Province thanks Carol Pfitzinger for 30 years of service
January 18, 2019
Carol Pfitzinger has served as the director of the Shrine of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne in St. Charles, Missouri, for the last 30 years.
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RSCJ receives award on behalf of Protecting South Portland
January 18, 2019
On Monday, December 3, 2018, at the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse on Boston’s waterfront, the Conservation Law Foundation of New England (CLF) honored Protect South Portland (PSP) for their work to ban the transportation of tar sands oil through the Portland Montreal pipeline through the city’s
Provincial Team names new director of finance and controller
January 8, 2019
The Provincial Team is pleased to announce that Janet Anderson has been named the new director of finance in the United States for the United States – Canada Province. In addition, the team welcomes Mary Halsey as the new controller for the province.
Christmas Greeting 2018
December 17, 2018
Christmas 1818 in St. Charles
The girls who had already made their First Communion were invited to spend Christmas Eve at the convent with the boarding pupils. They arrived with their blankets or buffalo robes, each prepared to make her own shake-down for the night in the school room. After supper they gathered around the log fire that lighted the rough, low-ceilinged room with its bright glow, and enjoyed a story hour.
Bicentennial celebration comes to a close
November 26, 2018
Over 1,000 members of the Sacred Heart family, near and far, gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on the Feast Day of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne to celebrate the closing of the Province's bicentennial celebrations.
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Bicentennial presented by Duchesne Academy in Houston, TX
November 16, 2018
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, along with other Sacred Heart schools from around the world, celebrated the 200th anniversary of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne’s arrival in North America. In this video, we honor Philippine and her legacy at Duchesne Academy.
Statement on the migrant caravan
October 31, 2018
The United States – Canada Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart stands with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in their hope that members of the caravan of migrants from
RSCJ accompany Potawatomi on the “trail of death”
October 22, 2018
Every five years since 1983, the Potawatomi have organized a caravan to retrace the Trail of Death. They stop at many of the places of encampment to do ceremonies and to remember the dead. Since 2018 is the bicentennial of Saint Rose Philippine’s arrival in the United States in 1818, the Religious of the Sacred Heart asked to join the Potawatomi on their caravan as part of our own remembering of Saint Philippine and our mission to the native peoples.