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Jerry Tuckwin, photo courtesy of The Leaven/Jay Soldner

Elder from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation to receive the 2021 Duchesne Award

November 19, 2021

On November 21, 2021, the Sunday following the Feast of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne on November 18, the Archbishop of Kansas City, Kansas, Joseph Naumann, will honor Potawatomi Elder Jerry Tuckwin with the 2021 Duchesne Award for his three decades of leadership to native youth. This award is given each year to an individual/community who promotes Catholic education, vocations to priesthood and religious life and/or devotion to Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne.

2021 Special Chapter of the Society of the Sacred Heart begins

November 12, 2021

Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) and members of the family of the Sacred Heart worldwide gathered via Zoom on Wednesday, November 10, to celebrate the opening Mass of the Special Chapter, which was held in Rome at the Society of the Sacred Heart Motherhouse.

Maria Cimperman, RSCJ, Ph.D., honored by Mount St. Joseph University

November 5, 2021

Maria Cimperman, RSCJ, Ph.D., received the St. Elizabeth Seton Medal from Mount St. Joseph University, an award given to recognize distinguished women in theology.

Society of the Sacred Heart commemorates 200 years in Louisiana

By Caroline Richard, Director of Le Petit Musée and Shrine of Saint John Berchmans in Grand Coteau, Louisiana

October 19, 2021

On October 5, 2021, members of the Sacred Heart family filled St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, Louisiana, to celebrate a day 200 years in the making.

Society of the Sacred Heart renews JPIC Commitment

October 4, 2021

Our world is at an historic paradoxical moment. It holds new possibilities while it is also wrought with inequality, suﬀering, and violence. As such, we are citizens of a world that is both broken and blessed. We feel profoundly the cry of the poor and the pain of the earth.

United States – Canada Province signs on to Catholic Letter to Biden Administration

September 16, 2021

Ahead of the 107th World Day for Migrants and Refugees on September 26, 2021, we the undersigned Catholic organizations reach out in shared faith to urge you to end the use of Title 42 immediately. In his recent encyclical Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis offers us two paths for the future, writing: “Once this health crisis passes ... God willing ... we will think no longer in terms of ‘them’ and ‘those,’ but only ‘us.’”

RSCJ are doing something new, RSCJ set sail for the future!

September 10, 2021

Religious fo the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) from around the world were asked what new initiatives they are pursuing in their provinces, and what kind of future they dream of for the Society. In this series of videos, you will be able to hear their answers, learn more about what our sisters are doing in every corner of the world, and get an idea of what our future might hold!

About the Sacred Heart athletes and staff at the Tokyo Olympics

July 21, 2021

Learn more about the Sacred Heart Olympians and staff from around the world present at the Tokyo Games.

Ruth Cunnings, RSCJ, professes first vows

July 20, 2021

On July 10, 2021, Ruth Cunnings, RSCJ, professed her first vows in the Society of the Sacred Heart. The vow ceremony and liturgy, which took place at the Shrine of Saint Philippine Duchesne in St. Charles, Missouri, were live-streamed for friends, family and RSCJ who could not be present.

United States – Canada Province statement in support of the Cuban people

July 19, 2021

The Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, wholeheartedly supports the July 13 statement from the Cuba Conference of Religious, who have affirmed the right of Cubans to express their desire for a better life through peaceful protests. Our hearts go out to the people of Cuba, including our religious there, who are struggling for the basic necessities of life in the midst of a continuing surge of COVID-19 deaths.

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