauren Brownlee, Associate, Washington, D.C.
June 10, 2020
Among the most heartening expressions of solidarity that I have experienced in this painful period of following the murder of George Floyd were social media comments from the Stone Ridge community answering the call of the Society’s strong anti-racism statement.
June 3, 2020
The Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province Leadership Team stands in support of the following powerful “Red Record Statement” issued by the National Black Sisters’ Conference on “21st Century Lynchings in America.”
