RSCJ USC Province

Congratulations to Maria Cimperman, RSCJ, who was recently invited to attend the Synod on Synodality in October 2023 in Rome as a non-voting expert. We are confident your experience and expertise will be an invaluable resource to this Synod and to our Church. #WeAreSacredHeart

While today is a holiday of particular importance to Black Americans, it's also a day when all of us should pause to remember the long & often painful journey towards freedom. We pray & work together for a society that will be marked by true freedom, equity & justice for all.

Heart of Jesus You know…provide, bestow, Heart of Jesus we trust in Your love for us, Heart of Jesus take care of everything…’The Sacred Heart of Jesus’ (Oil) 2010/ USA Collection..my most ordered signed print . #SacredHeart #SacredHeartofJesus #painting

Happy Feast of the Sacred Heart! “The Sacred Heart never asks that we become perfect all at once, but that we work at becoming so day by day as God gives us grace and light.” – Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat #FeastOfTheSacredHeart

Heart magazine is available online! In this 20th anniversary issue, we take a look back at the origins of Heart and explore, today, the many ways RSCJ are living and building the future of the Sacred Heart mission with and across different generations. rscj.org/publications/h…

Next Thursday, our Province JPIC Office will host a Zoom program with Linda Kato, RSCJ, Ph.D. on Teaching the HERstory of Asia. We share this opportunity in light of our Province's JPIC priority to promote racial justice and our core value of education. bit.ly/HERstoryAsia

This past weekend Uchenna "Uche" Oluoha, RSCJ, graduated from the @uofsandiego with her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP). We are so proud of Uche! Congratulations!

As a member of the #NunsAgainstGunViolence coalition, the Society of the Sacred Heart USC Province will be "Lifting Our Light in the Darkness" June 2, Natl. Gun Violence Awareness Day in the US. Pray with us! Download prayer materials at bit.ly/NAGV-June2 @NunsAgainstGunV

Happy and blessed Pentecost Sunday! Today we offer words from our founder Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, “Only try to be generous and faithful; the Holy Spirit will do her work in you.” #HolySpirit #Pentecost #LoveIsOurMission

Happy Feast of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat! Sophie founded the Society of the Sacred Heart nearly 223 years ago in Paris, France. As we celebrate today across the international Society, in the spirit of Sophie, let us remember to “be humble, be simple and bring joy to others!”

The latest from the Lilies... Wendell Berry meets Florence and the Machine. @WeAreRSCJ @heartintheworld @RSCJUSC considerlilies.blog/2023/05/19/cla…

In honor of Mother’s Day, we take a look back and remember those Religious of the Sacred Heart in our history who were mothers first before entering the Society. rscj.org/news/rememberi…

Happy Mother’s Day! Today we recognize and pray for all mothers, stepmothers, and mother figures. May you be blessed today and every day!

So many situations, so many people and places where we can see the Heart of Jesus being pierced. How can we, how must we, pray? St Madeleine Sophie encourages us: we are to #pray with faith, with love, with earnestness. #RSCJ #RSCJQOTD

Today on #InternationalNursesDay, we extend our gratitude and prayers to all nurses, who so attentively care for the sick, recovering, and elderly. We also give many thanks to the nurses who work with and care for the RSCJ as well as those RSCJ who are or have served as nurses!

Today marks the start of Teacher Appreciation Week! We offer our deep gratitude and prayers to teachers all around the world. Teachers are vital to shaping young people of courage and confidence, those who make and will make our world a better, more loving place.

Today we celebrate Blue Hyacinth Day! This day commemorates the day (May 6, 1882) when Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ, had a life-changing experience of God amidst a garden of blue hyacinths. In a flash of insight she knew and embraced the vocation to which God was inviting her.

Marking the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, today, Cinco de Mayo is observed by many to celebrate Mexican heritage and culture. Today we join all those celebrating and invite everyone to take a minute today to learn something new about this holiday. ¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

Happy #EarthDay! Today is an extra reminder of our call to #CareForOurCommonHome, using our voices and power and making choices each and every day to care for the Earth. Today, we encourage you to pause, reflect, discern, decide and act — make one commitment. #JusticeInTheHeart

Sheila Hammond, RSCJ, will present in-person and online, Monday April 24, 2023, at 5 p.m. PDT as apart of the “A Spirituality of Encounter Series” presented by the University of San Diego Center for Christian Spirituality. Learn more and register at sandiego.edu/ccs/a-spirit-o…