• Why did I go to the Missions? (Josephine Wright, RSCJ)

    Why did I go to the Missions? It was in response to a strong and clear call from God to bring the knowledge and love of Him to other lands. My family tells me in my years of growing up, I often spoke of going as a missionary to Africa. As an RSCJ, I don’t…

  • CiviCRM support for DIYers

    I had an email exchange recently with someone from a group that uses CiviCRM and she mentioned that she wished she didn’t have to go to hire a consultant every time she had a question — she is more of a “DIY” person. My response was that CiviCRM allows you to be as DIY as…

  • Separating Families at the Border

    Saint Madeline Sophie stated that she would have founded  the Society of the Sacred Heart for the “sake of a single child”.  Because this commitment to the safety and well-being of children is at the heart of our mission,  the United States Canada Province stands in strong opposition to the present policy of separating children…

  • Statement Regarding the Separation of Families at the US/Mexico Border

    Saint Madeline Sophie Barat stated that she would have founded the Society of the Sacred Heart for the “sake of a single child.” Because this commitment to the safety and well-being of children is at the heart of our mission, the United States – Canada Province stands in strong opposition to the present policy of separating…

  • 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…

  • Be open to the surprises of God (Nancy Koke, rscj)

    In the Spring of 2008, Sr. Ursula Bugembe, the Provincial of the UGK Province, wrote to Kathy Conan, the US provincial, to ask if it would be possible to invite me to the Uganda/Kenya Province to be an elder sister in community and to offer spiritual accompaniment as well as to serve in one of…

  • The Heart of Christ as Home (Helen O’Regan, rscj)

    While I was still teaching (Buffalo 1970) – though not certifiable yet, I was asked by Ev Kane RSCJ, responsible for studies in the New York Province, if I would like to continue my education as a teacher or if I would like to become a nurse. I had started to do volunteer work at…

  • The Grace of a Lifetime Awaits You (Nance O’Neil, rscj)

    In 1987, Helen McLaughlin came to the US for an LCWR meeting in Niagra Falls. She invited me to lunch by the falls. It was time for me to think of a change of ministry. “I know you’ve always wanted to serve outside the country, Nance. How about Indonesia?” “We’re not in Indonesia. Where is…

  • Be Ready to Be Cracked Open (Gwendolyn Hoeffel, rscj)

    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…

  • Say ‘yes’ to reality (Margaret Conroy, rscj)

    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,…

  • The mission is the sending (Carol Burk, rscj)

    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…