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Bonded in the Heart: Spirituality Forum proclaimed a great success
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Bonded in the Heart Many RSCJ, Sacred Heart Associates and faculty members at Sacred Heart schools who participated in a Spirituality Forum in late July described it as one of the highlights of the summer. The number of participants – nearly 90 – well exceeded expectations, as did the strong presence of non-RSCJ: about half of the total, divided nearly equally between associates and faculty.
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School reunion: Bloomfield Hills and Kensington to merge
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Wednesday, 23 August 2006
“Kensington is going home,” declared the Detroit Free Press in a recent report on the merger of Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and Kensington Academy. The schools will begin reuniting educational programs this fall after twenty-four years apart. When the merger is complete, Kensington, now situated in Beverly Hills, Michigan, will return to the 45-acre campus it left in 1982 to become independent.. Bridget Bearss, RSCJ, head of Sacred Heart, said the schools will build on each other’s strengths. Bearss will lead the reunited institutions.
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Feast of St. Madeleine Sophie, 2006
Written by Kathleen Hughes, rscj   
Friday, 02 June 2006
Have you ever had the experience of reading something familiar, for example a chapter of Scripture or a favorite poem, and coming across a few lines which you swear were never there before; you see the words truly for the first time? That happened to me two years ago on retreat when I decided to spend a day reading the original Constitutions of the Society. Towards the end, after a lengthy section on the three vows, Sophie notes that, though these are the three sacred vows which bind religious women to Jesus, still we can never unite ourselves to the Divine Heart without being united at the same time to one another.
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From Kenwood to Teresian House - RSCJ adjusting well
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Thursday, 18 May 2006

As of mid-May, five RSCJ had formed a community at Teresian House, a skilled care facility in Albany, New York, operated by the Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm. Although Teresian House is a large facility – 300 residents – it is divided into "neighborhoods" of fifteen to twenty residents, each with its own living and kitchen/dining area. Daily activities take place in these areas. They are comfortably furnished in various styles to simulate home environments. Each resident has a private room and bath. A large, bright chapel is situated on the first floor.

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Elizabeth White, RSCJ, to get honorary degree
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Monday, 13 February 2006

Elizabeth White, RSCJ, will receive an honorary degree from Boston College on May 22 in recognition of her lifelong commitment as a Religious of the Sacred Heart to the ministry of teaching. Sister White, a specialist in English literature, has spent more than five decades in higher education at Newton College of the Sacred Heart in Boston and at Boston College. She holds a doctoral degree from Catholic University in Washington D.C.

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Sister Hughes Praises New Encyclical
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Sunday, 12 February 2006

"Deus Caritas Est has been a happy surprise in every way both for what it contains and what it does not," wrote Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ, in a reflection on the first encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est, or "God is Love," promulgated on December 25, 2005.

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Sister Padberg, music therapist, honored
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Saturday, 11 February 2006
0602padberg_thHarriet Padberg, RSCJ, of St. Louis was honored in late January for her work as a music therapist at Emmaus Home for developmentally disabled adults. She was among three women presented with the Epsilon Sigma Alpha’s DIANA Award (Distinguished International Academy of Noble Achievement).
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Kathleen Conan, RSCJ, interviewed in Syracuse
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Wednesday, 18 January 2006
Kathleen Conan, RSCJ, U.S. provincial of the Society of the Sacred Heart, talked with a reporter for the Syracuse Post-Standard about spirituality and the role of women in the church while visiting her family in the Syracuse area over Christmas vacation.
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New York Times takes note of Rosary students' protest
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Friday, 13 January 2006

"As President Bush hustled through town Thursday morning, the proper young ladies of the Academy of the Sacred Heart were in Jackson Square, wearing life jackets over their plaid-skirt uniforms, and politely but firmly demanding better levees." So begins an article in the New York Times on Friday, January 13, about a demonstration in New Orleans' French Quarter by more than 200 students from Academy of the Sacred Heart ("the Rosary").

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Conference takes vocation ministry to new level
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Thursday, 15 December 2005
vocation3_thRSCJ hear frank talk from an expert and from a panel of young Catholic women, and develop vocation related proposals at a recent conference held in St. Charles. Women in apostolic religious orders have much to offer young Catholics searching for a deeper spirituality and prayer life, according to Mary Johnson, a sociologist familiar with young adult Catholics and with women’s religious orders, but have to learn to express, in words young Catholics can relate to, the depth of their relationship with God, the radical nature of their vows and the connection between prayer, ministry and community.
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Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, joins staff of St. Louis University Hospital
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Sunday, 04 December 2005
shammond_th Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, a member of the 1999-2005 provincial team for the U.S. Province, has been appointed director of pastoral care at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. She began work there on December 1. The university has issued a news release about her appointment.
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"Ageless, Remarkable" RSCJ honored in St. Louis
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Thursday, 17 November 2005
0511mprives_th The accomplishments of an “ageless, remarkable St. Louisan,” Mary Patricia Rives, RSCJ, were highlighted this week in articles in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and in the St. Louis suburban Press-Journal. Sister Rives, 82, was among twenty-five St. Louis seniors so honored at an event on Sunday, November 13.
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New consulting group to assist provincial team
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Thursday, 17 November 2005
0511consult_th Newly appointed members of a consulting group to the provincial team of U.S. Province held their first weekend meeting in St. Louis in early November.
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Sale of art by Virginia O'Meara, RSCJ, benefits retirement fund
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Thursday, 10 November 2005

gin4_thFriends of Virginia O’Meara and members of her religious community in St. Louis organized an exhibition and sale of her art work at Maryville University, where Sister O’Meara taught for many years. More than $10,000 was raised at the November 5 event in a silent auction of framed works and sales of collages, prints and art books.

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Janet Rhodes honored for long service
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Thursday, 10 November 2005

0511_rhodes_2_thJanet Rhodes, bookkeeper for the Society of the Sacred Heart, U.S. Province, marked 25 years in the post on November 3 with a celebration at the Society’s U.S. Province headquarters in St. Louis. The U.S. provincial team and province staff members in St. Louis attended a luncheon in Rhodes’ honor at the provincial house on her anniversary.

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Eve Kavanagh, RSCJ, honored as "Woman of Spirit"
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Saturday, 05 November 2005

051101littlesisters_thEve Kavanagh, RSCJ, received the Woman of Spirit Award at an annual event sponsored by two women’s organizations affiliated with Catholic parishes in Larchmont, New York. Sister Kavanagh is a registered nurse who serves with the Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service in East Harlem, New York, where she serves patients of all ages who live in poverty.

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Goals and Criteria for Sacred Heart Schools Revised
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Saturday, 05 November 2005

In order to better reflect the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart, particularly the principles set forth in the documents of Chapter 2000, and the realities of today’s world as viewed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the Sacred Heart Commission on Goals spent a year giving new expression to the 1990 version of the Goals and Criteria for Sacred Heart Schools in the United States.

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Jean Bartunek installed at Boston College
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Wednesday, 05 October 2005

Bartunek2_thJean Bartunek, RSCJ, was installed October 3 as Robert A. and Evelyn J. Ferris Chair at Boston College, where she is professor of organization studies. Sister Bartunek is director of the doctoral program in organization studies and a past president of the international Academy of Management. She earned a bachelor's degree at Maryville College of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis (now Maryville University), where she presently serves as a member of the board.

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Report on RSCJ and Hurricane Katrina
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Saturday, 20 August 2005
Sister Kathleen Conan, provincial of the U.S. Province reports that RSCJ living in areas affected by hurricane Katrina are safe. Most of the sisters left New Orleans as the hurricane approached and are staying with RSCJ communities in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Sister Lorraine Landry remained with her family in New Orleans.
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Sister Conan, new provincial team, installed
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Monday, 15 August 2005

teamchange_1_thKathleen Conan, RSCJ, was installed as provincial of the U .S. Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart on Sunday, August 14, in a liturgy at the Shrine of Saint Philippine Duchesne in St. Charles, Missouri. Installed with her were the three other members of her new provincial team, Sisters Anne Byrne, Maria Hernandez and Paula Toner.

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Anne Montgomery, RSCJ, featured in New York Times
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Tuesday, 09 August 2005
Anne Montgomery, RSCJ, veteran anti-war activist, has maintained a presence in Iraq, where she has assisted Iraqis seeking information about family members who have been detained. Her activities as a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams are described in an article in the August 8, 2005, edition of the New York Times.
 
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