January 17, 2023
In early November, students and educators from member schools of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools traveled to Florissant, Missouri, for "Living Our Sacred Heart Mission," a program aimed to engage participants in intergenerational dialogue on the mission of Sacred Heart Education and
January 13, 2023
On January 11, 2023, Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) and staff at the Oakwood Retirement Community in Atherton, California, participated in the #WearBlueDay Campaign for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the United States.
November 16, 2022
Dear Family of the Sacred Heart, We believe that the truth will set us free (John 8:32). Our vows as Religious of the Sacred Heart call us to seek the truth, and, once found, to grapple with its implications and challenges. Compelled by Christ, we are called to build the Kingdom of God where justice reigns. We can only respond to that call with integrity if we are willing first to pursue and confront the truth — most especially the truth of the injustices at the heart of our own story.
October 24, 2022
Ten schools within the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, a network of 25 Catholic independent Sacred Heart schools and the United States – Canada Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart, welcomed new Heads of Schools and Presidents to their
October 14, 2022
With sadness and with hearts full of gratitude for a life so fully and well lived in love, we share that Mary “Be” Mardel, RSCJ, died on October 4, 2022, at the age of 104.
October 6, 2022
On a rare rainy day in Atherton, California, in mid-September the staff, residents, and friends of Oakwood Retirement Community – one of and the largest of the Province’s retirement communities – gathered for an open house to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Oakwood.
September 30, 2022
From the Office of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) at The Stuart Center for Mission,
As Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) 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 all of those who are searching for meaning in their lives.” (General Chapter 2016)
September 29, 2022
The Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles, Missouri, held a memorial Mass in honor of Mary Loretta “Buschie” Busch, RSCJ, on the First Friday of September 2022.
August 31, 2022
This past July, Elizabeth Hicks, Chair of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools Board of Trustees, announced Sheila Haggas as Executive Director of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools in the United States and Canada.
By Lyn Osiek, RSCJ, Provincial Archivist of the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province
August 16, 2022
The recent terrible flooding in Florissant, Missouri, is the continuation of a pattern that goes back centuries.
