On September 9, 2007, several RSCJ joined Juana Resto and her friends at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston for her Golden Jubilee Celebration.

On Friday, October 12, most of the 25 Religious of the Sacred Heart living at Teresian House gathered for a special event with eight of the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, who operate the facility. The occasion? A blessing of a painting of Mater Admirabilis, given to Teresian House by the Society of the Sacred Heart.

Helen Rosenthal, RSCJ, is one of a few Catholic sisters who have developed a blog – a nickname for a web log – a regularly updated journal or newsletter posted on the Internet. Daily since mid-February, Sister Rosenthal has posted spiritual reflections and insights tied to the liturgical calendar, as well as information about new spiritual reading, and prayer resources for readers around the world.

Ten members of a group of forty-nine women who first came together to profess vows in the Society of the Sacred Heart in Rome gathered in St. Charles, Missouri, on July 30 for a 40th anniversary celebration. Participants – including RSCJ and four former RSCJ - came from Italy, Spain and Mexico as well from across the United States.

The Provincial Team is happy to announce the appointment of Mr. James R. (Jim) Orso as the new Director of Public Relations and Communications for the province, effective September 1, 2007.

The Vocation Ministry Committee of the U.S. Province has published new vocation materials: "rack cards" - printed cards about the size of a large post card - in four styles, designed to appeal to different age groups and graphic preferences.

Carlota Duarte, RSCJ, and the Chiapas Photography Project, which she founded to help indigenous Maya give voice to their own history, is featured in the current (June 2007) issue of B&W: Black & White Magazine for Collectors of Fine Photography.

Approximately seventy-five heads of Sacred Heart schools and other representatives of Sacred Heart schools around the world will gather at Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles, Missouri, for the Society of the Sacred Heart International Heads of School meeting April 25 to 28. Nineteen countries will be represented.

The City of St. Charles, Missouri, has chosen a sculptor to make a bronze statue of pioneer educator St. Rose Philippine Duchesne as part of its series of statues of historic figures. The statue will be one and a half times life size and be placed on the grounds of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles.

Patricia Shaffer, RSCJ, was inducted into the San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame on March 24, 2007, as an "Improver of Women's Lives." She was cited as "a research chemist, university professor, nun, and member of the scientific associations who since the 1950s has encouraged children to study science. From the classroom to Tijunana orphanages to migrant worker children, her contributions are legendary."

The next stage of the U.S. Province’s elder care plan began March 8 with the move of Verona Denkmann, RSCJ, from Oakwood Convent of the Sacred Heart, Atherton, California, to Our Lady of Fatima Villa, a skilled care facility in Saratoga, about twenty miles to the southeast.

Annette Schmeling, RSCJ, has been appointed vice president for student development at the University of Dayton. Described in a University of Dayton news release as “an innovative leader,” Sister Schmeling has served in a variety of positions in higher education, including associate vice president for student learning at Creighton University in Omaha since 2004. Click to read the news release about her appointment.

Kathleen Sullivan, RSCJ, of Seattle received a “Champion of Catholic Education” award from the Archdiocese of Western Washington on February 2. Sister Sullivan, Seattle University professor emerita, was honored for decades of teaching mathematics to children, adolescents and young adults in every year of grade school, high school, college and graduate school.

Joan Magnetti, RSCJ, headmistress of Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, Connecticut, will receive the prestigious Woman of Conscience Award from the Associated Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart, an organization representing more than 51,000 women and men educated in Sacred Heart schools in the United States.

Barbara Dawson, RSCJ, has been recognized for the excellence of her Catholic School leadership in Oakland, particularly among those most in need. See two articles that appeared this month in the Oakland papers, as well as a short Flash video presentation.

On February 7, Clare Pratt, RSCJ, the first American to serve as superior-general of the international Society of the Sacred Heart, will begin a six-week-long official visit to Religious of the Sacred Heart in the U.S. Province. She will be accompanied by Jane Maltby, RSCJ.

An Advent reflection by Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ, appears in the November 27 issue of America magazine. The article begins by describing the origins of Advent and offers a fresh interpretation of Advent spirituality. The introduction, along with biographical information about Sister Hughes, can be found at www.americamagazine.org. (The full article is unavailable online, so if you are not a subscriber, watch for it at a library or a coffee table nearby.)

A newly-created bronze bust of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne was given a grand send-off on November 17 – an unveiling at the school Philippine founded in 1818, and a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis.

Diana Wall, rscj, was presented the special St Madeleine Sophie Award on behalf of the Rosary Sacred Heart Alumnae Association, New Orleans. October 21, 2006. Many of her friends and rscj sisters were present with her.

The Global Academy for the Neo-Renaissance of the Kyung Hee University hosted a conference titled "Reinventing Universality for the 21st Century: Beyond Freedom and Equality." Invited by the Rector of the Global Academy,  I went to Seoul, Republic of Korea, for October 26- 28. On the 26th I gave the Keynote Address for the Youth Forum to 500 students.