Reflections from Around the World

A letter to Philippine by Katie Mifsud rscj (MAL).

"Prayer of the Potawatomi on Hearing of the Death of Philippine​" by Sharon Karam rscj (USC)

"My retreat at the heart of our land surely was “a new frontier” for me. I returned with a much deeper understanding of the huge chasm that lies between our western way of viewing the world and that of “the oldest living culture” on the planet."

- Rita Carroll rscj

The senior class of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans gathered with family and friends for Baccalaureate Mass on May 22, 2017. Guest speaker Colleen Faherty Stephens ’90 offered the Class of 2017 these words of wisdom.

Last year two of our teachers at Stuartholme School in Queensland (Australia), Alex Cashin and Graham Woodward, were able to travel to Alice Springs to attend a conference on Indigenous Spirituality. They came home with a painting for the school.

A special edition of the Newsletter of the Province of Japan featured reflections of some of our sisters on the movie "Silence."

The future is, most of all, in the hands of those people who recognize the other as a "you" and themselves as part of an "us." ~ Pope Francis on TED Talk

"Only this will make our lives fruitful and keep our hearts alive: putting Jesus where he belongs, in the midst of his people.... [This] means having a contemplative heart... capable of discerning.... wanting to touch the wounds of Jesus in the wounds of a world in pain, which longs and cries out for healing." ~ Pope Francis

Isabelle Lagneau rscj shared this reflection during the ceremony of Final Profession on the 22nd of January 2017.

The Society of the Sacred Heart lives on through the women who follow in the footsteps of Sophie. As we celebrate the Society's birthday, we share five stories of women who heard the call and responded.....