From July 2013 through July 2014 the Society of the Sacred Heart and its affiliates celebrate the centenary of the death of Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ. The events will surely recognize her great intellectual and spiritual gifts made manifest in her writings and her leadership. However, we give only passing recognition to the fact that she was also a sportswoman and a great lover of sport as if this “post script” somehow makes her more human. It is precisely this that I would like to focus upon: How it is that perhaps her keen insight into human nature and the depth of her spiritual life stems in part from her experience as Janet the sportswoman...
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