Bethanie Sulleza rscj (PHI) visited Japan from September 8 to October 26. She shares with us some of her experiences and reflections.

On this feast of Mater Admirabilis, we share two stories of a YES to God’s call and invitation.

On the 2nd of September 2016, Isabel Solá, a Spanish Religious of Jesus and Mary (RJM), was fatally shot at a crowded intersection in Port-au-Prince. Matilde Moreno RSCJ shares how Isa fully lived her life “committed to and spent for love of a people whose land was her homeland during these last years.”

Mariely Rivera-Hernández shares how a visit to Joigny led her to a profound encounter with Sophie and a renewal of her commitment to the educative mission of the Sacred Heart.

I saw our “Houses for Elderly Sisters” as great thuribles, with precious incense rising up from them…. a humble and joyful supplication for the Spirit to act in the Society. We are collaborating well in the preparation and work of the Chapter.

Juliet Mousseau rscj (USC) was one of the six-member panel of young religious at the UISG Assembly held in Rome on the 9th to the 13th of May 2016.

The USC Province has just released a new book: “Seeking the One Whom We Love.” A collection of fifty-five reflections on prayer by Religious of the Sacred Heart, it illustrates “that deep longing for God and a contemplative way of life that was also St. Madeleine Sophie’s passion.”

A prayer for the New Year, especially as we prepare for the General Chapter, from the Province of India.

Rachel Guillien rscj (BFN) shares this reflection after her international experience in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Viviana Mian rscj (ARU) shares the joy of accepting the invitation to “remain in His love….”