Twenty-five weeks ago, we found ourselves heading towards a new frontier, not of our choosing. From east coast to west coast, and the from the most northern tip of the United States – Canada Province to the Gulf, we gathered to listen, to be heart-grounded and to share what we could in this time of pandemic unrest.
A gift from these months of uncertainty caused by the pandemic has been the knowledge and experience of our being united in prayer.
By Iris Longo
July 7, 2020
We were asked these questions: What is the spiritual lens through which you view the world? What does that look like in action?
I characterize myself as a “spiritual” individual. In my terms, this means I have a drive to serve a higher calling, but don’t conceptually identify that drive as a commitment to one particular religion or set of pre-described practices
July 1, 2020
The Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, has signed a statement by Catholic leaders demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately release all children and their associated family members detained at three detention centers named in a recent federal court ruling. In the face of a global pandemic, any delay can be deadly...
June 19, 2020
A reflection by Provincial Shelia Hammond, RSCJ, on the Feast fo the Sacred Heart during the virtual prayer celebration June, 19, 2020.
June 19, 2020
Dear Sisters and Friends in the Family of the Sacred Heart,
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.
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.
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.”
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.
