Anne Byrne, RSCJ, has been the subject of recent articles in the Opelousas Daily World, Opelousas, Louisiana, as she prepares to leave the area and assume new duties in St. Louis as a member of Sister Kathleen Conan’s provincial team.

The Catholic Press Association gave its top award for books on liturgy to Sister Mary McGann’s new book, Precious Fountain. In addition, judges in the national competition gave two awards and two honorable mentions to Heart magazine, published by the Society of the Sacred Heart, U.S. Province, since 2003.

Kathleen Sullivan, RSCJ, was appointed Professor Emerita at Seattle University, where she has taught math in the School of Engineering for eighteen years. Sister Sullivan will continue teaching math at the school. She will also pursue a variety of out-of-the-classroom teaching experiences, including her annual summer “Splash” program for girls from schools in the Seattle area who are top achievers in science and math. 

Veteran educators and new employees of the twenty-one Sacred Heart schools in the United States gathered over the weekend of June 24 for conferences at Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles. The conferences were sponsored by the Network of Sacred Heart Schools.

Following extensive consultation with Religious of the Sacred Heart across the United States, Kathleen Conan, RSCJ, has selected three RSCJ to serve with her as full-time members of the U.S. Provincial Team: Anne Byrne, Marina Hernandez and Paula Toner.

On Monday, May 16, the Society of the Sacred Heart's Justice and Peace Committee sponsored a US Province conference call on the Society's NGO office at the United Nations and on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's). The following are prepared comments made during the conference call:

Kathryn Sullivan, rscj, a Catholic biblical scholar who became a major figure in the field before women were accepted for graduate Scripture study, will celebrate her 100^th birthday on May 17 at Kenwood Convent of the Sacred Heart, Albany, N.Y. Sister Sullivan, alumna and former Research Professor of Sacred Scripture at Manhattanville, earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1939 then later worked with a priest, Msgr. John E. Steinmueller, who agreed to train her as a biblical scholar.

Lisa Buscher, rscj, professed her first vows in the Society of the Sacred Heart during a ceremony March 28 in the chapel of Schools of the Sacred Heart, Chicago. Barbara Bowe, RSCJ, professor at Chicago Theological Union, delivered a reflection in a Mass celebrated by Fr. Gil Ostdiek, OFM, and attended by Religious of the Sacred Heart from many parts of the United States.

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. 

'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.”

Term begins in August 2005. Kathleen Conan rscj, has been named provincial of the United States Province, succeeding Kathleen Hughes rscj, who has served as provincial since 1999. Sister Conan, presently of Chicago, was appointed by the General Council of the Society of the Sacred Heart in Rome, based on extensive consultation with members of the U.S. Province.

Friends and alumnae/I of the Society of the Sacred Heart, U.S. Province, are invited to donate to the relief effort in Indonesia, one of the hardest-hit countries by the recent tsunami, by mailing contributions to the province's Finance Office. Persons wishing to participate in this effort may either donate online or mail a check to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4100 Forest Park Avenue, Suite A, St. Louis, MO, 63108.

Living Wages, an educational program in Washington D.C. founded by Betsy Hartson rscj, and Robert Crittenden, was featured in the latest issue of St. Anthony Messenger in an article titled "D.C.'s Children: Poverty in Our Nation's Capital." Living Wages provides educational programs and services to adults seeking high school equivalency diplomas. Classes are offered in two inner-city areas: Washington Highlands and Anacostia.