Sprout Creek Farm Transfers Control of Operations to Marist College
January 11, 2018
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY—Sprout Creek Farm, a nonprofit working farm and education center in Dutchess County, has transferred control of its operations to Marist College.
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Susan Maxwell, RSCJ, Receives 2017-2018 Goal Award
December 8, 2017
The Goal Award, bestowed annually, is the most prestigious honor given by Sacred Heart Schools-Sheridan Road in Chicago and was established to recognize a person or organization whose life and work exemplifies one of the five Goals and Criteria.
Letter for the Feast of Philippine Duchesne
November 6, 2017
On November 18 we celebrate the feast day of Rose Philippine Duchesne.
Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, Named First Recipient of the Sr. Carol A. Haggarty, RSCJ, ASH’59 Leadership Award
November 1, 2017
Sacred Heart Schools in Chicago, Illinois, bestowed its newly inaugurated Sr. Carol A. Haggarty, RSCJ, ASH’59 Leadership Award on Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, ASH’61.
Update from Our Sisters in Puerto Rico
October 16, 2017
“Wood hath hope,” said Job.
We Puerto Ricans say the same.
Province Statement on Immigration - October 2017
October 16, 2017
The Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States and Canada began – as did so many American institutions – with an immigrant. Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne left her home in France in 1818 with a desire to educate the poor, especially the indigenous people of America.
'Times Change: A History of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools'
September 26, 2017
“Times Change,” written by Susan Putman Maxwell, RSCJ, is an apt description of the developments in schools of the Society of the Sacred Heart and other Catholic schools throughout the world in the era since the Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church.
LCWR Urges Action to Protect Dreamers
September 6, 2017
The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) shares the disappointment of millions of people across the country who had hoped and prayed that President Trump would continue the protection offered Dreamers by Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Society Sells Kenwood Property in Albany, N.Y.
August 23, 2017
The sale of Kenwood Convent of the Sacred Heart in Albany, N.Y., owned by the Society of the Sacred Heart since 1859, was finalized on August 21, 2017. A limited liability corporation, Kenwood Commons LLC, purchased the property for an undisclosed amount.
LCWR Assembly Explores the Call to Embody Love for the Sake of the World
August 14, 2017
[Orlando, FL] At the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR),* held August 8-11, 768 participants explored the assembly theme of “Being the Presence of Love: The Power of Transformation.”Drawing on the rich heritage of contemplation in which these Catholic sisters a