In 1964 as college graduation and the next step in my life approached, I made a weekend retreat to pray about what next. I wanted to enter but I knew in my gut that it was too soon. I was interested from an easy age in “missionary life” in another country. At that time there was a Sacred Heart Society lay missionary program. As I read the journal MITTE ME, I felt the answer was to apply to be sent struck to a country where our sisters has missionary work. This inspiration was confirmed by Sister Cavanagh who was in charge of my senior class.
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May 04, 18 | Ministry
It is easy for me to write about what it means to be a missionary in the spirit of Philippine. I entered back in 1951 on November 17th for the feast of Blessed Philippine and felt a deep attraction to her spirit of prayer and austerity even then. Later in the 1950’s, after my vows, I heard an Egyptian Jesuit talk about his missionary vocation suddenly taking hold at God’s words to Abraham,” Quitte ton pays” (Leave your country). I felt on fire, as if they were also spoken to me. It took 20 years of nagging and the 1970 General Chapter to achieve it but in 1971 I was sent to Uganda.
May 03, 18 | Ministry
The Missions were never a general calling for me, but when I was a first year novice I did receive a call from God to go to Sweden. Never mind that we had no house there or that I had never thought about Sweden at all and had no contact with that country. The call was specific, not just to any mission country where we might send personnel. I told this to the mistress of novices and was told that we don’t send novices to the missions, and that we did not have a house there in Sweden. I replied that the house or lack of one had not been part of the invitation, which I had accepted.
May 02, 18 | Ministry
My sense that God was calling me to the msns began when I was in 1st grade. We were reading a Holy Childhood magazine about the ‘pagan babies’ in China. When we finished, I knew that God was calling me to be a missionary in Africa. It was a conviction that never left me. When, as a senior in high school, I spoke to Rev Mer Barry about entering the Society, I told her this. Her response was simply, “If God wants you to go to the missions, he’ll send you.” Studying for a doctorate in anthropology, I chose to do my fieldwork in Africa.
Apr 30, 18 | CEDC
We came across this CMS security report on Twitter and found it interesting. Especially on the heels of the #Drupalgeddon2 security patches which required very short deployment turnaround to ensure your site was protected from hack bots, it's a good reminder to stay on top of security patches (or subscribe to a security plan such as we offer partners) to make sure your site is secure.
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Mar 14, 18 | Administration
The Stuart Center stands with all the young people of our nation who take a stand against gun violence. We, too, say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
Mar 12, 18 | JPIC
In the wake of yet another mass shooting at an American school, the leadership of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the Unites States-Canada Province joins its voice to those of the surviving students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and people of good will from all faiths across this country who are demanding an end to the legislative paralysis that prevent common sense gun control from being enacted in this country.
Mar 12, 18 | JPIC
First, I want to thank each one of you throughout the Sacred Heart Family who held me in prayer on February 27th as I joined with 41 other women religious, priests and laypeople in an act of civil disobedience in support of the Dreamers. Although it was my first time ever getting arrested, I found it was a deeply moving experience to spend an entire day engaged in such a well-planned and carefully choreographed act of solidarity.
Feb 28, 18 | JPIC
The Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Office of the Society of the Sacred Heart, Pax Christi International, and the Franciscan Action Network co-hosted a screening of filmmaker Helen Young's “The Priests, the Nuns and the Bomb”, a documentary that depicts the activists, including Catholic nuns and priests, that challenge "the security and legality of America's nuclear weapons", and a presentation of Pope Francis's call to all Catholics for nuclear weapon abolishment.
Feb 27, 18 | Administration
The Stuart Center for Mission, Educational Leadership & Technology is proud to participate in today's Catholic Day of Action With Dreamers. We ask people of all faiths to pray for and work toward a just and peaceful solution on behalf of Dreamers.
We believe that no one who seeks to study, work and participate in contributing to the good of family, community and our country should live in the shadow of fear.
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