“From the moment we arrived at Colegio Sagrado Corazon in Mexico City until the moment we left, every single one of us attending the V International Conference of Heads of Schools of the Sacred Heart was welcomed with open hearts, arms and great joy.” ~ Hilary Thompson (ENW Schools’ and College Network)

More than 5000 young religious participated in the 2015 World Meeting of Consecrated Women and Men. As Josephine Mbayira rscj (UGK), one of the 16 young RSCJ who joined this celebration, commented: “Religious life is not dying!”

The European provincials held three days of meeting in Rome at the Villa Lante from the 16th to the 19th of September 2015.

The second European Ongoing Formation Meeting took place in Warsaw from 3–5 September 2015, with 21 rscj from all 7 Provinces and from 11 European countries.

In June 2015, the novices of Belgium-France-Netherlands (BFN), England-Wales (ENW), and Poland (POL) came together for a meeting in Krakow, Poland.

In 2010, Sue Acheson rscj wrote this creative dialogue with Janet Erskine Stuart. On 19th August 2015, Sue was called by God to the fullness of life. She and Janet must now be enjoying a full dialogue in the presence of the God they both loved and served.

On the 14th to the 17th of April 2015, sixty-four RSCJ from England, Wales, Scotland, Poland, Italy, Spain, and Ireland (North and South) gathered in Emmaus, a conference centre north of Dublin City.

“… I sit in quietness, and in trust in God’s fidelity and presence. And within and by that I am strengthened – not by lovely insights or experiences, just by being with God.” ~ Silvana Dallanegra rscj (ENW)

Silvana Dallanegra RSCJ of the Province of England-Wales shares her reflection at the beginning of the Year of Consecrated Life.

On the 11th of October 2014, the Province of England-Wales marked the closing of the Janet Stuart Centenary Celebrations with a Eucharist of Thanksgiving in the chapel of the Digby Stuart College.