Storyline Featured stories from RSCJ, colleagues and friends from different parts
of the world. Each story focuses on a concrete justice-related
experience in a particular national, cultural, religious, or political
situation. Our hope is that by probing such experiences deeply, we will
come to recognize the systemic nature of injustices in our society and
across the globe.
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Written by Lisa Buscher
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Tuesday, 07 October 2008 |
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This past summer the Society of the Sacred Heart held its General Chapter in Lima, Peru. From July 16th through August 20th, 86 Delegates from 32 Provinces, Districts and Areas around the world gathered to participate in the General Chapter. The central theme of this Chapter was RSCJ Spirituality: Dialogue around the (Fire, Candle, Well, Meal…). Below you will find the archives of a special series that we ran each week during the Chapter.
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Written by Jeannine Caracciolo
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Wednesday, 05 December 2007 |
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 One of the hardest things about our busy lifestyles is being present to those around us. One reason I’ve taken the pilgrimage to Guatemala the last two years is because as a pilgrim I am able to be present to where I am and I am open to being transformed. In this way being a pilgrim feels like meditation to me. It helps me see God in other people and it helps me see the barriers in my own heart. This leads to compassion and concern for the people of Guatemala rather than complete despair. And it is easy for me to despair.
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Written by Bonnie Kearney, rscj
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Tuesday, 17 October 2006 |
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I usually pray on my way to school, pray “through the neighborhoods.”
About a month ago I began to count the houses of worship on my route
from Hyde Park to Englewood, a poor, high crime area on the city’s
south west side.
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Written by Joan Kirby, rscj
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Thursday, 02 March 2006 |
 The
DPI/NGO Section held its regular weekly NGO briefing on 2 March 2006,
which looked at the Role of the Media in Advancing Cross-Cultural
Understanding.
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Written by Lolín Menéndez, rscj
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Monday, 01 August 2005 |
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a week in Nicaragua… What could one see, do, understand, in such a
quick visit? Yes, the time was short, but I was able to glimpse the
richness of a people, the beauty of the country, the commitment of my
sisters. The visit also enabled me to join the rscj community in
celebrating 25 years of our presence in Nicaragua.
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Written by Lolín Menéndez, rscj
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Friday, 01 April 2005 |
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woke up on April 3rd in N’Djamena, and there was no question of where I
was! Africa: birds singing, a gentle breeze blowing, two mosquito
bites! A second trip to Chad, again with JRS – a gift. This time, a
journey with a purpose: the evaluation of the education projects in the
two camps where JRS works together with the local Caritas agency.
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Written by Joan Kirby, rscj
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Monday, 01 March 2004 |
 ...When
I joined the study trip to Israel with thirteen wonderful people,
sponsored by the American Israeli Friendship League, a friend said it
would break my heart. Indeed it did. This is the most intractable
heartbreaking conflict I have known. It is not a matter of right and
wrong – rather there are two rights and a tragedy.
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Written by Motherhouse staff (Rome)
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Thursday, 01 January 2004 |
 ...We share here the list of this year's Solidarity Fund projects,
noting (and sometimes picturing) the work and mission of the Fund for
the coming year as well as the past year. We count on God's blessing
for the continuation of the work so well begun, by so many people.
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Written by Jennifer Simwa, rscj, Anastasia Shibutse, rscj and Edith Ochollah, rscj
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Tuesday, 01 April 2003 |
 Kibera means "forest" in the original Nubian language. It is a place
with a unique history. It was originally part of Maasai grazing land. However, between 1912 and 1928, the British colonials settled there the
Sudanese Nubian soldiers who fought in WWI in service to the British
Army.
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Written by Hilda Bamwine, rscj
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Sunday, 01 December 2002 |
 Provincial of the Society’s Uganda-Kenya Province
in Africa, will be visiting U.S. Sacred Heart schools in May seeking
support for the first Sacred Heart school in East Africa. The all-girl
elementary school will accept 300 day students and boarders for the
first year of classes, beginning in January 2003.
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Written by Marigela Orvananos
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Friday, 01 March 2002 |
 Last
Holy Week I spent it in the Sacred Heart community of Xalapa, Veracruz
in Mexico... It is amazing that, even if it is the fourth time I have
been there, the poverty in the people's faces, still shocks me,
especially the women and children. So, I would like to share with you a
few stories that have touched my heart and changed my life forever.
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Beyond Borders
A first report was received February 27 from Kim King, RSCJ, a member of the US Province, who is serving in the northern sector of Valparaiso, in Viña del Mar, Chile’s fourth largest city. Five other Religious of the Sacred Heart are in community there, working in a Sacred Heart school and youth ministry. Sister King described the earthquake experience as "wild" and said physical damage was minimal there - but that prayers are needed for all those missing…
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