On the 5th of September 2019, Barbara Dawson and the Central Team welcomed nine RSCJ to probation. Here is the text of the Opening Conference.

It is a joy-filled moment for the Society of the Sacred Heart to welcome nine RSCJ as they begin their Probation journey together at the Villa Lante in Rome.

On the 22nd of August 2019 the Society of the Sacred Heart marked its 50th year of presence and mission in the Philippines.

A delegation of seven is representing the Society of the Sacred Heart at the 2019 United Nations High Level Political Forum. Follow our delegates through the accounts that they will send us each day.

The provincial teams of Europe met together with the Central Team for two days at the Villa Aurelia in Rome.

Our sharing enabled us to feel the pulse of each region, and opened for us a rich exchange which allowed us to welcome one another and be enriched by our diversity.

We spent our day on the theme “Our mission as One Body,” exploring the different services and ways that could help us to build together our Cor Unum for the mission.

It may seem like we already know all these things; but the invitation is is for us to truly be transformed and to live out these insights.

We learned new ways of leadership. We were challenged to find new alternatives and to be open to weave these with the emerging demands of religious life. We were encouraged to make the shift from viewing realities as problems to seeing these as possibilities.

The triple question that Jesus asked Peter resonated with each one of us… and disposed us to consider together how we can animate the living of “community of goods and finances” in our respective Provinces.