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Nuns' Documents Tell Stories From a Spacious New Home
Written by Patricia Rice, Post-Dispatch Religion Writer   
Monday, 01 September 2003

An attic stuffed with old letters, cherished photographs, even canceled checks can tell a lot about a family, a city or a nation. When the "family" is a group of nuns and students with convents and independent schools from Miami to Seattle, from San Diego to Boston, the "attic" is called an archives. When the order's pioneer leader is one of the few U.S. canonized saints, the archives is a lode for American and church historians.


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Sister Jasso recognized for community service
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Friday, 01 August 2003

jasso_thEsperanza Jasso, rscj, was among five people who received awards July 24 for their commitment to community service in Riverside County, California. Sister Jasso was honored for her involvement with an after-school program, for tutoring and helping parents.

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RSCJ receives 2003 Distinguished Teaching Award
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Sunday, 01 June 2003
kathy_thKathleen Sullivan, RSCJ, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Seattle University and founder of a Summer Science SPLASH, an enrichment program for middle school girls, received the 2003 Distinguished Teaching Award from the Seattle University Alumni Association. The award was presented in a ceremony May 22.
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RSCJ wins 2003 Outstanding Faculty Award
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Sunday, 01 June 2003
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Hilda Carey, rscj, won the 2003 Outstanding Faculty Award for her tutoring services to student athletes at Boston College, where she teaches writing and literature to freshmen and remains a “closet Mets fan” in a Red Sox town.

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RSCJ recognized for pioneering efforts in microenterprise in Louisiana
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Tuesday, 01 April 2003
guste_thThe Louisiana Department of Economic Development has recognized Sister Melanie Guste, RSCJ, of Baton Rouge, Lousiana, for her pioneering efforts in microenterprise in the state. The department defines microenterprise as a business that operates with five or fewer employees and less than $35,000 in start-up costs.
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Associate accompanies students to El Salvador
Written by Marilyn Lorenz Weinkauff   
Tuesday, 01 April 2003
Over spring break at Nerinx Hall, a Loretto high School where I have been teaching theology since 1991, I accompanied 10 students and a colleague to Guarjila, Chalatenango, El Salvador. I have been going to Guarjila since 1987 and began to bring students in 1998. This village was one of the first of the repopulated communities that returned from the Mesa Grande refugee camp in Honduras during the twelve year war which ended in 1992.
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New Executive Director Chosen for Network of Sacred Heart Schools
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Tuesday, 01 April 2003

Madeleine S. Ortman, an administrator with extensive experience in independent school management and a graduate of Sacred Heart schools, will become Executive Director of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools on September 1. She succeeds Marsha Whelan, who has held the post for the past four years.

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RSCJ appointed Professor of New Testament
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Tuesday, 01 April 2003
osiek_thSister Carolyn Osiek, rscj, has been appointed Professor of New Testament at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas. She will assume her new post in the fall.
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RSCJ honored in Detroit
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Tuesday, 01 April 2003
zipple_thMadonna University of Livonia, Michigan, honored the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Metro Detroit in an April 2 program sponsored by the Southwest Detroit Women’s Educational Empowerment Project (SWEEP).
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RSCJ extend invitation for summer retreat
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Tuesday, 01 April 2003
Friends and co-workers of Religious of the Sacred Heart, as well as anyone interested in the Society of the Sacred Heart, are invited to attend the RSCJ Spirit Alive Retreat in St. Charles, Mo., August 7-10.
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Eight day delegation to Haiti planned
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Tuesday, 01 April 2003

Anyone interested in meeting Haitian people and learning more about economic development in Haiti is invited to join Sister Anita von Wellsheim. RSCJ, in an eight-day Delegation to Haiti June 16-24. The trip will include a stop in Verrettes where three Religious of the Sacred Heart, including Sister Judy Vollbrecht of the U.S. Province, have established a ministry to youth.

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RSCJ earns 2003 Distinguished Alumnae Award
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Tuesday, 01 April 2003

garson_thSister Judy Garson, RSCJ, received the 2003 Distinguished Alumnae Award from Convent of the Sacred Heart, “91st Street,” in New York City. Sister Garson, a former member of the Central Team for the Society of the Sacred Heart in Rome, was honored for “solidarity with the poor … (for) understanding the plight of migrants and immigrants,” manifest in her long commitment to the Family Health Center in East Harlem, a ministry founded by Little Sisters of the Assumption.

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Manhattanville President speaks to controversy
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Saturday, 01 March 2003
Manhattanville has been in the national spotlight over the past few weeks as one of our students, Toni Smith, a senior sociology major, has chosen to exercise her First Amendment right in the form of a silent protest during the National Anthem on the basketball court. Her action has sparked a national debate - on the First Amendment, the appropriateness of the time and place of her actions, the symbolism of the American flag, and the mixture of sports and politics.
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Sacred Heart education and educators featured in National Catholic Reporter
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Saturday, 01 March 2003

Sacred Heart education and educators are featured in two articles in National Catholic Reporter, March 21 issue. The articles, by Special Reports Writer Patricia Lefevere, are titled "School Inspires Girls to Aim High," and "Sacred Heart Schools Unite for Uganda's Future."

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Condolences pour in following Columbia disaster
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Friday, 07 February 2003

Condolences from around the world poured in by e-mail to Sister Kathleen Hughes, Provincial of the Society’s U.S. Province in the days following the Columbia shuttle disaster on February 1. Sister Hughes, noting that the seven astronauts “represented so much that is noble and good in our world,” said she was profoundly grateful for the beautiful expressions of sympathy and support.

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Sacred Heart school to open in Uganda
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Wednesday, 01 January 2003

girl_thA new Sacred Heart elementary school in Uganda, long a dream of Religious of the Sacred Heart in the Uganda-Kenya province, will open Feb. 10.  Sacred Heart students, associates, alumnae, alumni and partners in mission in the United States and around the world have contributed to make this project possible. The school is the first Sacred Heart school in East Africa.

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CEDC Graphic Designer Included in Juried Show
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Wednesday, 01 January 2003
beth_th Beth Ponticello, Director of Art and Media Design at the Center for Educational Design and Communication (CEDC) in Washington, DC, was chosen as one of only 33 artists, photographers and designers to be included in the alumni exhibit In Process, which celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Corcoran School of Art + Design BFA program.
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International Society to have office at U.N.
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Wednesday, 01 January 2003
Culminating months of anticipation, the international Society of the Sacred Heart has been granted NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) status at the United Nations. The Society will work in collaboration with another international religious congregation, the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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CEDC Staff Transitions
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Thursday, 19 December 2002
staffchanges_thAs many of you know, Chris Knight and his wife are returning to California in January, beginning a new and wonderful era in their life together. Chris' departure is a real loss for us here at Center for Educational Design and Communication (CEDC) and for the Province as well.
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Novices of the U.S. and Canadian provinces send Christmas greetings
Written by Novices and RSCJ at Healy House   
Thursday, 19 December 2002
This Christmas greeting from novices and RSCJ at Healy House, the Sacred Heart novitiate in Chicago, was sent to RSCJ in the United States and Canada on Dec. 18, 2002.
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Sprout Creek Farm Featured on Food Network
Written by RSCJ.org Admin   
Monday, 09 December 2002
Sister Karen Olson and Sprout Creek Farm will be featured on television nationwide Saturday, Dec. 14, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Tune into Paula’s Home Cooking on Food Network, the cable channel dedicated to chefs and cooking. Paula Deen’s weekly program describes itself as “a show inspired by small-town life” and “dedicated to American traditions.”
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