• Statement on Gun Violence

    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…

  • Statement Against Rescinding Temporary Protected Status

    The Society of the Sacred Heart stands with and echoes the Leadership Conference of Women Religious’ statement in regards to the Trump administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Hondurans. The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) is deeply troubled by the decision of the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for…

  • Statement on Immigration

    The Society of the Sacred Heart in the United States and Canada began – as did so many American institutions – with an immigrant. St. Rose Philippine Duchesne left her home in France in 1818 with a desire to educate the poor, especially the indigenous people of America. The schools she founded served a diverse…

  • Statement of Solidarity

    As Religious of the Sacred Heart in the United States-Canada Province, we are called by our recent Chapter Documents to stand in solidarity with “those who have been wounded, displaced, and excluded because of poverty, violence, and environmental degradation.” The recent decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Accord and to stop future…