A letter from the Superior General: Feast of the Sacred Heart 2020
June 19, 2020
Dear Sisters and Friends in the Family of the Sacred Heart,
News
Statement concerning the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on DACA: June 18, 2020
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.
I can’t breathe
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.
Your example
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.
Provincial Leadership Team affirms statement by National Black Sisters’ Conference
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.”
Statement on Racism: May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
The Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States and Canada strongly condemns the gross violation of human dignity that we, along with millions of others, witnessed in the video of George Floyd’s last minutes.
May crownings shared by Sacred Heart schools
May 20, 2020
During this unprecedented time in Sacred Heart education, all of our Network schools closed and offered virtual learning. The administration, faculty and staff found numerous and creative ways to share normal school activities with students at home.
Epidemics since Philippine’s time
By Lyn Osiek, RSCJ, Archivist for the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province
May 15, 2020
In the world of the first Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) in the United States, but also in their former lives in Europe, there was constant threat of cholera, and in tropical climates, of yellow fever. No one knew how either was communicated.
Associates go virtual
By Sergio Vasquez, Associate, New Orleans
May 13, 2020
On a gloomy Sunday, three groups of Associates – Chicago, Halifax and St. Louis – used Zoom to meet with their groups virtually. A new way of being connected is forming across our province and Associates are embracing it!
God does not abandon us
April 27, 2020
A message of solidarity to the communities affected by the shootings in Nova Scotia