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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.
RSCJ Cemetery rededicated in Lake Forest
October 22, 2018
Saturday, September 29, 2018, at noon was a special moment in the RSCJ Cemetery in Lake Forest, Illinois.
What had been a gloomy, cold day suddenly became sunlit and beautiful as 64 people gathered to bless the refurbished cemetery of 154 RSCJ who served Chicago and Lake Forest beginning in 1856.
Meet the 2018 Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat Award Recipient: Sister Jane McKinlay, RSCJ
October 18, 2018
The Academy of the Sacred Heart and the Rosary Sacred Heart Alumnae Association are pleased to announce Sister Jane McKinlay, RSCJ, as recipient of the 2018 Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat Award.
Descendants gather in memory and honor of enslaved ancestors
September 27, 2018
Sunday, September 23, was full of emotions as descendants of known enslaved persons by the Society of the Sacred Heart gathered at St. Charles Borromeo Church and Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, to remember and honor their ancestors.
St. Philomena School to partner with Network of Sacred Heart Schools
September 19, 2018
On September 18, 2018, St. Philomena School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, formally entered the application process to become a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools in the United States and Canada.
The Faithful Companions of Jesus (fcJ), an international order of Roman Catholic sisters living and ministering in Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas with headquarters in England, opened St. Philomena School in 1953. While the fcJ sisters operate schools internationally, St. Philomena School is their only educational ministry in the United States.