Recent News

A bench, plaque and tree has been placed on the Sacred Heart Sisters’ property in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, to honor their foundress, the Venerable Cornelia Connelly.

Over the next two years, the Province of Italy and the International Society will undertake a project together to renovate the Villa Lante. The renovated Villa Lante will continue to provide a space for formation and expand its possibilities so that it can be an added support for the mission of the Society internationally.

The sixteenth-century Villa Lante in Trastevere is one of the Society’s most historically significant buildings. For nearly two centuries, it has been a place where the Sacred Heart sisters have retraced Madeleine Sophie’s footsteps. Learn more about its design and history here.

To worship the Lord we need to “see” beyond the veil of things visible...a way of seeing things that is not impressed by sound and fury, but seeks in every situation the things that truly matter, and that seeks the Lord.

Watch a video presentation of Christmas greetings from RSCJ around the world.

The Taiwan Mission in KOC Province celebrated its 60th anniversary with a Mass to honor the feast day of St. Madeleine Sophie and an animated movie telling the story of the community’s foundation.

On Saturday, December 12, it will be 241 years since the birth of our Society’s founder, Madeleine Sophie Barat. Here is a collection of articles and resources where you can learn more about her life.

Since 2018, the “Chant des Feuillants” association has been working to restore the Chapelle des Feuillants. Built at the initiative of Saint Madeleine-Sophie Barat in the convent of Poitiers in 1818, this chapel had been abandoned for about twenty years.

The Australia-New Zealand Province shares two videos of Christmas music performed by Genevieve Behan rscj.

The Vatican’s website on Pope Francis’ recent encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, is now online.

Here are some resources in English that we may use or adapt for prayer, liturgy, and reflection.

On October 18, the relic of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, previously preserved in the Sacred Heart community in Bregenz, Austria, was solemnly placed in one of the parish churches in Budapest, Pestújhely, so that she may always be venerated by the parisioners.

The province of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chad created this video to celebrate the Foundation Day of the Society on November 21.

The Provinces of Argentina/Uruguay, Chile and Peru have created a video with the Society of the Sacred Heart from around the world to help us celebrate the 220th anniversary of the Society.

The District of Indonesia has written a special song and prayer to help us celebrate the 220th anniversary of the Society.