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Lisa Buscher to profess first vows this month
Written by RSCJ.org Thursday, 10 March 2005
Province News

lisabuscher_th Lisa Buscher has completed her novitiate in the Society of the Sacred Heart and will profess her first vows at a ceremony in Chicago on March 28. Lisa, 36, is a native of Phoenix, Arizona. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Grand Canyon University, where she majored in religion, and a master’s degree in theology from Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. 

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125 years ago in the Society
Written by RSCJ.org Tuesday, 01 March 2005
From the Archives
“In 1880 it was not at all obvious that the ‘land of the bean and the cod’ was a congenial planting ground for a foundation of the Society of the Sacred Heart.” So wrote Mary Quinlan twenty-five years ago. She based her observation on the account of the foundation in Boston that she found in the Annual Letters, Second Part, 1880-81, pp. 293-296. We read that Reverend Mother [Sarah] Jones, the vicar, invited to found a house there and armed with the approval of the Mother General, set out for Boston to find a suitable location.
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March-April topic for Book Discussion Group: Reading Lolita in Tehran
Written by RSCJ.org Tuesday, 01 March 2005
Province News
lolita_thReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi is the March-April selection for the online discussion moderated by Trudy Patch, RSCJ. Persons wishing information about the discussion, or to sign up as a participant, are invited to e-mail Sister Patch at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Sister Patch, an avid reader of new fiction, lives holds a doctorate in English literature from Stanford University. She lives in San Francisco. Previous book selections for the group include Bel Canto, Secret Life of Bees, Life of Pi and The Kite Runner.
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Kenwood website
Written by RSCJ.org Tuesday, 01 March 2005
Province News
kenwood_thWebsite launched for Kenwood Convent of the Sacred Heart: Center for Health & Retirement for RSCJ
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Kathleen Hughes featured in NCR article
Written by RSCJ.org Friday, 25 February 2005
Province News

'Finest Teacher' never let controversy 'take her off track': Sacred Heart Sr. Kathleen Hughes sat surrounded by men in a library at the Vatican. On the bookshelves were rows of binders marked with the brand name “Resisto,” which she noted with a raised eyebrow. How could they possibly make any progress discussing inclusive language in such a room? Especially when the representative from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith kept referring to “the angry, irritated and resentful women of the U.S.”? There he went again: “The angry, irritated and resentful women of the U.S. are trying to change the gender of God.”

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Cokie Roberts credits RSCJ in interview
Written by RSCJ.org Friday, 04 February 2005
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Folding chairs filed the atrium of the Missouri Historical society, and people were still filing in, standing along the sides and back, heavy winter coats clutched in their arms. Women religious, bearded policy wonks, historians and NPR junkies, they’d all come to hear broadcast journalist Cokie Roberts talk about her latest book.
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Heads of Schools Meeting: Chapter 2000 Panel Presentation
Written by RSCJ.org Thursday, 20 January 2005
From the Leadership
These reflections by Heads of Schools and RSCJ present their understandings and efforts to integrate insights from their reading of the document that came from the Society's General Chapter 2000 . They are shared as a contribution to the process of updating "The Goals and Criteria for Sacred Heart Schools" currently underway. The meeting was held in Omaha, Nebraska, in October.
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"I have Heard the Cry of my People"
Written by Ellen Collesano, RSCJ Monday, 17 January 2005
From the Leadership
I write this reflection on January 17, the day set aside to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King. Many of us are reflecting on what his life and death mean for us in 2005. Dr. King spent his life trying to bring people together in peace and in the common ground of understanding. This quest of Dr. King's became a lens for me as I reflected on recent events in our world.
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Manhattanville Program builds confidence and media savvy
Written by RSCJ.org Saturday, 15 January 2005
Province News
A new mentoring initiative pairs twelve Duchesne Scholars at Manhattanville University with the same number of young African-American and Hispanic women from the Coachman Family Center in White Plains, New York. The framework for the mentoring program, called “Ladies Room,” was designed by a student, Madeline Valencia, during an honors course called “Changing the World - One Step at a Time.” 
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