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At this time of the Covid-19 global pandemic, the JPIC International Team offers the Sacred Heart Family this prayer-and-reflection guide for Easter Triduum 2020.

Pope Francis sends us his video message for Holy Week 2020. A link to the schedule of the Holy Week liturgical celebrations at the Vatican is also available here.

As we grapple with fear and uncertainty that may threaten us during this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, we also experience a deep call to prayer, an invitation to silence, and a challenge to "ponder all these in our hearts."

"We confide our sisters to St. Madeleine Sophie who understood so well how to “hold the Society” in times of great difficulty. We have placed a candle in front of Sophie’s picture in our front hall."

Here is a Special Edition of the Newsletter of Sacred Heart at the UN.

The International Communications Team offers instructional tips for different tools that can help us connect, communicate, and collaborate.

"The reality of this moment is teaching us new things on many different levels.... Most important, we need to stay connected to each other."

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, on the 27th of March 2020, 6PM in Rome, Pope Francis presided at the prayer service on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica.

With trust and confidence, we cry out to our God of Life and Hope for mercy and healing....!

Many of us are in countries that are experiencing the outbreak of Covid-19, which has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a "global pandemic." Here we offer resources that can be helpful as we cope with the anxiety triggered by this crisis.

This year as we pray the Stations of the Cross, prepared by JPIC-Roma, let us bear in our minds and hearts the suffering of Earth and humanity at this time of global pandemic.

March 22 is World Water Day. The Integrity of Creation working group of the JPIC Commission of the UISG/USG in Rome offers us this resource.

Being at the Texas-Mexico border was an enriching, educational, and intense experience for me! ~ Rita Pinto rscj (IND)

Let us pray for the PROVINCES / DISTRICTS / AREAS that will be having their Chapters in preparation for Special Chapter 2021.

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