Arise and Witness: Poems by Anne Montgomery, RSCJ, About Faith, Prison, War Zones and Nonviolent Resistance

Edited by Arthur Laffin with Carole Sargent

Anne Montgomery, RSCJ, was a nonviolent witness in war zones in the Holy Land and Iraq and endured years of imprisonment due to her involvement in Plowshares actions. Her poems are rooted in her love for accompanying the marginalized, born out of her love for Scripture and her experience of religious life and community. These poems provide unique and rich biblical insights into what it means to be human and a faithful follower of Jesus.

Heart magazine 2024 | Volume 21 | Issue 1

Internationality has been so much a part of the Society of the Sacred Heart throughout its history, and is one of our defining characteristics today. This issue of Heart magazine shines a light on the Religious of the Sacred Heart and mission partners who continue to build international community and contribute to global transformation.

2023 Mission Advancement Annual Report

2023 Mission Advancement Annual Report

With gratitude in our hearts, we share the 2023 Mission Advancement Report to donors. Thank you to all of our donors for working together with us to be the love of the Sacred Heart in our world!

Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865): Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

If you know someone to whom you would like to introduce Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, this is the book! Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat (1779-1865): Founder of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a short biography that presents the essential facts of her life and significance for education and religious life. Written in response to many requests for something short on Sophie, it is suitable for young people, Associates, Sacred Heart alumnae/i, colleagues, and friends.

Lucile Mathevon, RSCJ (1793-1876): Friend of the Potawatomi

 

Biographer and historian of the American frontier, Louise Callan, RSCJ, wrote in 1935: 

And through the whole of this, like a golden thread binding it into unity, runs the character of our greatest Indian missionary nun, Mother Lucile Mathevon - a novice of Mother Duchesne, foundress of the house of St. Charles (1828), and for about 35 years the very heart and soul of the Indian Mission.

This book details the life and ministry of Sister Mathevon, focusing most prominently on her relationship with the Potawatomi.

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