Feast of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat reflection
Despite growing up in St. Charles, Missouri, and attending the Academy of the Sacred Heart where Saint Philippine is buried, I always felt closer to the Society of the Sacred Heart’s founding mother, Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat. It was at Sacred Heart that I first came to care about my faith, after seeing the joy on the face of one of the RSCJ there as she prayed during a school Mass. It inspired me to try to pray, quieting myself and listening closely, letting myself sink deeper and deeper into God’s love.