December 11, 2020
On November 28, Pope Francis elevated Archbishop Wilton Gregory to the Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals, making him the first African American to receive the honor in the history of the church.
By Lori Wilson and Peggy Gorman, Co-Chairs of the Associates Leadership Team
December 9, 2020
On December 6, 2020, the United States – Canada Associate Leadership Team hosted a presentation by Sisters Anne-Louise Nadeau, SNDdeN and Patty Chappell, SNDdeN. The presentation introduced Associates, RSCJ and provincial staff to transformational anti-racist values that can help us, the Sacred Heart family, make a shift in our attitudes and actions.
November 1, 2020
The Provincial Leadership Team is pleased to announce Flavia Bader has been named the new director of communications and public relations for the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada (USC) Province.
By Caroline Richard
October 23, 2020
The Shrine of Saint John Berchmans located in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, sits on the site of the miraculous cure of Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) novice Mary Wilson following an apparition by Berchmans in 1866. As the convent’s original infirmary, the site has seen its share of illnesses and
By Mary Kubli, RSCJ; Edited by Lyn Osiek, RSCJ
October 20, 2020
October is American Archives Month and so we present excerpts from the United States – Canada Archives, located in St. Louis, Missouri.
By Erin Everson
October 7, 2020
One thing is for certain, in order to wholly live out the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart, the collective Sacred Heart community must commit to the ongoing work of anti-racism. This work is never completed, but an extension of our call to love each day we walk this earth.
By Kristi Laughlin, Associate, San Francisco, Associates Leadership Team
October 7, 2020
The walk must begin with talk, but it can’t end there. This was the guiding principle of the Racial Justice Book Discussion hosted by the United States – Canada (USC) Associates Leadership Team on Sunday, September 13.
By Faith M. Hodges
October 7, 2020
Several years ago, the Huffington Post published an article, "I Don't Know How to Explain to You that You Should Care About Other People." This article had a large impact on the lens through which I view the world, extolling on virtues we are taught as children to care about others health, wellbeing and rights.
October 5, 2020
Everyone loves family first. But too many of us have forgotten that as children of one Father, we are bonded in a kinship relationship with every created being. The Incarnation reveals definitively that the Heart of God beats at the center of the entire network of life.
By Erin Everson
September 8, 2020
As a person who was raised Catholic and a product of catholic education from kindergarten through college, I, no doubt, have been shaped by the Catholic faith, and this foundation informs my spirituality today.
