By Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ, Provincial of the United States – Canada Province
We have arrived at Easter!
In the coming weeks, we will hear story after story of Christ’s friends and disciples encountering Him as the Risen One. Can you imagine what it was like to be one of them?
A message for Holy Week 2022 from Superior General Barbara Dawson, RSCJ, and the General Council
As we prepare to celebrate the Easter Vigil and Holy Week, Sister Barbara Dawson and the General Council send us their hope, prayer, and blessing.
By Sheila Smith, RSCJ, UN-NGO Representative for the international Society of the Sacred Heart
April 13, 2022
This year the Society of the Sacred Heart represented by Sacred Heart at the United Nations — an official non-governmental organization (NGO) — participated in the 66th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66).
April 8, 2022
The war in Ukraine is horrifying for the Ukrainian people and is also a very serious threat for the whole world. RSCJ from around the world are trying to act, to bring hope to so many refugees from Ukraine.
By Bridget Bears, RSCJ
This Holy Week, for me — for us — is like no other.
Last Sunday, Religious of the Sacred Heart from around the world gathered for a Society of the Sacred Heart meeting on refugees from Ukraine. Gathered, representing multiple languages, six continents, and bringing to the table the complexities of politics, religion, and life, our hearts were troubled — together.
Birth: December 31, 1935
Profession: February 3, 1967
Death: April 5, 2022
Religious of the Sacred Heart, Mercedes Serna Suarez, died April 5, 2022, in Albany, New York.
April 5, 2022
A group of 20 eighth and ninth grade students from Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, visited the greater St. Louis, Missouri, area.
By Lisa Buscher, RSCJ
The longer I survive not only the COVID pandemic itself, but also the collective exhaustion it has yielded, the more I appreciate the spiritual gift of grace. On the first day of this school year, my colleagues and I each considered a word we wanted to share as inspiration (“hope,” “joy,” “love,” “rest,” “peace,” etc.), wrote it on a stone, and put the stones in the center of our circle.
The news of late has me asking before each broadcast, “How bad will it be?” I wish the question were otherwise, but if I am honest, that is the first thing I wonder. At the same time, I take walks through the neighborhood and am greeted by buds, shoots, and exuberantly affectionate canines.
