In the process of building a new “Region” in the Society of the Sacred Heart, why did we choose the name “Philippine Duchesne”? What is she telling us? Through this video, the communities of the whole region answer these questions.

In this video, the first of the “Mujeres de Corazón” series produced by the Province of Chile, we get to know Sister Inés García rscj who, along with other rscj Guille, Ximena, Edith and Olinka, lives in an inserted community in the far south of Puente Alto.

Sisters Mieko Shinjo and Masako Egawa of the RSCJ Province of Japan were interviewed by Global Sisters Report about the response of religious communities to the triple disaster that struck Fukushima, Japan in 2011.

Let us celebrate the heart of a missionary woman, in an era when we no longer send out missionaries, yet need to be as courageous and fearless as that pioneer, St. Rose Philippine Duchesne rscj.

Rose Philippine Duchesne was born in Grenoble, France in 1769. After preparing for her first communion at the Visitation convent nearby, her desire to give her life to God led her to join the Visitation community, a cloistered, contemplative order, despite her longing to serve God in missionary lands. In the aftermath of the French revolution, her convent was closed by the government. For ten years Philippine served the destitute of Grenoble as she searched for God’s desires for her.