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A Journal of the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada
Mission Advancement Annual Report 2020-2021
CONTENTS
Heart is published three times a year to highlight the mission and ministries of the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, for a wide circle of friends.
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Provincial letter
By Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ
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Heart mailbox
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United States – Canada Province: By the numbers
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The morning sunrise
By Virginia Calvo
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A call to care together
By Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ
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Getting to know you
By Flávia Bader
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Caught by the charism
By Lori Wilson and Peggy Gorman
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Heart conversations
A process for gathering and dialogue By Flávia Bader
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Ruth Cunnings, RSCJ, professed first vows
By Erin Everson
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Cor Unum Legacy Society member profile
By Flávia Bader
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Returning to the heart
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Young alumna on staying connected By Laura Spinelli
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What about your Sacred Heart education inspires gratitude?
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18 Sacred Heart well represented at the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo
The Society of the Sacred Heart was founded by Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat in post-revolutionary France and brought to the United States by Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne in 1818. Provincial Team: Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ, Provincial Imma De Stefanis, RSCJ Marina Hernandez, RSCJ Lynne Lieux, RSCJ Editor: Flávia Bader Staff: Erin Everson Designer: Peggy Nehmen Copy Editor: Frances Gimber, RSCJ Please update your address and mailing preferences at www.rscj.org/connect. Society of the Sacred Heart 4120 Forest Park Avenue St. Louis, MO 63108 314-652-1500
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Connecting the global Sacred Heart family
RSCJ Q&A
Sacred Heart from birth
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Making mission possible:
Administrative staff serving the Province
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Suggested reading
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Recommended listening
The Heart magazine team would like to hear from you about what you like in this magazine and suggestions for future issues. To share comments, ask questions or suggest articles, please email: editor@rscj.org.
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Cover: Thomas Glomm, iStock.com
Dear friends and family of the Sacred Heart, We, Religious of the Sacred Heart, are blessed by the generosity of you, our partners in mission. We appreciate you – your commitment to mission, your expressions of encouragement, your gracious support, your kindness. Our relationships with you are charged by mutual respect and spiritual kinship rooted in the shared conviction that God who loves us counts on our revealing love to others. Adopting a loving awareness of one another and of God’s creation enables us to live the mission. Such attentiveness necessitates our pausing long enough to notice sparks of goodness around us. When I was a child living in New York City, one of our Jewish neighbors told me a story about the beginning of time. Th e story speaks of the invitation to each human being to be a beacon of light. Later, I heard Rachel Naomi Remer tell the same story to Krista Tippett on the On Being radio program: In the beginning there was only the holy darkness, the Ein Sof, the source of life. And then, in the course of history, at a moment in time, this world, the world of a thousand, thousand things, emerged from the heart of the holy darkness as a great ray of light. And then, perhaps because this is a Jewish story, there was an accident, and the vessels containing the light of the world, the wholeness of the world, broke. And the wholeness of the world, the light of the world was scattered into a thousand, thousand fragments of light, and they fell into all events and all people, where they remain deeply hidden until this very day. Now, according to my grandfather, the whole human race is a response to this accident. We are here because we are born with the capacity to find the hidden light in all events and in all people, to lift that light up and make it visible once again and thereby to restore the innate wholeness of the world. This task is called tikkun olam in Hebrew.
I love this image: thousands of fragments of light surrounding us in nature, in one another and in ourselves! Th rough acts of kindness, through declarations of gratitude and through our attentiveness to creation, we can repair our broken and blessed world. Th is is our call as human beings, as those who desire to discover and reveal God’s love. At the center of this mission is our fundamental call to be a light, a beacon of hope, simply by inviting those who cross our paths into relationships of respect, kindness, graciousness and thankfulness. In this issue of Heart, we offer some stories of light and words of gratitude. You will also find our Mission Advancement Annual Report. To all who have supported us through sharing your talents, your time, and your treasure, we thank you. Let us continue to pray for one another and to encourage one another to practice tikkun olam. With love and prayer,
Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ Provincial United States – Canada Province
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Queridos amigos y familia del Sagrado Corazón, Nosotras, las Religiosas del Sagrado Corazón, nos sentimos bendecidas por la generosidad de ustedes, nuestros socios en la misión. Les apreciamos: su compromiso con la misión, sus expresiones de ánimo, su gentil apoyo, su amabilidad. Nuestras relaciones con ustedes están animadas por el respeto mutuo y de parentesco espiritual enraizado en la convicción compartida de que Dios, que nos ama, cuenta con que revelemos nuestro amor a los demás. El asumir una conciencia amorosa de los demás y de la creación de Dios nos permite vivir la misión. Esta atención requiere que nos detengamos lo suficiente para percibir las chispas de bondad que nos rodean. Cuando era niña y vivía en Nueva York, uno de nuestros vecinos judíos me había contado una historia sobre el inicio de los tiempos. La historia habla de la invitación a cada ser humano a ser un faro de luz. Más tarde, escuché a Rachel Naomi Remer contar la misma historia a Krista Tippett en el programa de radio On Being: Al principio sólo existía la santa oscuridad, el Ein Sof, la fuente de la vida. Y luego, en el curso de la historia, en un momento dado, este mundo, el mundo de las mil y mil cosas, surgió del corazón de la santa oscuridad como un gran rayo de luz. Y entonces, tal vez porque esta es una historia judía, hubo un accidente, y los recipientes que contenían la luz del mundo, la totalidad del mundo, se rompieron. Y la totalidad del mundo, la luz del mundo se dispersó en mil y mil fragmentos de luz, y fueron a caer en todos los acontecimientos y en todas las personas, donde permanecen profundamente ocultos hasta el día de hoy. Ahora, según mi abuelo, toda la raza humana es una respuesta a este accidente. Estamos aquí porque nacemos con la capacidad de encontrar la luz oculta en todos los acontecimientos y en todas las personas, para alzar esa luz y hacerla visible de nuevo y restaurar así la integridad innata del mundo. Esta tarea se llama tikkun olam en hebreo.
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Me encanta esta imagen: ¡miles de fragmentos de luz rodeándonos en la naturaleza, en los demás y en nosotros mismos! Por medio de gestos de bondad, de expresiones de agradecimiento y de nuestra atención a la creación, podemos restaurar nuestro mundo roto y bendecido. Esta es nuestra llamada en tanto que seres humanos, quienes desean descubrir y revelar el amor de Dios. En el centro de esta misión está nuestra llamada fundamental a ser una luz, un faro de esperanza, sencillamente invitando a quienes se cruzan en nuestro camino a entablar relaciones de respeto, amabilidad, gentileza y agradecimiento. En este número de Heart, ofrecemos algunas historias de luz y palabras de agradecimiento. También encontrarán nuestro Informe Anual de Avance de la Misión. A todos los que nos han apoyado compartiendo sus talentos, su tiempo y su tesoro, les damos las gracias. Sigamos rezando unos por otros y animándonos a practicar tikkun olam. Con amor y oración,
Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ Provincial Provincia de los Estados Unidos – Canadá
From: Mark, friend of the Society I just wanted to tell you that I enjoyed the [last] magazine. It’s so nice having present news and also things from the past – a combination of both the present mission and the wonderful history. Thank you so much and God bless.
From: Virginia Ann, alumna of the former Convent of the Sacred Heart, Noroton, Connecticut, 1969 I just received the latest issue of Heart (Volume 18, No. 2) and I was blown away by “Lament with Alleluia” by Rose Marie Quilter, RSCJ. I was at Greenwich with Sister Quilter and again, later, at Noroton. I loved her amazing poem. N
United States – Canada Province
By the numbers RSCJ in the Province: 222 Associates in the Province: 191 Lay staff serving the Province: 80 Schools in the Network of Scared Heart Schools: 25
Sacred Heart school alumnae/ alumni: ~40,000
Students in Network of Sacred Heart schools: 12,126
The morning sunrise By Virginia Calvo
This morning sunrise made the world anew; pierced through the swollen darkness that had held the land. Night’s hand relinquishes its hold. Things unfold. The light within them shimmers. The world grows bright, it catches fire! We, wakening, desire the day – to work, to walk, to fashion, and to love our world. We know above our world a brooding spirit breathes. We are born to pierce the inmost darkness of our own mysterious selves, to seek that point of radiance where self-life rises, to set aside disguises as the day casts off the night. We find delight in knowing self is given – we live as gift! Just so! We lift our world, ponder its beauty with hovering thought covering naught but with love. Let it speak its secrets in the light of us. For the night no longer threatens once we release the fire inside that will not be denied its flaming! Virginia Calvo is an alumna of Academy of the Sacred Heart, Elmhurst in Providence, Rhode Island, and Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. Photo by Georgie Blaeser, RSCJ
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Caring for our brothers and sisters means caring for the home we share.
A call to care together Connecting the global Sacred Heart family By Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ
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The fragility of our common home becomes more and more evident as we witness natural disasters, hear of rising sea levels and learn of the forced migrations of people from their homes that are no longer habitable. In Laudato Si’, Pope Francis offers all people of God witnessing the fracturing of the Earth both hope and challenge. While most understand the scope of this encyclical, it is more difficult to remain focused on developing the “loving awareness” of our common home that Pope Francis is calling us to integrate into our attitudes and actions. This call to live in right relationship with our God, with our neighbor and with our common home echoes the vision of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat. Discovering and revealing God’s love in the heart of reality necessitates attentiveness to all relationships including with all of Creation. Driven by the ethic of caring about the future of our planet and called to be One Body, we, Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ), begin our work with prayer. This past fall, as an invitation to prayer, the International JPIC Committee of the Society of the Sacred Heart invited members of the global Sacred Heart family to join the ecumenical family around the world in celebration of the Season of Creation. This annual moment to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation focused on the theme A Home for All: Renewing the “Oikos” of God. Oikos is the Greek word for “home,” or “household.” By rooting our theme in the concept of oikos, we collectively celebrated the integral web of relationships that sustain the well-being of the Earth.
This responsibility is “essential to a life of virtue” (Laudato Si’ 217).
Sacred Heart family. The Center joins various Sacred Heart communities as Religious of the Sacred Heart and partners in mission develop programs and actions in support of our common home. The Center’s integrated movement weaves together both contemplation and action—integral aspects of the Society’s charism. Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat hoped that as members of the Sacred Heart family we would live as transmitters of love. During the October 4, 2021, symposium entitled Faith and Science: Towards COP26, Pope Francis suggested three elements in our collective work to care for our common home: openness to interdependence, dynamic love and respect. These three active attitudes of heart can and will strengthen our capacity to discover and reveal God’s love in the heart of the world. The Laudato Si’ Goals, developed by the Vatican Dicastery and the Laudato Si’ Action Platform.
Now the question becomes how we act on our renewed attentiveness to our home. How can our reflection and prayer ignite in us the passion to act? And what can we continue to do to remain united in Christ’s heart through our prayer for one another and our world? These are important questions, especially in light of the Vatican launching the Laudato Si’ Action Platform. The action platform outlines specific actions and goals for Catholics across seven sectors —families, parishes and dioceses, religious orders, educational institutions, health care centers, economic institutions and lay organizations—and invites groups to complete them within a seven-year period. The call to care for our common home holds unprecedented urgency for all members of the global Sacred Heart family. The Society has sought and continues to seek creative and effective ways to heed this urgency. As a result, the Society’s International Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Committee created the JPIC Information and Learning Center, which includes the JPIC Learning Hub, to provide information about the responses to this call from others in the global
“ Care for relationships is at the root of our tradition. We want to develop this tradition in new, more profound ways. Today, we are more sensitive to the importance of interrelationships, and so we would like to strengthen collaboration with other groups equally committed to justice, peace and integrity of creation. We recognize, as well, the urgency to enliven collaboration among ourselves and with the entire Sacred Heart family. This unity gives us more energy and creativity to transform unjust structures.” – Being Artisans of Hope in Our Blessed and Broken World, p. 1
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Getting to know you RSCJ Q&A By Flávia Bader
SHIRLEY MILLER, RSCJ, is the founder of the mission advancement office for the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, and served as its director from 2004 to 2019. Prior to her mission advancement role, Sister Miller was headmistress at Network of Sacred Heart schools in Omaha, Nebraska, and New Orleans, Louisiana, for a total of 25 years. After making her first vows in 1968, Sister Miller was actively involved in Sacred Heart schools, serving as a teacher, in administrative roles, and as a trustee. A native of Iowa, she is a graduate of Duchesne College in Omaha and holds master’s degrees in religious studies from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, and in educational administration from the University of Notre Dame.
Q. When you entered the Society in 1965, the congregation was still cloistered and you received the habit and white veil of a novice. However, five years later, by 1970, times had changed and Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) started to wear street clothes. Can you tell me how you viewed the change and how you think it changed the Society as a whole? A. The changes happened rapidly with the end of the Vatican Council. We entered in 1965 in regular clothes; six months later we were in the traditional habit and white veil. From 1967-1968, while teaching as a novice at Kenwood, I wore a modified habit. Shortly after that, we began wearing traditional street clothes. It was a dramatic change for everyone, probably more welcomed by us younger ones. The Society itself also changed dramatically. We went from being semi-cloistered – no home visits to see families – to being uncloistered and able to move about freely, including going home to visit families. This was one of the most welcome changes for me and for most of us. Q. Can you tell me about your experience at Duchesne College from 1959 to 1963? How did your time there influence your discernment of a vocation to the Society? A. Being surrounded by extraordinary RSCJ who were so relational, smart, and kind with one another and with their students during those years was transformational. My older sister, Mary Dell, had just graduated from Duchesne before I went, and my younger sister Carolyn went a year after my graduation. We all had great experiences. Many of the RSCJ there at that time have been some of my most influential mentors and friends. I began to discern a vocation to the
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Society during my junior year. The RSCJ were a great help in the process. I loved the way they were together, their education, the vows they made and the community they created among themselves and with their students. I decided to enter late in my senior year and was accepted, but I had financial aid loans to pay off and we couldn’t enter with debt. So, I worked two years as assistant to the college president, Mother Connie Campbell, and I had a second job, typing doctoral dissertations for students at Creighton University. After two years, I sent in my final payment. Q. How did the many years you spent in Sacred Heart education influence your mission advancement work? A. Teaching and administering in Sacred Heart schools for over 25 years were the best preparation I could have had for beginning the mission advancement office. I had been involved in three campaigns at Duchesne and the Rosary and knew the fundamentals of fundraising. I also knew a lot of people; I had been active in the Associated Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart (AASH) conferences and made frequent contact with alums. All of them were very helpful in our initial fundraising efforts and continue to be today. Q. How was the need for the creation of an office of mission advancement first identified? A. In 2002 we did an actuarial study that indicated that the Province would be out of assets by 2017 unless serious changes were made in decreasing expenses and increasing income. At the time, the Province had never done any serious and coordinated fundraising, partially because it was hard to convince the RSCJ of the need for fundraising for ourselves.
Students from the Academy of the Sacred Heart (the Rosary) in New Orleans, Louisiana, surround Sister Miller.
Q. What are some of the key learnings from your mission advancement experience? A. I learned about the importance of keeping relationships at the heart of our mission and staying in touch with our Sacred Heart extended family. I learned about the importance of keeping the Province and our constituencies informed about our mission alive and well in the Network schools, in our justice ministries, in elder care, our spirituality ministries and about mission advancement activities. Most of all, I learned about the importance of expressing gratitude again and again and again. I am so grateful for our outstanding mission advancement team, our fundraising counsel and our relationship with the Associates, AASH and the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. Q. What inspired you to publish Do Not Forget What Your Eyes Have Seen? A. My two sisters, Mary Dell and Carolyn, suggested that I do this. I have often sent them photos I have taken and reflections I have written, and they suggested that I publish a book of them. Our Provincial at the time, Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, gave me the go ahead. I don’t think I would have thought of this on my own. I loved reflecting back on all the people I have met along the way: students, colleagues, people I encountered on the beach in Gulf Shores, and all that I learned from them. After I retired from the mission advancement office I had several months to work on the project, and I am happy with the result.
Sister Miller poses with two of her favorites: Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne and Elvis Presley.
Q. Is there a quote from an RSCJ that you like to live by? A. “Let love be your life for all eternity” by Saint Madeleine Sophie, and of course, the inspiration for the title of my book, “Do not forget the things your eyes have seen” (Deut. 4:9), which has been a guiding principle for me since my college days and an inspiration for prayer at the end of each day – reflecting on and being grateful for all my eyes have seen that day. Q. How do you experience God’s love? A. In the beauty that surrounds me and in all the relationships that have been and are the center of my life – “fidelity to relationships.” Q. What are your hopes for the Society of the Sacred Heart United States – Canada Province? I hope we will receive more sisters into the Society. I hope we will continue to grow with the Associates, Network colleagues, JPIC colleagues, spirituality centers and alumnae/i. I hope we will continue to make the internationality of the Society a major focus. N Flávia Bader is the director of communications and public relations for the Province.
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Caught by the charism By Lori Wilson and Peggy Gorman
Associate Lori Wilson kept this candle lit during the gathering as a way of inviting God to be present with her and all Associates.
Our Associates gathering, July 6-7, 10-11, 2021, held virtually, invited us to a deeper understanding of our identity as Associates of the Society of the Sacred Heart and sharing in its charism. It led us to acknowledge our vocation to the Society’s mission– to discover and reveal God’s love in the heart of the world – and to discern the unique roles and gifts we bring to foster this mission individually and collectively. In the final two days of the gathering, we conversed with Religious of the Sacred Heart(RSCJ). These conversations allowed us to begin to probe who Associates and RSCJ are, what makes each identity different, and where we can conspire together. In her keynote talk, Carol Zinn, SSJ, executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), challenged Associates to understand what it means to be
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“caught by the charism.” She pointed out the need to become independent of the RSCJ so we can truly be collaborators with them. This thought was both thrilling and scary to our group because, in many ways, we Associates rely on the sisters to guide, teach and lead us. Our growing edge is to take the mantle of leadership upon our own shoulders. Provincial Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ, spoke to and broke open the words: Logo for the Associvocation, charism and mission. Specifiates of the Society of cally, she focused on our vocational call Sacred Heart, United and invited us to support one another States – Canada Province was launched as we create our beloved community. at the gathering. Now is the time for us to learn as much as possible from the RSCJ we admire so that we can enter more fully into the charism we are called to live. Where do we need to go from here? Associate formation is an area that we need to streamline. Leadership development is also a clear need. We need to answer the questions: how do we do this with RSCJ? What should our structures be? What needs to change? Being called to discover and reveal the heart of Christ in our blessed and broken world is a serious call and one we, as Associates, have committed to living in our personal and professional lives. We, the Associates Leadership Team, are excited to begin a deeper dive into what this call is all about, and we are open to receive what the Spirit has in store for Associates as we grapple with these questions this year. We will work with the new Provincial Team, the leaders of our Associate groups, and all Associates this next year as we forge a path forward – one we pray will lead to growth, understanding and deeper love. N Lori Wilson and Peggy Gorman are co-chairs of the Associates Leadership Team.
A process for gathering and dialogue By Flávia Bader
After months of providing resources and reflections that paralleled the global challenges of our recent times – COVID-19, political unrests, systemic racism, food and housing insecurities, and unemployment – the Heart Response team of the United States – Canada Province, a diverse group within the Sacred Heart family with the responsibility of supporting spiritual growth during the first year of the pandemic, launched a pilot project in early 2021 named Heart Conversations. Guided by the Gospel and the Society’s mission to discover and reveal the heart of God globally, locally and personally, Heart Conversations provided RSCJ, Associates, Province employees and a select group of Network of Sacred Heart school employees an opportunity to be present with one another for three one-hour long Zoom meetings. The framework offered an intentional space to connect and reflect from the heart on both the previous year and the emerging future. Participants in this initial pilot program were divided into groups of 9 to 12 and guided by a pre-assigned facilitator/convener. All were invited to listen deeply to the experience of others, articulate their own journey and look ahead to see what is possible. They were asked to build bridges of relationship grounded in the desire to discover and reveal the heart of God. An evaluation conducted at the end of this pilot program showed that participants found their experience engaging and comforting, and over 80% of participants stated that if available to them, they were likely to attend a Heart Conversation again in the future and/or would recommend it to a friend. Some participants commented on the joy of meeting with likeminded people and the opportunity to share deeply. One participant stated: “I was amazed at the depth and vulnerability of each person in my group and found myself inspired and lifted after each session.” Another participant declared that “faith sharing is one of the most important things we can do so this was wonderful!” The Province is currently refining the Heart Conversations model in the hope that more members of the wider Sacred Heart family will have a similar opportunity for dialogue and deepening conversations. As one participant stated, “Programs like this are needed now more than ever because people are not interacting with their faith groups/friends/families very much right now. It is a way to feel heard, and to listen to others and share their joys and concerns.” N
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Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, joins attendees in congratulating Ruth Cunnings, RSCJ, on the profession of her first vows.
Ruth Cunnings, RSCJ, professed first vows By Erin Everson
AFTER TWO YEARS IN FORMATION as a novice
(someone who has entered a religious order and is preparing to take vows), Ruth Cunnings, RSCJ, professed her first vows in the Society of the Sacred Heart on July 10, 2021. View a highlight video about the liturgy and ceremony at: rscj.org/firstvows
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The liturgy and vow ceremony took place in the Shrine of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne in St. Charles, Missouri. While only a few close friends and family of Sister Cunnings could attend in person along with local Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ), Associates and the Provincial Team, the liturgy was streamed live via YouTube so that family, friends and sisters across the United States – Canada Province could share in the celebration.
Sister Cunnings recounts the day in her own words: Taking my first vows was a momentous occasion, an opportunity to say yes, once again, to God and to commit myself to following and living into the Heart of Jesus. But I did not, and do not see my first vows as a singular occasion. They were and are the next step on a life long journey, through which I have found a home in the charism of the Society of the Sacred Heart to discover and reveal the love of God’s heart in the world. My vocation in the Society is a beautiful gift. I am fortunate to have been able to respond to this call in the Society and to have received the support of so many RSCJ who have traveled with me as mentors and sisters through my formation process. As I stood in front of friends and family to take my vows, I remember feeling incredibly present in the moment and
Maria Cimperman, RSCJ, (right) Elaine Abels, RSCJ, (left) welcome their new sister to the Society.
incredibly focused. I take seriously the self-gift of the vows and wished to truly enter into this life in a spirit of prayer. But I was also very aware that I cannot, and do not have to, make this journey alone. Through the vow formula, each RSCJ recognizes the importance of her relationships with God and with the community in her spiritual journey: “Trusting in the fidelity of God and in the love of my sisters.” The day was also marked by great joy. I was grateful to be able to gather with friends and family, after the isolation of the pandemic. The Shrine provided a beautiful setting; and through the contributions of so many, the ceremony was simple but beautiful. When I look back on that day, I am humbled by the abundant graces of my first vows. I feel truly blessed by God through the gift of my life as an RSCJ.
Ellen Collesano, RSCJ, the director of novices, shared of Sister Cunnings during the homily, “It has been my sacred privilege to journey with her. … Ruth lived with such great openness, co-responsibility for her own formation, transparency, and commitment. We are thrilled to send [her] forth this day, in this way, surrounded by all who love [her], who promise to support [her] and who walk with [her] in this mission.” Current novice and former community member of Sister Cunnings, Angela Deasy Natalia Hartanto, NSCJ (Novice of the Sacred Heart), from the Australia – New Zealand Province,
said, “It was a very touching moment for me, having journeyed with her … Ruth is true to herself. She is a genuine person, honest and comfortable with herself. Everything about the day, and how she was willing to give herself to God. I feel that Ruth has found her true self.” In one of her final acts as Provincial, Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, received the vows and at the conclusion of the liturgy formally sent Sister Cunnings to her next ministry to teach at Our Lady’s School in San Diego, California. Before entering the Society novitiate, Sister Cunnings taught middle school and upper school theology at Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The Province has run an international English-speaking novitiate in Chicago since 2016. While working in various ministries, Sister Cunnings spent much of the last two years in prayer and spiritual formation at the novitiate alongside Sister Hartanto. Sisters Collesano and Hartanto, along with Maria Cimperman, RSCJ, and Mary Bernstein, RSCJ, currently reside in the novitiate community and look forward to welcoming five new novices from various provinces in the coming year. N Erin Everson is the communications project manager for the Province.
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Cor Unum Legacy Society member profile Sacred Heart from birth By Flávia Bader
In 2011, when Susan “Sue” Whalen presented the Associated Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart (AASH) Cor Unum Chairperson Award to her sister, Judy Whalen Conley, she stated, “I supposed if your grandmother is a founding member of the Tabernacle Society at the Academy of the Sacred Heart on 8 Prince Street in Rochester, New York, and if your aunts were all part of the school and three of them (Madeline “Pat” Howe, Margaret “Kelly” Howe, and Ruth Whalen) became RSCJ, and if your mother attended the school and you also graduated from Prince street and Manhatanville, I supposed you become part of the Society of the Sacred Heart by osmosis. We were just Sacred Heart from birth.” Three of Sue’s aunts – two of her mother’s sisters and one of her father’s sisters – were Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ). Another aunt was a School Cor Unum Legacy Society member Susan “Sue” Whalen Sister of Notre Dame (SSND). She grew up taking family vacations often to shares a moment with Arcadia Cotto, RSCJ. visit her “nun aunts.” As a little girl, she recalled, one highlight was going on a summer trip to visit her aunts and having the chance to go to “Reverend Mother’s cupboard.” “It was a big deal, the closet was full of toys and games and you got to choose what you wanted, it was like Christmas in July,” she recounted. Sue knew from a very young age how special the RSCJ are. “They are extremely intellectual, welcoming, giving and faith-filled. They just have an aura about them,” she said. Sue, a former novice in the Society herself, is now an Associate of the Sacred Heart in Albany, New York. For her, being an Associate allows her to deepen her connection with the Society and provides a source of encouragement and support while living and promoting the Society’s mission. In addition to being an Associate, Sue had been very active with her former school’s Alumnae Association. Her school (the Academy in Rochester) closed in 1969, but Sue, her sister and a few other alumnae kept the school’s Alumnae Association going for 49 years. She believes deeply that active faith in God and maintaining social awareness lead to action. Sue has remained connected to the Society’s ministries through projects like those of Irene Cullen, RSCJ, who works to support schools and students in Uganda and Kenya. She also helps raise funds for Friends of Borgne, a group that helps educate and feed children in Haiti; she volunteers for Dress a Girl Around the World, an organization that makes dresses and works to prevent sex trafficking of girls, and she is co-chair at a local nursing home that provides discretionary funds for residents in need. As a Cor Unum Legacy Society member, Sue has chosen to leave a bequest to the Society, a gift made in gratitude for the many ways in which the Society's mission has informed and touched her life. N Sue Whalen and her aunt Madeline “Pat” Howe, RSCJ.
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To learn more about joining the Cor Unum Legacy Society visit: https://rscj.org/bequest
Returning to the heart
Young alumna on staying connected By Laura Spinelli
When I graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) 11 years ago, I felt a deep sense of loss in parting ways with the traditions and people that had made the school feel like a second home. Celebrating each “last time” and walking across the graduation stage felt like a very final end to a story that had no sequel. The older graduates and teachers tried to reassure us that this wasn’t the case – that we’d always find a home within the Sacred Heart community – but, at the time, I couldn’t quite envision how that would play out. But here I am, 11 years post-graduation, and I’m happy to report that the teachers and older graduates were right, as usual! I’ve been particularly thankful for several ways in which the Sacred Heart community has provided a sense of connection throughout the last 18 months of pandemic and world challenges. In the depths of COVID-19 isolation, the Academy Alumnae/i Association put together a “Galentine’s Day” Zoom call with alumnae from multiple graduating classes. There is an immediate sense of that comfort and return to home that happens when you talk to a fellow alumna. It was such a bright spot to laugh together across the distance and swap memories. I am also grateful to the United States – Canada Province for hosting a virtual Laura Spinelli anti-racism workshop earlier this year. One aspect I most appreciated about my Sacred Heart education was being given a space for reflection, dialogue and action. The gift of having this time and space as an adult was equally, if not more, powerful. Gathering virtually throughout the pandemic with the Province’s formation to mission committee was also a special part of the last year. In the midst of bad news story after bad news story, it was encouraging to meet with the committee, learn more about the depth of the work the Province was doing, and be inspired by each member’s hope and commitment to doing her part to bring some light to the world. I will be eternally grateful for my time as a Sacred Heart student, and now for the ability to continue to be a part of the Sacred Heart family as an alumna. My hope is that other alumnae/i can continue to find a home within the Sacred Heart community long after graduation – that for more people, Sacred Heart will always be the place to turn to when you need a laugh, when you need to process what is happening in the world, or when you need to figure out where to turn in order to act. N Laura Spinelli is an alumna of Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, class of 2010.
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What about your Sacred Heart education inspires “My Sacred Heart education not only provided strong academic skills; it provided a solid foundation in my core values. Integrity, accountability and perseverance are all values I use today. Much of my Sacred Heart education revolved around the teachings shared by the RSCJ and from that, I have also developed a strong desire to help others. This servant leadership as president of my (Academy of the Sacred Heart) alumni association has helped me to forge a better path for myself and build strong, lasting friendships; and it has provided new opportunities to help others in my community.” – Julie Tierney, Academy of the Sacred Heart, St. Charles, 1985
F “I am grateful for being a part of such a deeply rooted tradition. The school was small as far as student population, but attending a Sacred Heart school enables you to be a part of something big. You are able to receive a top-rated education, but it’s also about the ceremonies that symbolize the love for God and the power of a strong sisterhood. I still feel connected whenever I am able to walk through the halls of my high school, knowing that I, along with every young woman who attended Duchesne Academy, left my mark.” – Dorian Hill Stanfield, Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, Omaha, 1990 F “I am most grateful for the confidence-building opportunities Sacred Heart offered. Thanks to a great academic program, a wide range of extra-curricular activities and amazing teachers, I left the school well-rounded, ambitious and ready to face challenges head on. Sacred Heart played a pivotal role in my life and truly helped set me up for success.” – Andria Arcari, Sacred Heart School of Montreal, 2003
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“I’m grateful for the implementing of core values and positioning them in our everyday life!” – Helen Ryan, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Lake Forest (now Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart), 1954
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“I am most grateful for the value-based education I received at Sacred Heart. A Sacred Heart education goes beyond how we write the perfect essay, or solve the challenging math problem. It provides a foundation on which we can build a whole person. There is a sense that the education we received not only prepares us for the college years, but more importantly the life after that. Sacred Heart instills a sense of family that extends beyond your immediate relatives, as this family is a global community in which we are all valued members, and there is an expectation that we should take care of one another. I am so grateful for this sense of continued belonging and I feel so very lucky that I am able to give my own daughters the gift of a Sacred Heart education. ” – Lisa Burke Fallon, Sacred Heart Greenwich, 1989 F “The lasting relationships, memories, and love I experienced are some of the things I hold close to my heart from my time at Villa!” – Nina Kaiser, Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School, 2016
F “I am most grateful for so much from my Sacred Heart college years, lifelong friendships topping the list. Those friendships have sustained me through all the ups & downs of the past 50 years, and continue to be crucial to my happy life. Likewise, my mother’s dear friends from her days at Duchesne enriched her life until her final days.” – Kate Bradley, Duchesne College, 1965-1968; Barat College, 1969 F
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gratitude? “As a life-long sailor, I think of Sacred Heart education, in effect, as my life’s vessel, a protective hull of faith designed to carry me down the rivers of life, with a true moral compass to follow my course even in darkness, a strong keel of critical thinking to right me when buffeted by the winds of life, an anchor of self-reliance to secure refuge as needed, and large intellectual sails to power me to the end. The depth and breadth of my education enabled me to do good, to faithfully live my life, and to pass on those principles. I am forever grateful. Caritas Vincit Omnia (Love conquers all).” – Hortensia Sampedro, Marianao (El Country), Havana, Cuba, and Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, 1968
F “I am grateful for the examples of strong women of faith and character whom I have been able to know through my school and other Sacred Heart schools.” – Anne Dielschneider, Villa Duchesne, 1989
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“Having attended Sacred Heart Greenwich from kindergarten through senior year helped me grow into the strong and independent woman that I am today. The Sacred Heart community was a strong support system that constantly reminded us our voices and opinions are important and encouraged us to be leaders. I will forever be grateful for this community as they inspired me well beyond my 13 years at Sacred Heart.” – Catherine Cunningham, Sacred Heart Greenwich, 2014
A stained glass window depicting Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, once part of Barat College and now at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest, Illinois. An accompanying plaque reads a well-known writing by Sophie: “For the sake of one child, I would have founded the Society of the Sacred Heart.”
“I’m most grateful for the strong female examples that my Carrollton education provided me – not only within the classroom, but outside of it, in the relationships that I have built and nurtured as a result of my time at Sacred Heart. Carrollton (and these female leaders) instilled in me the drive, the kindness, the courage, and the compassion to become the strong female I consider myself to be today. My entire experience at Carrollton is an embodiment of Goal 5: personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.” – Carolina D Hernandez, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, 2010 F
F “I am most grateful for the opportunities that Sacred Heart offers its students to diversify their education through a variety of extracurricular activities and teams.” –D ominique Levesque, Sacred Heart School of Montreal, 2017
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“I am most grateful for the Academy educating the whole person. It is easy to look back and see our academic experience set us apart in the next steps of our education, but as an adult I am finding that the 10 years I spent being educated as a whole person have impacted my personal faith journey today.” – Brett Siegfried, Academy of the Sacred Heart, St. Charles, 2004 N
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Sacred Heart well represented at the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo
Dylan Martin
Nora Seif Azmy Paige Greco
AUSTRALIA
Paige Greco
Alumna, Sacré Cœur, ’15 (Glen Iris, Melbourne, Australia) Paralympic appearances: 1 Sport: para-cycling (road and track) Events: C3 3,000m individual pursuit, C3 road time trial, C3 road race Medals: 1 gold, 1 bronze Notable: Paige Greco won the first gold medal of the Paralympic games in Tokyo.
Nicola Johnson
Former Educator, Stuartholme School (Brisbane, Australia) Olympic appearances: 1 Role: water polo referee Notable: Nicola was the first Australian female water polo referee at an Olympic Games.
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Dylan Martin
GERMANY
Field Hockey Coach, KincoppalRose Bay School of the Sacred Heart (Sydney, Australia) Olympic appearances: 1 Sport: field hockey Medal: 1 silver
Anabelle Smith
Alumna, Sacré Cœur, ’10 (Glen Iris, Australia) Olympic appearances: 3 Sport: diving Event: 3-meter springboard
EGYPT
Amos Bartelsmeyer
Former Student, Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School (St. Louis, Missouri) Olympic appearances: 1 Sport: track and field Event: 1500-meter
MALTA
Carla Scicluna
Alumna, Sacred Heart College Malta, ’19 (St. Julian’s, Malta) Olympic appearances: 1 Sport: track and field Event: 100-meter
Nora Seif Azmy
Alumna, Collège du Sacré-Cœur Le Caire, ’18 (Cairo, Egypt) Olympic appearances: 1 Sport: artistic swimming Event: team artistic swimming Paige Greco photo: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
6 countries
★ 13 athletes/participants ★ 9 total medals !
Nicola Johnson
Phoebe Bacon Katie Ledecky
MÉXICO
Gabriela “Gaby” López
Alumna, Colegio Sagrado Corazón México, ’12 (México City, México) Olympic appearances: 2 Sport: golf Notable: Gaby served as México’s flag bearer in the opening ceremonies in Tokyo.
Mayte Martínez
Alumna, Colegio Sagrado Corazón México, ’08 (México City, México) Olympic appearances: 1 Role: nutritionist for the Mexican national football team
Katie Ledecky photo: New York Stock Exchange
Tierna Davidson
UNITED STATES
Alumna, Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, ’16 (Atherton, California) Olympic appearances: 2 Sport: soccer Medal: 1 bronze
Phoebe Bacon
Alumna, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, ’20 (Bethesda, Maryland) Olympic appearances: 1 Sport: Swimming Event: 200 backstroke
Katie Ledecky
Alumna, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, ’15 (Bethesda, Maryland) Olympic appearances: 3 Sport: Swimming Events: 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle, 1500 freestyle, 4x200 freestyle relay Medals: 2 gold, 2 silver Notable: Katie’s seven career Olympic gold medals are the most ever won by a female swimmer. N
Abby Dahlkemper
Alumna, Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, ’11 (Atherton, California) Olympic appearances: 2 Sport: soccer Medal: 1 bronze
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Making mission possible:
Administrative staff serving the Province The Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, relies on Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) and lay people alike to serve in administrative, ministry and healthcare roles, all of whom support our sisters and mission throughout the Province. We wish to recognize in Heart the women and men working with us in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Provincial Offices, those engaged in Archives in St. Louis and in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, and those supporting Finance in both Canada and the United States. In future publications we will feature staff at the Stuart Center, Province spirituality centers as well as in Province infirmaries and retirement centers. We are grateful to all members of the Province staff whose dedication and generosity characterize their engagement in our mission of discovering and revealing God’s love in the heart of the world.
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4) Meg Beugg, mission advancement associate;
Anne Wiehagen, director of mission advancement; and Eliza Lynn, mission advancement manager
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6) Frances Gimber, RSCJ, archives volunteer; Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ, provincial archivist; and Michael Pera, assistant archivist 7) Tammy Hickman, medical benefits and finance assistant; Laurie Hoffman, accountant; Debbie Vespa-Schutz, medical benefits manager; Janet Anderson, director of finance, United States; and Mary Halsey, controller
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Suggested reading Prophetic Witnesses to
Joy
Prophetic Witnesses to Joy: A Theology of the Vowed Life
Catherine Collins, RSCJ: (1937–2010) Innovator with Heart and Vision
By Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ
A Theology of the Vowed Life
A life of consecration prefigures what Christians hope for by calling into question the value of power, sexuality and material possessions. Religious life challenges the idea that these things alone bring happiness and shows that we can Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ be more fulfilled, happier and more whole without being attached to them. Furthermore, detaching ourselves from these desires allows others to live with more dignity and greater ease, as well. Consecrated life, then, is a prophetic witness to the joy of the eschatological call of Christianity. In the words of Pope Francis to religious men and women leading up to the Year of Consecrated Religious, “Wake up the world! Be witnesses of a different way of doing things, of acting, of living!” Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, is the vice-president for academic affairs at the Franciscan School of Theology. She is a medieval historical theologian whose work focuses on the twelfth-century Abbey of Saint Victor. She is coeditor, with Sarah Kohles, OSF, of In Our Own Words: Religious Life in a Changing World.
By Jan Dunn, RSCJ This book explores the life of Catherine Collins, RSCJ, founder of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools and the Center for Educational Design and Communication (CEDC) in Washington, D.C. “Kit,” as she was called, was a visionary, creative and influential educator. Schools of the Sacred Heart (now 25 total in the United States and Canada) owe the articulation of their educational philosophy, Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart Schools, to her initiative. Jan Dunn, RSCJ, has served as teacher and administrator in Network of Sacred Heart schools for over 50 years. She currently teaches religion at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has written Under the Pear Tree, a children’s book on Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne; Faithful Friend: Ursula McAghon, RSCJ; the 1985 version of Life at the Sacred Heart, and she contributed a chapter to the anthology Southward Ho: The Society of the Sacred Heart Enters 'Lands of the Spanish Sea.’
Recommended listening Exploring Intersections: Catholic Sisters on Racism, Migration and Climate Exploring Intersections is a discussion series by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) Region 10. The conversations explore specific social issues and their intersection with racism, migration and climate. Catholic sisters, friends and experts in their field, offer unique perspectives and invaluable insights on a particular topic through the lens of their spirituality. The podcast is a recording of a live webinar series that takes place every second Wednesday of the month at 3 p.m. central time, through March 2022. Learn more at exploringintersections.org.
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For The Sake Of, a podcast by the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, has two seasons available for listening. Host Kim King, RSCJ, engages in conversations about faith, life and what it all means with guests connected to the Society of the Sacred Heart's mission in various ways. You can listen to For The Sake Of through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts or by visiting rscj.org/forthesakeof. N
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Shirley Miller, RSCJ, visiting with Province staff members. Get to know Sister Miller and the origins of the mission advancement office in this issue’s RSCJ Q&A.
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Following a Society of the Sacred Heart tradition, Province staff in St. Louis wave farewell to the former Provincial Team.
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Mission Advancement
Report on Gifts September 1, 2020 – August 31, 2021
1,528
$6,127,418
$1,157,452
$405,710
Donors
Unrestricted Gifts
Total Gifts
Mission and Ministries Gifts
$4,564,256 Total Elder Care Gifts
This includes the following:
$4,293,739 General Elder Care Gifts
Advent, 2021
Dear Donors and Friends, Thank you for your generous gifts that bless the lives of the Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) each day. Thank you, too, for your ongoing loyal support of the Society’s mission to make known the love of Jesus in the heart of the world. The Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, fiscal year 2021 began September 1, 2020 and ended August 31, 2021. Keeping in mind the trials each of us faced during that time, I have experienced a heartfelt gratefulness while working on this particular annual report. Thank you to all of our donors who helped give our sisters a sense of normalcy in still uncertain times. You touched our hearts with how you remembered the RSCJ with your gifts. We received gifts from 1,528 donors: alumnae/i and friends, family of alumnae/i, former RSCJ, family of RSCJ, Associates, foundations, companies who matched gifts and others. We appreciate each one of you very much. You are so much a part of the lives of the Religious of the Sacred Heart. May knowing that our sisters pray for you and those you love every day bring you great comfort as we see the pandemic continue to lessen its impact on our everyday lives.
$229,000 Oakwood Elder Care Gifts
I trust that you anticipate the upcoming Christmas season with renewed joy. May heartfelt expectation – as part of our Advent preparation and in this moment – make you smile! Thinking of you this Advent season with much gratitude,
Anne L. Wiehagen, CFRE Director of Mission Advancement awiehagen@rscj.org • 314-652-1500
$41,517
Albany Elder Care Gifts
“God takes delight in a heart that has grown deep by humility and wide by charity.” — Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat
JoEllen Sumpter, RSCJ, visits with loved ones during the 2020 Christmas season. The use of walkie-talkies was one creative way sisters at Oakwood Retirement Center communicated with others during a time of quarantine.
The former Provincial Team and the new Provincial Team together after a leadership transition Mass on July 30, 2021. L-R: Maureen Glavin, RSCJ; Diane Roche, RSCJ; Donna Collins, RSCJ; Theresa Moser, RSCJ; Sheila Hammond, RSCJ (former Provincial); Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ (Provincial); Imma De Stefanis, RSCJ; Lynne Lieux, RSCJ; and Marina Hernandez, RSCJ.
Agnes Hoormann, RSCJ, and Angela Deasy Natalia Hartanto, NSCJ (Novice of the Sacred Heart), visit with one another while at the Shrine of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne in St. Charles, Missouri.
Ministries in the United States – Canada Province Our name, Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (RSCJ), is not just a name; it is a description of who we are. We are called to discover and reveal the love of God in our world. We are called to make God’s love visible to others through our words and deeds. Our ministries are many. We serve as: school administrators, faculty and staff; chaplains and spiritual directors; hospice, hospital and health care workers; prison ministers; psychologists and therapists; media producers; lawyers and consultants; professors in higher education; translators; tutors; and more.
Realized Bequests Maureen Aggeler RIP Bernadette M. Bomhack RIP Mary Ann Manion Bridge RIP Raymond Andrew Carroll RIP Mary Miller Cochrane RIP Martha F. Cole RIP Geraldine M. Dryden Flynn RIP Mary Frawley Thompson RIP Angela M. Gillespie RIP Virginia Harrison RIP Sally A. Healy RIP Carol Kuser Loser RIP Margaret N. Maxey RIP Margaret H. Kelly McMahon RIP Richard B. Morris RIP Rosemary O’Neil RIP Rosario A. Olivares RIP Mary Virginia Orf RIP Anonymous RIP Peter Allen and Mary Alyose Smith RIP Elizabeth Largay St. John RIP
Fundraising income for September 1, 2020 – August 31, 2021 (unaudited figures)
Number of gifts 2,098
Annual campaign $1,592,185
Realized bequests $4,535,233
Total gifts $6,127,418
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