History
Two women of vision and courage stand at the origin of our Congregation, women who lived in response to the Spirit, attentive to the needs of the time, open to the challenges of the future.
March 1, 2023
Maltese Sisters of the Sacred Heart posted to the US from 1931 to 1934
This article published in the Times of Malta recounts how sixteen RSCJ performed humble tasks in US educational institutions run by their community.
December 11, 2022
Open your hearts with Madeleine Sophie: A Woman of Fire
The Province of BFN has created a monthly series that presents the life and work of Madeleine Sophie and invites us to follow her bold example. Read the fourth installment: A Woman of Fire.
November 29, 2022
Open your hearts with Madeleine Sophie: A Bold Woman
The Province of BFN has created a monthly series that presents the life and work of Madeleine Sophie and invites us to follow her bold example. Read the third installment: A Bold Woman.
November 28, 2022
Open your hearts with Madeleine Sophie: A woman for young people
The Province of BFN has created a monthly series that presents the life and work of Madeleine Sophie and invites us to follow her bold example. Read the second installment: A woman for young people.
November 22, 2022
Confronting a painful past: the Society’s history of enslavement
The USC Province has created a project to acknowledge the Society’s participation in the sin of racism and the violence of slavery. The project aims to address this painful historical chapter, to honor these trafficking victims and their descendants, and to help transform ongoing racist attitudes and behaviors.
October 11, 2022
Open your hearts with Madeleine Sophie: A woman with roots
The Province of BFN has created a monthly series that presents the life and work of Madeleine Sophie and invites us to follow her bold example. Read the first installment: A woman with roots.
October 7, 2022
Open your hearts with Madeleine Sophie: Introduction
The Province of BFN has created a booklet, which we will be publishing on RSCJ International as a monthly series, that presents the life and work of Madeleine Sophie and invites us to follow her bold example.
March 11, 2022
The Society of the Sacred Heart’s History in Ukraine
Lolín Menéndez, with the help of the Society’s General Archives and the provinces of Poland and Central Europe, recounts the history of the Society in the Ukraine.
January 28, 2022
Postcards from the past: The Poitiers milestone
In 1806, Sophie Barat travelled to Poitiers with Henriette Girard. Here they opened the first Sacred Heart novitiate with Lydie Chobelet, Josephine Bigeau, and Thérèse Maillucheau.
June 21, 2021
Postcards from the past: Expanding into Grenoble
After the foundation of the Society in Amiens, the community of Sophie Barat and her companions merged with the Visitation Sisters’ community of St. Marie d’En Haut in Grenoble.