2024 Annual Report

2024 ANNUAL REPORT

SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART, UNITED STATES — CANADA

LETTER FROM THE Director of Advancement

Dear Donors and Friends,

As I reflect on the many gifts we received in fiscal year 2024, I am filled with gratitude. Many of you increased the amount and/or frequency of your gifts in support of province ministries and care for our elderly sisters. Thank you.

The ministries and initiatives shared in this report would not be possible without your partnership. Through your gifts, Religious of the Sacred Heart have been able to offer transformative experiences and spiritual accompaniment to young people through the SacredHeartDNA initiative and our welcoming communities like the Heart of Oak community in Boston. They have been able to welcome retreatants and those seeking spiritual direction, both in-person and virtually, through the work of our spirituality centers. These are just a few of the ways your generosity is touching lives and advancing our mission.

Today, the average age of RSCJ is 81. While many remain active in a variety of ways, many require urgent financial, medical and personal assistance. The Giving Fund supplements the 2-million-dollar shortfall between RSCJ revenue streams and eldercare costs. A special thank you to those of you who have supported this annual effort. Going forward, The Giving Fund aims to close this gap as well as build a reserve to help support RSCJ who will retire in the future. Their lifelong service has touched countless hearts, and now, they need our support more than ever to remain active in their ministry of accompaniment.

The Cor Unum Legacy Society is for those who wish to make a gift from their estate to the RSCJ. Leaving a lasting gift through your will, trust, or stock options, allows you to continue to support the RSCJ and their mission and ministries. The bequests this year represent a most generous means of securing the future of the Society’s mission.

$1,807,802 ANNUAL APPEAL

$3,727,302 TOTALAMOUNT

$1,919,500REALIZEDBEQUESTS

$3,727,302 TOTALGIFTS FROM2183DONORS

I invite you to continue to walk with us to ensure the future vitality of the Society and I hope we can count on your support again this year. Whether through our collaboration with mission partners or the individual ministries of the RSCJ — we continue to make known God’s love in communities, near and far. This is made possible by your unwavering support and belief in our mission.

On behalf of the Religious of the Sacred Heart, province staff, and all those whose lives you impact, thank you for being an essential part of our community. Your generosity is a true blessing.

With deepest gratitude,

Anne

L. Wiehagen, CFRE Director of Advancement

awiehagen@rscj.org | 314.880.0551

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$1,807,802THEGIVINGFUNDFROM2,172DONORS

Unum Legacy Society

FY24 DONATIONS FROM 2,172 DONORS FY24 REALIZED BEQUESTS FROM 11 DONORS $1,807,802 $1,919,500 Legacy Society together one heart

$3,727,302 FY24 TOTAL DONATIONS FROM 2,183 DONORS To make a donation in support of the Society of the Sacred Heart visit: rscj.org/donate.

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Our Priorities

From the very start, Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat called Religious of the Sacred Heart to respond to the urgent needs of God’s people by demonstrating a contemplative sensitivity and regard for the human dignity of each person through the service of education. Today, in accordance with the Society of the Sacred Heart Constitutions, and the call to discover and reveal God’s love, RSCJ choose to express this mission through a set of four global Apostolic Priorities in response to the needs of the world.

As we seek ways to revitalize our mission in the world today, to reorganize ourselves to foster collaboration, coordination, and communication for greater impact both locally and globally, we recognize that there are four core components — four portals leading us to the same end: Education, Spirituality, JPIC (Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation) and Formation. These are not arbitrarily named components. Careful reflection indicates that these core elements are different facets of the same reality: they illuminate all our service in the Church.

EDUCATION

Education is inherent to the process of humanization and, therefore, is at the heart of our mission to discover and reveal the love of the Heart of Jesus. Education is the process of seeking truth and understanding humanity. Generating learning through experience, encouragement, and mutual discovery, we engage all the members of the community in processes that are inherently relational, dynamic, dialogic and reciprocal. Integral formation encourages the virtues and habits essential to live a fully human life. It includes any process through which learnings are exchanged; experiences are shared; skills, knowledge and attitudes are developed, imparted, acquired — all within the contexts of formal education, popular education, and socio-educational projects. We carry out our work of education across all generations — children, youth and adults.

FORMATION

“Adapted to the capabilities of each one and directed towards responding to the challenges of the world, formation envisages the development of our spiritual, human and apostolic life.” (Society of the Sacred Heart Constitutions, §72). It is essential that we work together in training ourselves and our mission partners to know and understand the charism of Madeleine Sophie Barat, the spirit of the Society, the contemplative dimension of our educational philosophy and our view that education is transformative. Our hope is to foster spiritual, human growth and apostolic life at every level — in the context of initial and ongoing formation of RSCJ, formation with our lay partners in mission, for the transmission and sustainability of our charism, for leadership and processes of change and transformation.

EDUCATION JPIC FORMATION SPIRITUALITY

JUSTICE, PEACE, & INTEGRITY OF CREATION

In the face of the urgent needs in our world, this focus of passion, hope, and energy impels us to act on our desire to become better informed and educated about the interrelationships among the local, regional, national, and international levels so that we may work more effectively toward structural and systemic change. We search for ways to respond to the four imperatives of our time: dealing with relationships of power; working for transformation and willingness to be transformed; caring for our common home; and welcoming those who seek refuge and hope for a better future. Our steadfast commitment to our world in need of justice, peace, and the integrity of creation, beckons us towards transformative engagement and action, especially in situations of vulnerability.

SPIRITUALITY

Our spirituality impels us toward transformation through contemplation of the pierced Heart of Jesus in the fractures and potentiality of our world. The deepening of interiority and the core encounter with Jesus that sensitizes us to his presence in ourselves, in others, in our world — through the contemplative dimension of our life as well as through accompaniment of retreats, spiritual direction, pastoral work, and evangelization. At the same time, we strive to open spaces, in our widely diverse contexts, within which our lay sisters and brothers, our partners in mission, can explore, develop and express their spirituality. This allows us to listen to one another more deeply and to listen for the voice of God speaking through each one.

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Society CouncilGeneral

On Friday, August 30, 2024, the International Society of the Sacred Heart announced the nomination of the new Society of the Sacred Heart General Council who will serve with Superior General Claire Castaing, RSCJ, for an eight-year term.

The new General Council is:

Ananda Amritmahal, RSCJ, of the Province of India

“To be entrusted with the role of General Councillor is for me an experience of grace. It is an experience of being chosen and feeling challenged to be and do more than I dreamed possible in living God’s mission to love.”

Noellina Namusisi, RSCJ, of the Uganda – Kenya Province Francisca (Paqui) Rodríguez, RSCJ, of the Province of Spain

Sheila Smith, RSCJ, of the United States – Canada Province

RSCJ PROFILE Maureen Glavin, rscj

I have been blessed to be living and ministering in the Society of the Sacred Heart’s District of Indonesia. I moved from Jakarta in the fall of 2023, to my current community located in Baleendah in the Diocese of Bandung. We are a vibrant community of nine, seven of whom are in their 20s.

In addition to being a member of the Society’s District of Indonesia (INS) leadership team, I teach English and a Society of the Sacred Heart class to the postulants as well as a high school math class in a school adjacent to our community. An engaging aspect of my work has been as the INS District’s representative on the transition team of the new province of SE-SASIA (Southeast and South Asia).

Among the many reasons I feel so blessed is that the Indonesian culture is beautifully welcoming and amazingly respectful. The culture is quite compatible for one who is dedicated to a contemplative life. The interior life is highly valued among Indonesians. God is present in the daily routines and in the cultural consciousness of the people. Specific to the RSCJ communities, the prayerful atmosphere is powerfully palpable, and the ministerial earnestness is inspiring.

While I am overflowing with gratitude for all the blessings I have experienced in Indonesia, I have been asked to return to the USC Province in June of 2025. So, with joy and openness to Spirit, I also look forward to the blessings that are yet to be.

Serving at the Border

For the last two years Lisa Buscher, RSCJ, has worked in various ministries in service to people on the move. She is the chair of the Collaborative for Border Ministries, a network of faith-based organizations addressing the immediate crisis in the Southern California border region by providing direct services and a Gospel presence to people on the move. In her role she convenes a network of nine congregations of Catholic women religious that organizes ten ministries of direct service at the United States southern border.

Sister Buscher also partners with Border Compassion, a ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She is the crossover engagement animator. FY24 was her second year partnering with Border Compassion. From fall of 2023 through summer of 2024, Border Compassion took 384 volunteers to a shelter in Mexicali, Mexico. Twentyseven faith communities offered 36 days of service, and 1,836 adults and 808 children received food, medicine, clothing and toiletries provided by Border Compassion and volunteers.

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Maria Cimperman, rscj

While I serve on the faculty at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, my ministry in Rome again this last year has been very much connected with the Catholic Church’s renewal process through the Synod on Synodality — and the subsequent call to renewal in religious life.

As this entire Synod process is about both conversion of heart and structural reform, I find our Sacred Heart charism and mission very interconnected. Our founder, Madeleine Sophie Barat, knew the importance of listening to the Spirit, and she was actively engaged in the evolving life and ministries of her sisters. So it is for us.

The international context I work in allows me to engage the beautiful diversity of our Church. It has been a profound, challenging, and beautiful experience to participate in a discernment process for a Church that includes 1.3 billion members! The 365 representatives at our tables — I served as a theologian facilitator during this process — encompassed the globe and included students, single and married persons, priests, religious men and women, bishops, and cardinals. It was an experience of unity amid diversity, engaging questions of participation, mission, and communion. I encountered the wounded heart of humanity, mentioned in the Society Constitutions, in our global body and saw the importance of creating spaces for healing and reconciliation, becoming communities of welcome from all over, and practicing dialogue and communal discernment. The call is for all of us, and particularly the Sacred Heart family, to walk this together so that all may discover God’s love and manifest it.

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Welcoming Communities

Welcoming Communities are intentional communities that offer a variety of programs, gatherings, retreats, volunteer opportunities and accommodation options for young adults committed to social justice and spiritual growth. There are four welcoming communities run by Religious of the Sacred Heart located in the Province.

Anne Montgomery House | Washington, D.C.

Anne Montgomery House is an intentional community that provides a one-year experience of community living for young women interested in spirituality and justice. The house is named for Anne Montgomery, RSCJ, a dedicated peacemaker. The house also serves as a meeting place for a larger group of young adults seeking to integrate spirituality and justice. Community members find joy in the inter-congregational, inter-generational, inter-faith and international community life offered at Anne Montgomery House.

During FY24, the Anne Montgomery House welcomed 13 overnight guests, several of whom were social activists in town for a vigil or a hearing on Capitol Hill. Guests, including former community members, came from as far away as Brazil and France. The community also helped plan and attended Taizé prayer and potluck gatherings at the Stuart Center during Advent and Lent and hosted members of the SacredHeartDNA core team who attended the Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice.

Heart of Oak Community | Boston, Massachusetts

The Heart of Oak Community is home to two Religious of the Sacred Heart. The community’s monthly gatherings for young adults entered its sixth year in FY24. The RSCJ partner with two Sisters of St. Joseph to plan and host these evenings, which include prayer, dinner, and sharing, alternating locations between the Heart of Oak community and the CSJ community each month. This partnership values collaboration with partners who share in Society priorities.

Young adults in the Boston area are welcomed to contribute to these meals and to offer suggestions of topics they would like to discuss at the gatherings. The young adults, including some from a Muslim community, add an interreligious and ecumenical nature to the evenings. This diversity invites all to ground their reflections in a wider world. Barbara Quinn, RSCJ, remarked that each year the quality of sharing grows deeper and more transparent.

Welcoming Communities

Rebecca House | White Plains, New York

The Rebecca House Community welcomes young adults seeking an experience of community, reflection and social action. Most guests at Rebecca House are international visitors who come with a desire to have an experience of service, to work for a nonprofit organization, or to support a province initiative such as SacredHeartDNA, a young adult and vocation ministry initiative. As a welcoming community, Rebecca House also provides hospitality to several Religious of the Sacred Heart from both within the province and abroad who visit the area to attend meetings or events. Visitors participate in community prayer, fun activities, and outings to have a true experience of welcome and community.

In FY24, this community of two Religious of the Sacred Heart hosted several volunteers from Mexico and helped connect them with local organizations and groups whose work aligns with Society priorities such as welcoming people on the move and partnering with young people.

Sophia House | Berkeley, California

The mission of Sophia House is to reach out to women and young adults in the greater San Francisco Bay area. The community places an emphasis on simplicity of life, care for the environment, contemplation and community life. Currently, six Religious of the Sacred Heart live in the community.

Sophia House hosts a variety of outreach activities throughout the year including a monthly “Prayer and Potluck,” an evening of prayer and fellowship for women in the area. The Jesuit Volunteers from both Berkeley and San Francisco join RSCJ for dinner on a few occasions throughout the school year. The community also hosts a group of Catholic sisters who live in the surrounding area. This past year, a group of 20 women religious from multiple congregations and nationalities participated in gatherings. Holidays and gardening days afford Sophia House a unique opportunity to host students.

Spiritual Ministry Centers

Religious of the Sacred Heart see the spiritual accompaniment of young people and adults as an essential means to live the Society’s mission. The Spiritual Ministry Centers offer different ways to realize mission through the portal of Spirituality.

Barat Spirituality Centre | Halifax, Nova Scotia

Barat Spirituality Centre, founded in 2015, is a six-bedroom centre in the heart of Halifax. Three RSCJ live upstairs in the centre and are involved with different aspects of the ministry offered. Seekers may spend the day or overnight in retreat, others may pursue spiritual accompaniment, and many avail themselves of programs on a wide variety of spiritual topics. The centre also regularly collaborates with the Sacred Heart School of Halifax, the Roman Catholic archdiocese, the Anglican diocese, the United Church of Canada, the Baptists, and the Atlantic School of Theology.

In FY24, there were over 130 nights in which the centre accommodated at least one guest. More than 100 people participated in on-site programs. The centre was the host site for the Busy Persons Retreat for the Sacred Heart School of Halifax as well as for days of retreat for grades 6, 9, and 12. Eight people visited at least once for a personal day of retreat for themselves. The centre also hosted a speaker/retreat from Wisdom Waypoints as well as the local branch of Art of Living. The centre maintains an email list of over 300 people who have opted in for regular communication about news and programming opportunities.

EncounterPoint | Chicago, Illinois

EncounterPoint is an RSCJ community located in the Edgewater neighborhood in Chicago. In the past year, it has continued its service to visiting Religious of the Sacred Heart, the faith community of Edgewater and various other groups.

At the heart of EncounterPoint is a local community of women and men who meet on a regular basis for conversation, prayer, liturgy, and celebration. Many of these people speak of EncounterPoint as a spiritual home.

It is also a place of determined hospitality and offers gathering space to intentional groups. These groups include RSCJ, parish councils, groups of men and women, educators and students — people who meet to reflect, plan, pray or celebrate together.

The planning and development of EncounterPoint continues to be led by a team of eight men and women, two of whom are RSCJ. This team meets monthly to plan prayer and programs and to consider the needs, ideas, and requests from those who have found EncounterPoint to be a place of welcoming. In FY24, EncounterPoint hosted RSCJ visitors for 126 nights, held 40 liturgies, prayer services (both in person and online) and programs, and welcomed 38 groups and 5 individual retreatants.

Spiritual Ministry Centers

Sophie’s Well: A Center for Sacred Heart Spirituality

Sophie’s Well is a collaborative center for spirituality programs, staffed by a core team of three RSCJ. The core team is responsible for the main work of providing materials for and organizing retreats, as well as the individual work of spiritual direction and retreat direction. Sophie’s Well includes a collaborative group of about 40 spiritual companions – RSCJ, former RSCJ and Associates to help those in the Sacred Heart community encounter God and deepen their own spirituality.

The primary work of Sophie’s Well today is providing Busy Persons Retreats to the Network of Sacred Heart Schools and the Society of the Sacred Heart provincial office. These are week-long retreats, integrated into the flow of school or work, which involve daily prayer and meetings with a spiritual companion.

In FY24, 27 RSCJ along with four other trained spiritual directors from the Sacred Heart family participated in this ministry as spiritual directors. Sophie’s Well offered 23 BPRs, primarily in schools, but also for members of the USC Province staff and the Associates of the Sacred Heart. Additionally, two BPRs were offered to the Sacred Heart School in Taiwan, in collaboration with the RSCJ community and staff there. The center also sponsored two hiking retreats, one in Nova Scotia and one in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

The Spiritual Ministry Center | San Diego, California

The Spiritual Ministry Center, founded in 1987 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart, offers spiritual direction and individual retreats of various lengths. Seekers of all faiths are welcome to experience prayer, reflection and renewal set in a quiet residential neighborhood in Ocean Beach, California. The center is a short walk to the natural beauty of ocean cliffs.

The charism of the Society of the Sacred Heart, to discover and reveal the love of the Heart of Jesus, inspires the RSCJ in ministry at the center to participate in the rebuilding of a more just and peaceful world and welcome people of diverse faiths and cultures who seek to deepen their relationship with God and others.

The center periodically holds day programs to facilitate personal integration in the light of Gospel values. It also hosts various groups and parishes for a retreat day or weekend, various workshops, groups and classes. It is an ideal place for someone seeking a long retreat during a sabbatical year. In FY24 the center hosted 41 retreats

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Mrs. Carmen de Chateauvieux Bush

Ms. Elaine Butkiewicz

Mrs. Helen O’Malley Butler

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Byers

Ms. Mary B. Byrne

Julian Cabrera

Ms. Hortensia B. Cadenas

Mrs. Victoria C. Cady

Ms. Barbara Anne Cagney

Ms. Mary E. Cagney

Ms. Maureen Cain

Mrs. Nadine L. Cain

Anonymous

Ms. Maureen S. Cairns

Ms. Sandy Hannegan Calderwood

Mrs. Patricia Boleman Caldwell

Mrs. Mary Nolan Calise

Ms. Frances B. Call

Mrs. Lynn R. Callagy

Ms. Aileen Callahan

Ms. Clare Callahan

Ms. Marguerite E. Callahan

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin B. Callanan

Mrs. Margaret D. Callen

Ms. Barrie S. Callender

Ms. Janet M. Callow

Mrs. Suzanne Cameron

Anonymous

Anonymous

Anonymous

Dr. Mary Denise Cancellare

Ms. Helen Cannistraci

Ms. Carrie Cannon

Mrs. Chantal Cannon

Mrs. Patricia Canter

Mrs. Susie Disbrow Canton

Mrs. Paula Cantwell

Sister Marghertia Cappelli

Ms. Kathleen Capps

Mr. and Mrs. Sterling J. Cardon, Jr.

Mrs. Elizabeth Mariano Carlson

Ms. Deborah J. Carr

Ms. Eve Regan Carr

Mrs. Margarita Ledo Carreno

Ms. Margaret A. Carroll

Ms. Barbara Carter

Dr. Mary Ryan Carter

Mrs. Joan Gegan Cartier

Ms. Elizabeth A. Carty

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Casey, Jr.

Mrs. Faith Gallagher Casey

Mrs. Mary Lou Cashin

Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Cassanego

Anonymous

Ms. Lourdes M. Castellanos

Mr. Christopher Caster and Ms. Terry Lindquist

Mrs. Barbara Castrataro

Catholic Charities

Martin and Cherie Cattaneo

Mrs. Lucinda M. Caughey

Mrs. Judy Kelly Cavallari

Mrs. Mary Locke Cavallaro

Ms. Jane R. Cavanaugh and Mr. Frank Santoro

Mrs. Katherine Kelly Cawood

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cazin

Mrs. Kathleen O’Donovan Cech

Ms. Susan Cenci

Mrs. Paula M. Chachere

Ms. Diana A. Chamorro

Anonymous

Ms. Karen Chapman

Mrs. Janet Cooney Ryan Chark

Mrs. Cynthia Pickett Charles

Mrs. Nancy A. Chase

Mr. Joseph B. Chepaitis

Mrs. Sophia R. Chester

in justice

CEDC

...social justice by design.

CEDC — formerly known as the Center for Educational Design and Communication — is a sponsored ministry of the Society of the Sacred Heart United States – Canada (USC) Province that provides affordable communication and graphic design services to nonprofit organizations, as well as to the Society.

Formerly a division of the Stuart Center for Mission, CEDC now operates as an extension of the USC Province Communications Office, providing design and branding services to the province, while continuing its 40-year tradition of serving under-resourced groups through collaboration with nonprofits. CEDC projects include logo design and branding, publication design, event design, marketing collateral, social media graphics and more.

FY 2024 Highlights:

2024 GDUSA 60th Annual American Graphic Design Awards CEDC won four awards for: Network of Sacred Heart Schools “Sacred Heart Summit” event logo design; Society of the Sacred Heart USC Province’s Heart magazine anniversary edition; Catholic Climate Covenant logo redesign and stationery; and Legal Service of Northern Virginia’s event theme and printed program “Boots & Bling.”

2023 GDUSA Digital Design Awards

CEDC won two awards for materials for: Legal Services of Northern Virginia “Boots & Bling” digital invitation/marketing; and Catholic Climate Covenant’s 2023 Earth Day digital publication and theme/logo video animation.

In 2023 Beth Ponticello, CEDC creative director, was named on GDUSA People to Watch list.

2024 Project Partners

USC Province Offices / Sponsored Ministries

Associates of the Sacred Heart

Communications Office

Advancement Office

Provincial Office

SacredHeartDNA

Sophie’s Well

Stuart Center for Mission

Vocation Office

Other Religious / Nonprofit Organizations

22q Family Foundation

Catholic Climate Covenant

Catholic Mobilizing Network

Friendship Public Charter Schools

Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)

Legal Services of Northern Virginia

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Montgomery County

National Archives Project for Women Religious

Network of Sacred Heart Schools

Nonprofit Montgomery

Religious Formation Conference (RFC)

Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace

Society of Mary in the U.S. (The Marists)

Associates of the Sacred Heart

Associates of the Sacred Heart are women and men who commit to live out the spirituality of the Society of the Sacred Heart. Sarah Cassidy of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Angela LaGrange Scott of Houston, Texas, serve as co-chairs of the Associates Leadership Team. Currently, there are 14 active Associates groups throughout the province, two of which are completely virtual. There are 128 active Associates and 26 discerning their commitments. Associate groups meet monthly.

This past year, the Associates leadership focused on meeting with Associate co-coordinators, engaging in relationships, providing opportunities for Associates to be together, and listening to the needs of Associates. After a survey of Associates in fall 2023, three committees were formed to meet the organizational needs of Associates: Formation, Program, and Conference. The Formation Committee is charged with understanding current Associate formation needs and creating a resource to support initial and ongoing formation. The Program Committee coordinates province-wide Zoom meetings, prepares monthly updates for RSCJ and Associates, and organizes the Associates Busy Persons Retreat. The Conference Committee has been planning and coordinating an in-person meeting for all Associates scheduled for July 11-14, 2025.

RSCJ PROFILE

Bridget Bearss, rscj

“…we remain filled with hope, inspired by the radical call of the Gospel, and committed to discerning together the leading of God’s Spirit.”(LCWR Call, 2023-2028)

“We choose to emphasize in our lives and our service joining the struggle of the poor for the resources and conditions essential for human well-being, recognizing that education is central to this effort and to our vocation.”(Society of the Sacred Heart, Act of Hope, 1992)

These two threads of truth bind together the heart of my vocation, the pursuit of freedom for all of God’s people through education, advocacy, community and love. Called to the Society of the Sacred Heart to build bridges of relationship between and among people of difference, I found my way (or my way was revealed) to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) by way of my vocation as an educator.

In my role as associate director for transformative justice, I work with a national team serving the 294 LCWR congregations of women religious in the United States. In this role, my vocation as a Religious of the Sacred Heart intersects with the LCWR’s work of deepening vocation through mutual commitment to the Gospel, making visible our understanding of justice as a constitutive element of religious life.

During this past year, LCWR members made a commitment to use our moral authority and collective voice to address the divisive rhetoric and polarization of relationships in family, community, governance, and faith. This work, Transforming Grace, provided weekly modules of learning and prayer, inviting people across constituencies to gather to create common ground and defy the labels and attitudes that separate the people of God. LCWR has chosen to set tables across boundaries and barriers, calling all to radical inclusion, and to increase our willingness to be uncomfortable, for the sake of the Kingdom.

Here, I have been called to live the wisdom I learned in the Society of the Sacred Heart:

“No matter what…we must

stay at the table.”– Rosemary Bearss, RSCJ (1931-2023)

we are grateful to our Annual Campaign Donors

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. James Dyer

Mrs. Eleanor Gillespie Dyett

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Dziedzic

Ms. Joan R. Eagleson

Mrs. Paulette Charbonnet Eastin

Dr. and Mrs. John E. Ebel

Ms. Mariah E. Echele

Mrs. Ellen Glockner Eder

Mrs. Ninette Alsop Edmiston

Dr. and Mrs. J. Ollie Edmunds, Jr.

Ms. Madonna Lee Edmunds

Mrs. Mary A. Farry Edwards

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Egan

Ms. Carol M. Eggers and Mr. Brian C. Haynsworth

Ms. Kathryn Eggers and Mr. Steve Trumpeter

Mrs. Kathleen O’Callaghan Egloff

Ms. Janet Egyhazi

Mrs. Diane Keller Eichhold

Mrs. Mary Jo Pflieger Eick

Mrs. Patricia Coyle Ellingwood

Mrs. Anne Twomey Ellis

Ms. Karen E. Emge

Mr. Kristofer Eng

Mrs. Nina Wessel English

Ms. Nancy L. Ensor

Mrs. Nancy Roddy Epple

Mrs. Catherine Frasca Erkmann

Family of Walter C. Ernest, IV

Mr. and Mrs. Miguel Errea

Ms. Christine N. Estime

Mr. Vincente J. Estrada

Mrs. Catherine Banos Eustis

Mrs. Kathleen S. Evans

Mrs. Karene T. Evenson

Ms. Catherine G. Everett

Ms. Josephine Wolfe Everly

Ms. Joan Scott Ewing

Ms. Elizabeth Marie Fahey

Michael and Mary Fahey

Mrs. Ann O’Connor Fairbanks

Mrs. Concepcion Fajardo-Hopkins

Ms. Virginia Scheid Falcone

Ms. Diane M. Falk

Mrs. Julia Budde Fallon

Mrs. Sheila McConville Fane

Mrs. Georgeann R. Fannon

Mrs. Rosaleen Scully Farley

Ms. Rosemary A. Farley

Cyrille Farrell

Mrs. Midori Iizuka Farrell

Mrs. Sandra C. Farrell

Mrs. Mary Pat Farrell-Diekemper

Mrs. Rosemary A. Fasl

Mr. William J. Fay

Mrs. Nancy A. Fazio & Dr. Richard A. Fazio

Ms. Mary Fehlig

Mrs. Barbara Scott Feliciano

Anonymous

Mrs. Channyle Fernandez

Ms. Claire Ferrara

Mrs. Delice Salemi Ferrara

Ms. Karen Ferrare

Dr. Jenny K. Ferrone

The Honorable Edward L. Filippine

Mary Kay R. Finn

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Finnegan

Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred A. Finnegan III

Dr. Thomas J. Fischer

Anonymous

Mrs. Andrea Bachle Fisher

Mrs. Catherine Leggett Fitch

Mrs. Elizabeth Miller Fitzgerald

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Fitzgerald

William and Barbara Fitzgerald Family Foundation

Anonymous

Ms. Virginia Fitzgerald

Mary Fouts Fitzgibbons

Mrs. Margaret King Fitzpatrick

Mrs. Mary Leonard Fitzpatrick

Ms. Catherine M. Fitzsimons

Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Flanagan

Mrs. Jeanne Bremner Flanagan

Ms. Barbara J. Flannery

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024

Ms. Marilise Huyot Flusser

Mrs. Heather Heuchan Foderingham

Mr. Brendan J. Fogarty

Mr. Kevin M. Fogarty

Ms. Rosemary Fogarty

Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Foley III

Ms. Kathryn A. Foley

Mrs. Mary Jo Strale Foley

Anonymous

Anonymous

Hon. Anna C. Forder

Mrs. Sue Goggins Forrest

Mr. Robert Forrest

Mrs. Louise Guerin Forseze

Mr. Andrew Forster

Mary and Stuart Forsyth

Mrs. Avery West Foster

Ms. Elizabeth A. Fougner

Anonymous

Mrs. Mary Lindeman Fournie

Ms. Patricia Fraher

Ms. Marie C. Francis

Mr. Greg R. Francuz

Ashley and Andrew Frank

Mrs. Charlotte E. Landry Frank

Mrs. Maria R. Echeveste Franks

Anonymous

Mrs. Alicia J. Franzosa

Mrs. F. Diane Fredericks

Mrs. Mary Adrienne Free

Mrs. Karen Foley Freeman

Mrs. Frances Bahlinger Fremin

Ms. Catherine C. French

Mrs. Patricia Coffey Freund

Ms. Catherine J. Friedman and Mr. Jon R. Duane

Ms. Karen Friedrichs

Mrs. Jo Ann Kozicki Fritschel

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Fritz

Mr. and Mrs. W. Kent Fuller

Ms. Frances V. Fumia

Mrs. Jean Purcell Furay

Ms. Hilary Gaber

Mrs. Kimberly Richardson Gaertner

Ms. Helen A. Gagen

Mrs. Adelaide Riehl Gahn

Mr. and Mrs. David Galaher, Jr. Anonymous

Mrs. Patricia Mazza Gallagher

Mr. Andrew Gallo

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Gallo

Anonymous

Ms. Beth E. Ganslen

Mrs. Laura Kelly Garcia

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Garcia

Mrs. Carol McGee Gardenier

Mrs. Jane M. Gardner

Mrs. Patricia F. Garffer

Ms. Arolyn M. Garnell

Mrs. Alma H. Gates

Mrs. Pamela Mikola Gaynor

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Cyril P. Geary

Mrs. Margaret Hennessey Gebhard

Ms. Carolyn Lee George

Mrs. Laura Condie George

Mrs. Mary Kay Heffernan George

Ms. Veronica M. Georges

Ms. Kathleen M. Geraghty

Anonymous

Mrs. Michele J. Gerrits-Faeges

Mrs. Ann Murray Gertner

Mrs. Lisa McCloskey Geserick

Mrs. Angela Consiglio Gewinner

Mrs. Leana C. Giannini

Ms. Kathleen Gibboney

Anonymous

Anonymous

Mrs. Carol T. Giesting

Mrs. Susan Johann Gilardi

Mrs. Lisa Naut Gilkeson

Ms. Elise C. Gillette

Anonymous

Mrs. Douglas A. Gimber

Mrs. Lucille S. Giovino

Ms. Elena S. Giralt

Mrs. Judith Randall Gittleman

Frances S. Glasser

Mr. and Mrs. Martin G. Glavin

Ms. Joyce V. Glenn

Ms. Marion E. Glennon

Mrs. Virginia M. Glockner

Mrs. Mary Dean Glosier

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Glunz, Sr.

Mr. Louis Glunz III

Mrs. Mary W. Godofsky

Frank and Julia Gomes

Mrs. Bee Dyer Gonnella

Anonymous

Ms. Madid Gonzalez

Ms. Amy Goodfriend

Mr. James G. Goodman

Mrs. Linda Goodspeed

Mrs. Elaine Huarisa Gordon

Mrs. Irene Haas Gorski

Ms. Mary Jane Sayour Gosen

Mrs. Anna J. Goss

Mrs. Melanie Simoneaux Goudelocke

Anonymous

Ms. Mary Lou Grady

Ms. Mary V. Grady

Mrs. Janet Miller Graeber

Ms. Martha Beattie Graham

Ms. Susan Graham

Mrs. Mary Gramins

David and Carole Gray

Ms. Karen Gray

Mrs. Margaret P. Gray

Edward and Alice Grayson

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Green

Mrs. Constance Sulkowski Green

Mrs. Mary Hickey Green

Mrs. Mary Katharine Green

Mr. James H. Greene, Jr.

Mr. Bruce Greenfield

Mrs. Marguerite Rodgers Greenfield

Mrs. Kathleen Kirby Greenman

Ms. Diana Maiullo Greenwood

Mrs. Linda A. Gregg

Mrs. Meryl Lee Gregory

Mrs. Catharine M. Gregware

Ms. Michele M. Gressel

Mrs. Carla M. Grieve

Mrs. Maura J. Griffin

Mrs. Shirley Broussard Griffin

Mrs. Nancy-Jane Conlan Griffith

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Gromek

Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Groneck

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gross

Mrs. Nancy Romweber Grote

Mrs. Therese Grote

Mrs. Suzanne Giraud Grow

Mrs. Kathleen McCarty Gruber

Mrs. Victoria Brosokas Guennewig

Mrs. Carmen M. Guerra

Dr. Mary Kay Gumerlock

Ms. Jacqueline Ragusa Gumina

Ms. Elizabeth C. Gundlach

Mrs. Walter H. Gustafson, Jr.

Maureen and William J. Guste III

Ms. Gwynne H. Guzzeau

Mrs. Rose Marie B. Guzzo

Mrs. Margaret McMurrer Haberlin

Mrs. Susan Kurz Hackmann

Mrs. Nancy C. Haefeli

Mrs. Susan Darin Hagan

Mrs. Susan Gehrke Haggarty

Sheila K. Haggas

Ms. Ann P. Hahn

Mr. Philip V. Hainley

Mrs. Kathleen Hartnagle Halayko

Elaine and Lawrence Halliday

Mrs. Jane M. Hamilton

Ms. Nancy Hamilton

Mrs. Nancy Burke Hamilton

Ms. V. Jaime Hamlin

Anonymous

Mrs. Jayne Edwards Haney

Mr. and Mrs. J. Terrence Haney

in service

SacredHeartDNA

SacredHeartDNA (SHDNA) is a young adult initiative of the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, through which young adults collaborate with Religious of the Sacred Heart, to organize and lead programs and create resources rooted in the Society’s mission for young people ages 17-35.

SHDNA hosted various events and built connections throughout FY24. The SHDNA core team, comprised of young adult leaders and RSCJ, developed interactive Advent and Lent calendars for the SHDNA community, and hosted an Advent retreat in La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico. Core team members from the United States and Mexico visited RSCJ communities and schools in Guadalajara and San Luis Potosí to share about SHDNA. In the summer, core team members from Poland led a small group to walk a portion of El Camino de Santiago in Spain. SHDNA also led a weeklong volunteer program in Puerto Rico, in collaboration with Universidad del Sagrado Corazón and RSCJ in Puerto Rico.

SHDNA collaborated with several RSCJ who delivered online presentations on discernment, solidarity, and spirituality. They strengthened ties with the Network of Sacred Heart Schools through participation in two Network summer service projects, and, notably, two SHDNA small group communities began meeting regularly, one in San Luis Potosí, and one in Washington, D.C.

Stuart Center for Mission |

WASHINGTON, DC

The Stuart Center for Mission is a sponsored ministry of the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada (USC) Province. For over 40 years the Stuart Center has engaged in the work of social justice, education, empowerment, and partnership. It provides space, both virtually and physically, for groups to learn, plan, understand and create a culture of response.

Last fiscal year, the conference center welcomed more than 1,290 guests. The center provided meeting space and overnight accommodations for several USC province committees as well as organizations such as Pax Christi USA, Catholic Mobilizing Network, International Mayan League, Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Washington, African Faith and Justice, Boston College, the University of Connecticut, and Georgetown University.

The center’s program office launched the Sacred Heart Transformative Learning Program. Featuring learning modules based upon the methodology of popular education, these free, online, bilingual classes gave participants the opportunity to meet weekly with classmates from throughout the Americas and Asia. In advance of the program’s launch, planning team members visited RSCJ communities in Mexico that model successful programs utilizing the popular education methodology. The second cohort of this program is planned for the winter of 2025.

we are grateful to our Annual Campaign Donors

Mrs. Jacqueline Frasca Kwon

Anonymous

Mrs. Johanna Ferry Laadt

Dr. Dolores Egger Labbé

The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation

Mrs. Corrine W. Laborde

Dr. Catherine A. Lacey

Dr. Robert J. Lacey

Ms. Lynn L. Lacroix

Ms. Sheila LaFalce

Ms. Diane Tocchini LaFrance

Mrs. Robin P. Lagace

Mrs. Angela LaGrange Scott

Mrs. Linzee E. LaGrange

Ms. Michelle Lai

Mrs. Nadia H. Lakah

Mrs. Juliana Ranciglio Lally

Ms. Barbara Brokow Lamb

Mrs. Brigid Shanley Lamb

Mrs. Jeanne Carr Lamb

Anonymous

Mrs. Abigail Richards Lambert

Anonymous

Ms. Mary W. Lamy

Anonymous

Ms. Linda Landucci

Mrs. Stephanie H. Lane

Mrs. Janet Schweitzer LaPlante

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Larkin

Dr. Susan Larkin

Mrs. Maria Lastreto Larrenaga

Mrs. Mary Thell Larsen

Dr. Norma LaSalle

Ms. Judith L. Lavallee

Mrs. Mary Gotfredson Lavelle

Mrs. Mary Ann T. Lavoie

Mrs. Christina Scherer Lawrence

Mrs. Maureen Lawrence

Mr. Scott W. C. Lawrence

Mrs. Suzanne Burns Lawrence

Mrs. Nancy Frederick Lawton RIP

Kay and Charlie Lawton

Ms. Jane A. Layman

Mr. Stephen A. Layman

Mrs. Sarah D. Lazo

Mrs. Harriet Friday Leahy

Ms. Nancy M. Leamy

Mrs. Zelia Stewart Lebeau

Mr. David R. LeBlanc

Mira and Andrzej Lechowicz

Ms. Claudia A. Ledwich

Ms. Agnes Lai-Sun Lee

Mrs. Isabel Lamy Lee

Mrs. Mireya S. Lee

Helen and Joseph Leinhauser

Mrs. Maureen Geraty Leness

Mrs. Sharon Reilly Lengyel

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Lenke

The Lenox Foundation

Mrs. Cynthia Penniman Lenz

Mrs. Kay DeFranceaux Leonard

Ms. Cora B. LePorin

Mrs. Mary L. Levesque

Ms. Meagan Levitan

Mrs. Carla Elbert Lewis

Mrs. Darby S. Lewis

Dr. and Mrs. Howard G. Liang

Ms. Theresa Noonan Liddell

Mrs. Theodore R. Lieux

Ms. Lucy G. Liggett

Dr. Margaret McGinness Liggett

Ms. Holly Light

Mrs. Elizabeth C. Lightman

Ms. Mary H. Lindsay

Dr. and Mrs. Wolfgang D. Linnenbach, MD

Ms. Anne M. Linton

Anonymous

Mrs. Katherine Laffey Lobdell

Ms. Catherine Ducey Locke

Mr. Thomas A. Logsdon

Ms. Catherine E. Long

Mr. Lester C. Long, Jr.

Mrs. Barbara Brown Lopiccolo

Mrs. Elizabeth K. Lorber

SEPTEMBER

1, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024

Mrs. Nancy Brizzolara Lorenz

Ms. Nancy F. Lorenz

Mrs. Nola D. Lorincz

Ms. Laurie Loughlin

Mrs. Mary Ann Isensee Loweth

Mrs. Kathleen Donnellan Lubawski

Mrs. Ann Key Lucas

Mrs. Virginia Lessing Lucas

Ms. Barbara A. Luczkowski

Mrs. Ann Cunningham Ludwig

Ms. Theresa Lutostanski

Mr. and Mrs. F. Clark Lydic, Jr.

Mrs. Helen Craig Lynch

Ms. Joanne B. Lynch

Anonymous

Mrs. Anita Dowling MacDonald

Mrs. Helen Gilbane MacDonald

Anonymous

Mrs. Alveria Machens

Mrs. Irene E. Mackenroth

Mr. and Mrs. Kevin D. MacLaughlan

Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. MacLean

Mrs. Mary Mahon MacMillan

Mrs. Josephine E. Maguire

Mrs. Helen O’Brien Maher

Kenneth and Chinnamma Coilparampil

Mahieu

Mrs. Flora Ruiz Mahiquez

Ms. Margaret M. Mahon

Mrs. Antonia R. Mahoney

Ms. Carolyn M. Mahoney

James and Sarah Ann Mahoney

Kathy and Jack Mahoney

Ms. Saile White Mahoney

Ms. Sally T. Mahoney

Mrs. Eugenia B. Maksimow

Mr. John P. Mallon

Dr. Catharine K. Malloy

Mrs. Judith Mold Malone

Anonymous

Ms. Mary Fritsch Mann

Ms. Sheila Sullivan Mann

Mrs. Barbara Barnes Manning

Ms. Virginia D. Manuel

Ms. Mimi Manzembe

Virgilia F. Mapa

Mrs. Ann Curry Marcato

Dr. Elena Corie Marchisotto

Ms. Elizabeth A. Marcil

Mrs. Cynthia Kenney Marler

Mrs. Elia Capone Marnik

Betsy and Jerry Marr

Mrs. Elaine Westendorf Martin

Ms. Genevieve C. Martin

Ms. Jacqueline L. Martin

Mr. Richard J. Martin

Mr. and Mrs. James Martin

Mrs. Margaret E. Martinez

Mrs. Marie A. Marton

Mrs. Christina W. Masso

Ms. Margaret Mastrianni

Mrs. Regina Ambrose Matczak

Ms. Patricia Ann Mathes

Mrs. Deborah A. Matlof

Ms. Doreen Matters-Wilson

Mrs. Michelle McQueeny Matthews

Mrs. Mary L. Mattson

Ms. Elizabeth P. Maze

Mrs. Betty Anne Woods McAllister

Mrs. Patricia McAuley

Mrs. Camilla Dobler McAvoy

Ms. Linda A. McBain

Mrs. Regina Carfagno McCairns

Mrs. Vita Neureither McCall

Mrs. Janet A. McCann

Ms. Carol A. McCarthy

Dr. Deborah S. McCarthy

Sister Doyle Patricia McCarthy, SFCC

Mrs. Margaret Shea McCarthy

Patricia Brennan McCarthy

Mrs. Colette Koechley McCarty

Mrs. Patricia L. McCaskill

Anonymous

Mrs. Janice Vicario McClanaghan

Sister Margaret A. McCleary, SP

Ms. Felicity Chanler McClenachan

Ms. Corinne E. McClintic

Mrs. Anne P. McCloskey

Mrs. Susan McKanna McClure

Mrs. Ann C. McConnachie

Mrs. Elizabeth LeBlanc McCormick

Mrs. Katherine Logsdon McCracken

Ms. Mary E. McCue

Ms. Mary Reardon McDaniel

Anonymous

Anonymous

Ms. Cherie McDonald

Mr. Daniel J. McDonald and Dr. Kathryn Mack

McDonald

Ms. Frances Hesterberg McDonald

Mrs. Maria Somkuthy McDonald

Ms. Marianne McDonald

Mrs. Elisabeth G. McDonnell

Mrs. Mary Diane Russell McDonough

Adele R. McDowell, Ph.D.

Dr. Alice McDowell

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. McElligott

Mrs. Wendy Eiseman McGaffey

Mrs. Peggy Padberg McGarry

Mrs. Kris Malachias McGee

Mrs. Mary Beth O’Connor McGivern

Kathryn E. McGoldrick, MD

Mrs. E. Mary Goldmann McGowan

Mrs. Kathleen Connors McGowan

Hon. Regina C. McGranery

Mrs. Blanche A. McGrath

Ms. Regina W. McGrath

Mrs. Patricia A. McGuinness

Mr. Thomas F. McGurl

Ms. Marnie McHale

Ms. Kathleen D. McHugh

Mrs. Kathryn C. McHugh-O’Brien

Mrs. Katherine Mahoney McIntire

Mrs. Mary Carnes McIsaac

Mrs. Pamela K. McKeen

Countess Mary Keating McKell

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dorian McKelvy

Mrs. Sally Teppert McKendry

Mr. Daniel D. McKenzie

Maureen McKeown

Mrs. Elaine L. McKinley

Ms. Juliette McLauchlin

Mr. G. Robert McLaughlin

Mr. and Mrs. William D. McLaughlin

Mrs. Mary Ann McCormack McLean

Ms. Alice Mary McMahon

Ms. Catherine McMahon

Ms. Maureen D. McMahon

Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. McMullen

Mrs. Ellen Sullivan McNamara

Mrs. Judith Romano McNamara

Ms. Margaret Kenney McRaith

Hon. Maura B. McShane

Mrs. Kathleen Clark McSorley

Mrs. Patricia McWilliams

Dr. Peter Charles Meade

Mrs. Karen Kiernan Mechem

Mary and Doug Medley

Ms. Christine M. Meier

Ms. Deborah A. Meininger

Mrs. Ann Lambert Melfi

Ms. Katherine A. Mellone

Dr. Elizabeth G. Menaghan

Ms. Nahzaya Mendez

Ms. Cristina Mendoza

Ms. Anne E. Mengden

Mrs. Maria Matilde Sorzano Menocal

Mrs. Margarita San Martin Mera

Mrs. Irene Rose Battaglia Meschia

Mrs. Mary Sue Metter

Ms. Lucy Michael

Ms. Catherine Michalek

Mrs. Judith Padberg Michalek

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Michalek

Mrs. Pauline Dabo Mifsud

The Mikita Foundation

Mrs. Kathleen Crawford Miles

Mrs. Ann Gray Miller

we are grateful to our

Annual Campaign Donors

Ms. Barbara Cain Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Brady S. Miller

Mrs. Ellen Statt Miller

Ms. Katherine K. Miller

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Miller

Mrs. Jennifer A. Mills

James S. Minogue and Judy Warner Minogue

Mrs. Kate O’Neal Mitchell

Mrs. Sharon Mitsler

Mr. Jeff Mittereder

Mrs. Yvonne Mikolajczyk Mlecko

Mrs. Mary Moeschler

Mr. John E. Mona

Mrs. Karen Yoder Monfort

Mrs. Jane E. Monnich

Adriana Maria Montaño Suárez, Ph.D.

Dr. and Mrs. David M. Montgomery

Mrs. Sue Sherman Mooney

Mrs. Jacqueline Gegan Mooney

Mrs. Anne Graney Moore

Ms. Elizabeth D. Moore

Mrs. Sheila Lawlor Moore

Mrs. David D. Moore

Mrs. Lynn Sullivan Moran

Ms. Patricia M. Morehead

Ms. Kathleen Moretti

Anonymous

Mrs. Harriet Morgan

Alfred and Virginia Morgan

Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. George Moriarty, Jr.

Anonymous

Jane McBride Morrill

Shirley Morrin Mulligan

Mrs. Lucille List Morris

Ms. Molly Morris

Mrs. Susan Stoney Morris

Mrs. Suzanne Newman Morris

Mrs. Victoria F. Morris

Mrs. Margaret Fitzgerald Morrison

Dr. and Mrs. Michael J. Morrison

Ms. Margaret Morton

Dr. and Mrs. Ernest R. Moser

Mr. Paul M. Moser

Mrs. Patricia Saunders Moynihan

Mr. and Mrs. Randall T. Mudge

Ms. Harriet Mullaney

Mrs. Kathy Hogan Mullaney

Ms. Dale Mullarkey

Mrs. Judith Brader Mullen

Mrs. Mary Anne Nussrallah Mullen

Mr. Gerald Mulligan

Mrs. Susan Littell Mullin

Anonymous

Dr. Joyce T. Muni

Mrs. Sally Munoz

Ms. Diana B. Munro

Anne Gallagher Murphy

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Murphy

Mrs. Mary Ann Kirkwood Murphy

Dr. Mary Harlan Murphy

Mrs. Mary Bobay Murphy

Mrs. Monita Kerley Murphy

Mrs. Noël G. Murphy

Anonymous

Ms. Susan Seymour Murphy

Ms. Rita Gardner Murray

Mutual of America Foundation

Mrs. Martha W. Myer

Ms. Mary Louise Myers

Mrs. Shirley E. Nachtrieb

Ms. Anita M. Nagler and Mr. Robert F. Moyer

Mrs. Mary Suzanne Nash

Mrs. Jacquelin S. Naunheim

Mrs. Judy Weber Nedwek

Dr. Lynne H. Neitzschman

Mrs. Audrey Nelson

Mrs. Rita Nelson

Mr. Walter Nelson

Ms. Paula R. Nemec

Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Neroni

Mrs. Karen R. Nestor

Ms. Christie Neuhoff Dennison

Mrs. Leanne Suits Neurauter

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024

Marivi and Darius Nevin

New York Community Trust

Ms. Dolores Leets Nice

Mrs. Marianne C. Nichols

Anonymous

Mrs. Jacqueline T. Niekamp

Anne Quilter Niland and Denny Niland

Anonymous

Ms. Marie Louise Guste Nix

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nix

Anonymous

Mrs. Eunice O. Nondorf

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The Novitiate

| CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

At this moment, the Society of the Sacred Heart has three novitiates in the world — one in Africa, one in North America and one in Asia. The English-speaking novitiate is located in Chicago. Currently Novices of the Sacred Heart (NSCJ) from Europe are received there.

In FY24, the novitiate welcomed Eugenia Yasinska, NSCJ, from the Province of Spain and Zsófia Trásy, NSCJ, from the Central European (CEU) Province. As they adjusted to living in a new country and the novitiate way of life, they began studies at Catholic Theological Union in fall 2023. During their second semester, Eugenia volunteered at Sacred Heart Schools on Sheridan Road in Chicago, while Zsófia volunteered at Kolbe House Jail Ministry in Chicago. In the summer, Eugenia participated in the Network summer service project at St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center in El Cajon, California, and visited the Oakwood retirement community. She also worked with preschool children at the Jesuit Summer School in San Diego. Zsófia attended the Network project at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bellevue, Washington, then served in Albany, New York, at the Capital City Rescue Mission. While in New York she had the opportunity to attend a United Nations conference in New York City. After a rich summer experience, the novitiate welcomed Alba Romero, NSCJ, from the Province of Spain.

Conference of Sacred Heart Education

The Conference of Sacred Heart Education and its committees work on behalf of the Provincial Team of the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada (USC) Province to ensure the vitality and integrity of mission within the 25 Sacred Heart schools in Canada and the United States. Comprised of eight members — educators and Religious of the Sacred Heart— the Conference functions as a think tank on mission, supporting the Provincial Team and school leaders to ensure mission integrity.

The Provincial and her team appoint the head of conference. Nat Wilburn currently serves as head of conference and facilitates the work of the Conference and its three committees — Education to Mission, Governance, and Sacred Heart Commission on Goals (SHCOG). The Conference and its committees support Sacred Heart educators — especially school leaders — in deepening their understanding and living of the Goals and Criteria.

Highlights from FY24:

• Annual Education to Mission Trustee Conference October 2023, including RSCJ Trustees

• SHCOG visiting five member schools of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools

• The Conference working with 10 Network school boards and two Head of School search committees

• On-going collaboration with the executive director of the Network of Sacred Schools in the planning of annual meetings and the “Roots that Give Us Wings” Conference

• Appointment of three new members to the Conference:

• Paul Parker, former chair of Sacred Heart Spirituality, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami

• Ann Marie Krejcarek, head of school at Convent & Stuart Hall Schools of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco

• Melanie Guste, RSCJ, director of JPIC for Society of the Sacred Heart, USC Province

RSCJ PROFILE

Juliet Mousseau, rscj

My ministry as vice president for academic affairs at the Franciscan School of Theology (FST) in San Diego gives me opportunities to express the Sacred Heart charism daily. A theology of the goodness of the human person and a focus on building relationships form the core of the ministerial education we offer at FST — Franciscans have much in common with Religious of the Sacred Heart!

By educating lay and ordained ministers, FST shapes the future leadership of the Church, centering it on care for one another and for creation, synodality, and reaching out to the most vulnerable. In the three years since I started at FST, our student body has blossomed, increasing by nearly 50 percent. Not only does this affirm the need for a positive view of the human person in our church and world, but it also points to the need for graduate-level theological resources in southern California. Our location on the border allows us to seek out students from across the border, and we offer immersive education through cross-border courses. My hope for all students who come to FST is that they find themselves welcome and accepted as they are, and that they are challenged to grow more and more into the fullness of their unique humanity.

“Our conviction is that a transformative education responds to the urgency of life and that humanity unites us on a shared path. We see education as a dialogue and partnership with people, many of whom have different beliefs, and yet, all of whom draw from a universal system of values. We choose to participate in this globalized world affirming that it is conditioned by love.” – Philosophy of Sacred Heart Education: Sophie’s Gift... Our Call to the Future

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Preserving and Sharing the Society’s History

United States – Canada Province Archives | St. Louis, Missouri

The archives are the official repository of the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province as well as the former provinces of the United States and Canada, and the Province of the Antilles (Cuba, Haiti, and Puerto Rico).

In FY24 the archives staff continued its work preserving and making known the history of the Society in the United States and Canada. They fielded over 160 research requests from individual genealogical researchers, Sacred Heart schools, RSCJ communities, and province staff. In addition, the staff handled numerous informational inquiries and continued to receive material from the provincial offices, Sacred Heart alumnae/i, individual RSCJ, Sacred Heart schools, and the Province of the Antilles.

In early 2024, the staff presented at Villa Duchesne School of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis in support of their “Jenkins Day” in honor of Mary Louise (Mamie) Jenkins, RSCJ. Throughout the year, they welcomed visiting teachers from the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, 7th grade students from Schools of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, the Villa Duchesne senior class, and novices from the international novitiate in Chicago. They hosted Mass for the Feast of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat and a group of Sacred Heart educators for a four-day workshop. The archives also served as a monthly meeting site for the St. Louis Associates.

Mary Charlotte Chandler, RSCJ, joined the archives staff in fall of 2023. Julie Siderfin, Associate and former archivist in St. Charles, joined the archives as a volunteer in January 2024. Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ, who had served as provincial archivist since 2009, left the archives to begin work on special projects at the provincial office in the fall of 2024. Michael Pera, assistant archivist since 2007, now serves as provincial archivist.

The Shrine of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne | St. Charles, Missouri

The Shrine of Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne is located on the grounds of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles. It is a lasting tribute to the French missionary Religious of the Sacred Heart who brought formalized education and a zeal for sharing the love of God to the Missouri frontier in 1818. Sandy Ahlheim is the director of the Shrine. Mary Glenn serves as shrine assistant.

In FY24, the Shrine hosted 136 tours to 2,182 tour participants, representing 31 states and four countries. Notably, it was a stop for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage last summer. Over one thousand pilgrims participated in Eucharistic Adoration in the Shrine sanctuary. The Shrine staff also welcomed Sacred Heart educators who participated in the “Roots that Give us Wings” Conference last summer, as well as heads of school and board members, and Sacred Heart alumnae/i from around the world.

Several school groups visited throughout the year, including students from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and Schools of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Numerous Confirmation candidates, church groups, missionaries, seminarians, members of various religious orders, and Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski of Saint Louis visited. Shrine staff also gave tours to family groups, including members of the Duchesne and Perier families.

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Le Petit Musée & the Shrine of Saint John Berchmans | Grand Coteau, Louisiana

Le Petit Musée is a museum dedicated to the history of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau. The Shrine of Saint John Berchmans sits on the site of the 1866 miraculous cure of a Religious of the Sacred Heart. Both are located on the campus of Schools of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau. Caroline Richard serves as director of the museum and the Shrine.

In FY24, the Shrine of Saint John Berchmans received visitors from a record number of Sacred Heart schools. The shrine also received local school groups, church youth groups, and pilgrims from around the world. The space, however, is most often used by the school community itself. The shrine holds espacio and prayer sessions for students and faculty, retreats, monthly rosaries for parents, and a special service on the anniversary of the miracle.

Le Petit Musée received over 1,100 visitors in FY24. Museum patrons learn about the founding of the Academy in 1821 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart and those early years, including the stories of the contributions of enslaved people. This year, the museum participated in the Spring Ramble Tour hosted by the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation. On that day, more than 200 guests from around the state visited the museum and learned about the history of the Academy and the Society of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau. Additionally, the National Center for Preservation Technology & Training (NCPTT), a division of the National Park Service, completed and released a 3D fly-through video of the enslaved people’s quarters at the Academy of the Sacred Heart. The quarters, constructed in 1834, housed the majority of the enslaved population at the Convent. The video as well as oral interviews about the history of the quarters have been added to their catalog and are available to the public. Importantly, the museum provides a space for Sacred Heart students to learn and engage with their history and understand how it fits into the greater mission.

Visiting Sacred Heart schools:

Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart (Miami, Florida)

Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart (Houston, Texas)

Ecole La Perverie Sacré Cœur (Nantes, France)

Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart (Bellevue, Washington)

Istituto Sacro Cuore - Trinità dei Monti (Rome, Italy)

Sacré Cœur Wien (Vienna, Austria)

Sacred Heart Schools (Chicago, Illinois)

The Regis School of the Sacred Heart (Houston, Texas)

The Sacred Heart School of Montreal (Montreal, Quebec)

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Peter and Michaela Betterman D’Arrigo

Jeanie and Claiborne Perrilliat

Leslie and Keith Schroth

Carol Campbell, RSCJ (RIP 3/19/23)

Patrick and Mary Beth Moorhead

Elizabeth Alter Campbell

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Pat and Dick (RIP) Browne

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Mary Louise Cochran

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Jeanne Carr Lamb

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Cathie Banos Eustis

Elbert and Amelia McKinlay

Margaret Ann Pomeroy

Richard Jay Mehan III

Anne Lord

Shirley Miller, RSCJ

Cristal S. Backer

Mary Dell Miller Barkouras

Patti and Skip Brechtel

Nina Wessel English

Karen and Cal German

Lynne Johnston Howard

Eliza C. Lynn

Liz Manthey

Barbara Treat McElroy

Kate O’Neal Mitchell

Lynne Neitzschman

Kay Eshleman Rapier

Susan Sodoro Selde

Carolyn and Jim Smith

Anne L. Wiehagen

Diane R. Wood

Margo Morris, RSCJ

Mary V. Grady

Nancy Morris, RSCJ

Anne B. Morris

Heidi McHugh Pendleton

Kathleen and Al Steele

Susan Worner Tierney

Mary Theresa Moser, RSCJ (RIP 2/9/24)

Ernie and Penny Moser

Margaret Mary Munch, RSCJ

Mark and Joellen Anderson

Anonymous

Jean Purcell Furay

Rosemary Munch Laughlin

Nancy Murphy, RSCJ

Mary Bricker-Jenkins

Peter Neroni

Barbara Baldwin Neroni

Camila and Carolina Nevin

Marivi and Darius Nevin

Gail O’Donnell, RSCJ

Mary Jo and Chip Dawson

Morgan and Sally Edwards

Cathy Brennan Hickey

John and Bette Rydzynski Hulley

Bridget and Randy Mudge

Joni Brockman O’Donnell

Thomas and Linda O’Donnell

Frances Fitzgerald Williams

Mrs. Marilyn Gary Orbann

Noël Gary Murphy

Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ

Rita L. Houlihan

Pam Moore Snyder

Georgeann Parizek, RSCJ

Mary L. Parizek

Margaret Nichols Parra

Mary and Warren Zodrow

Clare Pratt, RSCJ

Anonymous

George and Patricia Pratt Moriarty

Juan Cervantes Pulido

Martha Isabel Bravo Gonzalez

Judy Enenbach Quest (RIP)

Judith and Joe Fisher

Rose Marie Quilter, RSCJ

Ruth Lynch Henahan

Virginia D. Manuel

Anne Quilter Niland and Denny Niland

Barbara Quinn, RSCJ

Barbara A. Shields

Irma Patricia Reiss, RSCJ (RIP 8/11/24)

Jean Redemski Dolan

Virginia Fitzgerald

Dee Mulroy King

Jane Reiss McAniff

Jody O’Connell

Betsy Reiss

Colleen D. Treutler

Mary Patricia Rives, RSCJ

Meg Beugg

Connie Sulkowski Green

Barbara Rogers, RSCJ

Ginny Holmes Carroll

Terry Devino, SJ

Elena Spagnuolo Loukas

Grace Marie White

Rosemary T. Roney, RSCJ

Patricia Eldredge Kolojeski

Helen Rosenthal, RSCJ (RIP 1/19/23)

Sue Sherman Mooney

Betty Rosenthal Bova Troilo

Martha Roughan, RSCJ (RIP 3/1/24)

Sheila McIntire Barry

Sandra P. Del Sesto

RSCJ who reside at the Abba House Community, Albany, NY

Susan A. Hoeffel

Phyllis Turner Jepson

RSCJ who reside at Oakwood, Atherton, CA

Suong T. Crawford

Joan R. Eagleson

Pauline Dabo Mifsud

RSCJ who taught at Barat College, Lake Forest, IL

Elizabeth Foote

RSCJ community members at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Mary Louise Cochran

Gregory and Heidi Gromek

RSCJ who taught at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grosse Pointe, MI

Rosemary Fenech Enthoven and Alain Enthoven

Karen Fitzgerald Hutchinson

Gail Horan McKnight

RSCJ who taught at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, New Orleans, LA

Margaret Pavy Gray

in community

Retirement Communities

Avila Retirement Community | Albany, New York

Religious of the Sacred Heart who live at the Avila retirement community share life with over 200 other residents. It is a place for outreach, companioning, and witnessing to the Society’s mission.

In FY24, the community welcomed over 30 RSCJ visitors. Former Superiors General Kathy Conan, RSCJ, and Barbara Dawson, RSCJ, shared about the General Chapter. Maria Cimperman, RSCJ, spoke of the Synod. Mary Frohlich, RSCJ, shared about her newest book, which many of the sisters have enjoyed. Shell Olson, RSCJ, visited from Japan. Bridget Bearss, RSCJ, spent a few days with the Avila community while she was conducting an LCWR seminar for the religious leaders of upper New York State.

A highlight of the summer for the community was to have Zsófia Trásy, NSCJ, from Chicago, stay for nearly two weeks. Her time at Avila helped renew the RSCJ connection with the Capital City Mission, where she volunteered.

Alumnae of Kenwood and former and present faculty and alumnae/i of The Doane Stuart School stay in touch with the Avila community. The sisters also participate in monthly meetings with Associates, a time for deepening their lives and sharing for the future.

Carmel Terrace Community | Framingham, Massachusetts

Six Religious of the Sacred Heart reside at Carmel Terrace, an independent living community. The RSCJ view their ministry as both internal and external. Most importantly, they see their ministry as one of presence. Among their “internal” ministries are visiting with the residents at Carmel Terrace, listening, volunteering in the gift shop, serving as Communion ministers and lectors, reading to people who are vision impaired, and running a community recycling program. They also have offered several afternoons of prayer for residents.

Externally, they serve schools in the Network as mentors, resource persons and board members, and as spiritual directors for Busy Persons Retreats offered by Sophie’s Well. They offer spiritual direction, retreats, and Jungian analysis. The community has on several occasions hosted the RSCJ in the Boston area for Mass and a meal, as well as welcomed visitors from throughout the Sacred Heart family to the Boston Area. The RSCJ in the community say that they see their community especially as ministers of presence, being available to respond as needed to those around them and beyond.

Retirement Communities

Oakwood Retirement Community | Atherton, California

On the grounds of Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, Oakwood is home to about 40 elderly and retired Religious of the Sacred Heart whose needs are cared for by a corps of certified nurse assistants and an administrative staff, two chaplains and an RSCJ community life director.

Several of the religious living at Oakwood continue in ministries as spiritual accompaniers, school trustees, mentors, and counselors. Community life includes the opportunity of daily Mass, weekly reunion, an annual retreat and occasional outings, for example, to museums in San Francisco and elsewhere. Residents enjoy hosting visitors, RSCJ, and other friends and relatives.

Because Oakwood is on the grounds of the school, many student activities are open to the residents. Students come to perform musically or to share what they are learning. A concert by the kindergarten students was a highlight. Many residents are in weekly conversation with a senior class student. Several RSCJ were invited to address the elementary school faculty on the essence of Sacred Heart education.

Finally, an important part of the sisters’ ministry at Oakwood is to accompany their sisters on their last journey; last year nine RSCJ died and now rest in the cemetery on campus.

The Sarah Community | St. Louis, Missouri

The Sarah Community is home to six Religious of the Sacred Heart in independent living apartments.

In FY24, eighth graders from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles, Missouri, visited the RSCJ at The Sarah Community every other month. They played games, like “Sacred Heart Bingo,” and the students had an opportunity to visit with RSCJ.

In the summer, Margaret Munch, RSCJ, shared stories about Philippine with Sacred Heart educators at the “Roots that Give Us Wings” Conference as well as through the “Aspiring Leaders” program. She was also featured in a video about Florissant, Missouri, used by the Network of Sacred Heart Schools and by the Shrine of St. Ferdinand. Sister Munch also led four tours of St. Ferdinand’s.

Planning meetings, Zoom calls and Mass celebrations on Society feast days keep this RSCJ community connected and engaged with Associates in St. Louis and St. Charles. At The Sarah Community, RSCJ serve on committees like the Laudato Sí committee. They serve as lectors and as Eucharistic Ministers. They bring the needs of friends, family, and the world to their twice weekly group prayer. RSCJ also share spiritual support with all residents.

Retirement Communities In Memoriam

SEPTEMBER 2023 – AUGUST 2024

Teresian House | Albany, New York

The Teresian House retirement community has fourteen Religious of the Sacred Heart residents. RSCJ in the community enjoy a variety of activities including art, book-sharing, games, exercise, and liturgical gatherings. There is also the option for Mass or a Communion service in the chapel.

Once a week, Nance O’Neil, RSCJ, hosts a reunion with RSCJ and usually shares about the Society: its history, current events, the ongoing discussion about the Chapter and the future.

Three RSCJ from the Teresian House Community died this past year. The Masses of Christian Burial were celebrated at St. Madeleine Sophie’s Parish in honor of each.

The RSCJ at Teresian House enjoy visitors who come to the Albany area. This past year visitors have included RSCJ: Barb Dawson, Digna Dacanay, and Kathy Conan. The community also celebrates birthdays with great gusto — offering a gift, decorations, and usually enjoying an ice cream cake. With the Avila Community nearby, the RSCJ at Teresian House join with them to celebrate feast days with liturgy in the chapel, which includes sharing in either refreshments or a meal.

Blessed are those who have died in the Lord; let them rest from their labors for their good deeds go with them.

Nancy Lassotovitch, RSCJ

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Theresa “T” Moser, RSCJ

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Rosemary Bearss, RSCJ

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Martha Roughan, RSCJ

MARCH 1, 2024

Madeline Thibeau, RSCJ

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Mary Patricia “Pat” Geuting, RSCJ

MAY 23, 2024

Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Gavan, RSCJ

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Angela “Angie” Bayo, RSCJ

MAY 28, 2024

Adele Schroeder, RSCJ

JANUARY 3, 2024

Raphaelle “Kaye” Cherry, RSCJ

MAY 31, 2024

Rosemary Dobler, RSCJ

JANUARY 4, 2024

Trudy Considine, RSCJ

JULY 24, 2024

Margaret “Margie” Conroy, RSCJ

JANUARY 11, 2024

Irma Patricia “Patsy” Reiss, RSCJ

AUGUST 11, 2024

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024

Please know that we Religious of the Sacred Heart pray for all who are remembered here, your families and for you.

Visit rscj.org/donate for more information or call Anne Wiehagen, Director of Advancement, at 314.880.0551.

Kathleen McCaffrey Adams

Joe and Alison Adams Winter

Maureen Aggeler

Joan and Mark Innes

Katherine Sullivan Ahern

Anonymous

All of the RSCJ who taught me

Marielle Saussotte Ponce

Rita Amarante, ASCJ

Eugene P. Keller

Thomas M. Anderson

Michael Anderson

Florence Ashe, RSCJ

Anonymous

Flavia Augustine, RSCJ

Gene and Margit Augustine

George and Barbara Baldwin

Barbara Baldwin Neroni

Mary Anne Barkofske

Kathleen M. Potts

Marion Bascom, RSCJ

Ed and Nancy Bascom Hamilton

Jean Bautz, RSCJ

Vicky Taylor Allen

Alice G. Burlinson

Louise McDonough Hatch

Dr. Denis Baylor

Anonymous

Eileen Bearss, RSCJ

Judith Bearss Anderson

Beverly Zeuschel Beckley

Barbara Zeuschel Stickford

Thomas and Jane Belanger

Anonymous

Marie Rose Brullard Bengle

Anne-Marie and David Walker

Ellen Mahoney Biondolollo

Peppy Spitzmiller McLean

Barbara Bireley, RSCJ

The Rev. John and Barbara Larson

Lauren Barrett Black

Patrick and Laurie Fitzgerald Nowlan

Georgie Blaeser, RSCJ

Mary V. Grady

Peggy McGinness Liggett

Mary Blish, RSCJ

Tom A. Smith

Katherine Blose

Sarah Blose

Ellen Marie Boals

Anonymous

Michael A. Bodisco

Mary Jo Bodisco

Elizabeth Healy Bonner

Vance Bonner

Barbara Bosse (RIP)

Rose Marie Kirchner Robinson

Aimée Bourneuf, RSCJ

Violeta Bosch Davis (RIP)

Carol Rigolot

Annette J. Bourret, RSCJ

Anne Hanify Baisch

Elizabeth Boyter, RSCJ

Sister Mary Jean DiMatteo, HM

Jane Gaffney Bradley

Dick Gaffney (RIP)

Susan Karutis Gaffney

Marilyn McHugh Bradley

Martin Bradley

Anna Maria Brady, RSCJ

Mary C. Brady

Mary Lamphier Brady, RSCJ

Mary Ellen Burke

Maureen Meehan O’Leary

Shirley Martin Brady

Judith Weber Nedwek

Sally Noonan Bredemann

Virginia Fitzgerald

Marilyn and Michael Fuller

Anne Gallagher

Brett Huus

Yasuko Okigawa (RIP)

Richard and Shannon Siberski

Nancy Bremner, RSCJ

Madonna Lee Edmunds

Ann Millenbach Brennan

Patricia Brennan McCarthy

Beatrice Brennan, RSCJ

Mira and Andrzej Lechowicz

Janet M. Mitchell

Matthew Barclay Brown

Diane Brown Buck

Nathalie King Brown

Anonymous

Patricia Anne Murphy Brown

Anonymous

Peggy B. Brown, RSCJ

Valerie Moore O’Keeffe

Carol Burk, RSCJ

Betsy and Machale Miller

Margaret Burke, RSCJ

Chinnamma and Kenneth Mahieu

Lois Kathleen Turner Burnett

Guy V. Burnett

Norma and Peter Burnett

Medora Burnett Houston

Mary Ada Burns, RSCJ

Francesca Corkle

Virginia Burr

Sarah M. Burr

Mary Loretta Busch, RSCJ

Becky Albrecht

Mary F. Glenn

Brenda Guthrie Peterson

Marie Bush, RSCJ

Amelie Bernard Harris

Mary Bush, RSCJ

Elizabeth Presbrey Albert

Terry Brown Moyer

Margaret Brennan Cain

Carrie and Peter Detwiler

Adele Caire, RSCJ

Lourdes M. Castellanos

Barbara Berthelot Conway

Cathy Lowry Knapik

Bonita Swersey & Family

Annice Callahan, RSCJ

Aileen Callahan

Clare Callahan

Laurie Loughlin

Carol Campbell, RSCJ

Deanna Dubsky Pokorny

Janet R. Portz

Susan Campbell, RSCJ

Libby Myers-Buhite

Jane Shannon Cannon

Martha B. Dyer

Sterling Joseph “Joey” Cardon III

Sterling and Vicki Cardon

Barbara Carey, RSCJ

Kathleen C. Kempa

Jean and Carmen Carfagano

Regina Carfagno McCairns

Marie Louise Carmody, RSCJ

Elizabeth Presbrey Albert

Erin Heinemann Hennessey

Eleanor Carr, RSCJ

Bill and Anne Finnegan

Audrey Finnegan Tunney

J.R. and Agnes Carroll

Anonymous

Katherine Cassidy, RSCJ

Anonymous

Elizabeth Cavanagh, RSCJ

Pat Casey Bollinger

Joan Scott Ewing

Betty Chandler

William Chandler

Chaplains of Maryville University

Mary Jane McManus Latino

Rose Chen, RSCJ

Francis and Margaret Chen

Maria Choca, RSCJ

Karen Butler Martin

Susan S. C. Chung

Young C. Chung

Rebecca A. Ciesliga

Barbara Ciesliga

Carol A. Ciesliga

Dorothy Clark, RSCJ

James Wiesler

Mary T. Clark, RSCJ

Diane Cassens Cummins

Kathryn A. Foley

Regina C. McGranery

Anonymous

Marie-Louise Clarkson, RSCJ

Anonymous

Patricia Cleary

Anonymous

we are grateful for gifts In Memory of... SEPTEMBER

1, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024

Mary Ann Foy, RSCJ

Madeline Foley Burke

Patricia and Kevin Cosgrove

Jane Hauseman Hogan

Patricia Burke Hogan

Anne Kinker McIntosh

John and Penny McNeel

Lecil Starkloff Saller

Libbie Neville ZurSchmiede

Grace Thunder Frier

Grace Frier Rudzis Glasgow

Sally Furay, RSCJ

Herlinda Rodriguez Belcher

Sandy Cassell Farrell

Jean Purcell Furay

Anonymous

Eileen Kavannagh Gabel

Mary Gabel Costello

Richard J. Gaffney

Susan Karutis Gaffney

Anne Gaffney Gardner

Dick Gaffney (RIP)

Susan Karutis Gaffney

Alice Georges

Karen Chapman

John and Penny McNeel

Nancy Ghio, RSCJ

Lynne M. Brinker

Francesca Di Rollo

Laura E. Griesedieck

Molly and Jim Hyde

Beth and Larry Lenke

Mary Reardon McDaniel

Cathie Majka Ott

Susan H. Seckel

Debby Watson

Thomas and Catherine Gibbs

Virginia M. Gibbs

Angela M. Gillespie

Sally G. Bloom

Robert Glockner

Ginger Alfs Glockner

Carlos Gomez-Gracia

Carola Mato

Irene R. Good, RSCJ

Molly and Richard Knazek

Margaret Gorman, RSCJ

Andrea Moore Johnson

Sheila Ryan Grandfield Toni Walsh Curry

Marguerite Green, RSCJ

Betty Anne Woods McAllister

Dorothy Di Giorgio Antolini Gretsch

Carole Antolini Scherer

Peggy Peplow Gummere

Anonymous

Dorothy Schutten Guste

Associates of the Sacred Heart-New Orleans

Mary L. Parizek

Marie L. Alciatore Guste

William and Maureen Guste

Carol Eggers and Brian Haynsworth

Jim and Joan Haggarty Eggers

Mary Gummere Hall

Anonymous

Roger and Janet Hanson

Mary Jill Hanson

Nancy Carr Hardart

Bill and Anne Finnegan

Maryellen Harmon, RSCJ Anonymous

Joan Bardenheier Harrison

Dick and Ann Williams Bugg

Jane Jachimczyk Hayman

Anonymous

John and Helen Heflin

Mary Beth Heflin Ketchum

Alice Henkel

Mary C. Henkel

Catherine Henry, RSCJ

Jeanne Gatewood Henry

Mary Henry, RSCJ

Jeanne Gatewood Henry

Ruth Tooley Hesterberg

Frances Hesterberg McDonald

Pamela Hickey, RSCJ

Mary Hickey Green

Elizabeth Hill, RSCJ

Marion Bestani

Theresa Hill, RSCJ

Marion Bestani

Anne Hills

Mary A. Kane

Elizabeth Hoffman

Carla Lastreto Carstens

Ellen Hoffman, RSCJ

Tara V. Beering

Don and Lee Ellen Russell

Margaret Mary Hoffman, RSCJ

Anne Marie Hoffman

Mary T. Hoffmann

Anonymous

Margaret Jane O’Driscoll Hoffner

Janie Hoffner-DeLuca

Dorothy Holmes, RSCJ

Margaret Holmes Kantaros

Louise A. Morse

Madge Coghlin Horan

Gail Horan McKnight

Nancy Adams Hornback

Kate Adams

Madeline Howe, RSCJ

Louise McDonough Hatch

Suzanne Hickey Howell

Patty Sheehy Kinney

Thomas A. Hughes

Terry Devino, SJ

Julia Hurley, RSCJ

Louise A. Morse

Gabrielle Husson, RSCJ

Jane Phelan Schellings

Jennifer Kerns Ivory

Florence Roberts Ernzen

Roger A. Jacobs, MD Anonymous

Suzanne and Alfred Jehle Anonymous

Mary Louise Jenkins, RSCJ

Sally and Mark Branon

Francesca Corkle

Nancy and Richard Fazio

Meg Phillips

Katherine Murphy Johnston

Mary Martin VanDersarl

Mary Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kaiser

Robert J. Kaiser

Patricia A. Kamlin

Ann M. Boover

Joseph S. Kaplan

Barb Bideaux Kaplan

Rita Karam, RSCJ

Shirley Broussard Griffin

Bridget Keenan, RSCJ

Harry W. Steele

Memory of Eleanor by The Kehoe Family

The Kehoe Family

Mary Gretchen Meyer Keller

Winifred Meyer Scott

Karen A. Kelly

Margaret M. Kelly

Mary Alice Kelly, RSCJ

Elizabeth Guarini Herguth

Anne Marie Kennelly

Ken Higman

Dr. William Kennett

Carol Kennett Douglass

Cathleen Gano Keogh

Jean Spruks Russell

Louise Keyes, RSCJ

Margo Pezolt Rusnack

Joan Kirby, RSCJ

Barbara J. Blecka

Andrea Moore Johnson

Louise A. Morse

Claire Kirchner

Rose Marie Kirchner Robinson

Ursula Kirk, RSCJ

Penelope Whelan Kirk

Regina Cornelius Kisiedu

Cosima Cornelius Dean

Edna F. Kiszla

Sandra Kiszla Chew Phillips

Lucille Kraemer, RSCJ

Evelyn Kraemer Francuz

Maxine Kraemer, RSCJ

Evelyn Kraemer Francuz

Greg Francuz

Eileen Krakora

Susan J. Krakora

Margaret Lahey, RSCJ

Norma Ross Casey

Lucy Lamy, RSCJ

Meg Jordan Bradley

Elizabeth Ajubita Larkin

Anonymous

Students listen as Virginia Rodee, RSCJ, shares about the history of Founders Chapel at University of San Diego.

we are grateful for gifts In Memory of... SEPTEMBER

1, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024

Edward C. Larsen

Mary Thell Larsen

Shelley Lawrence, RSCJ

Associates of the Sacred Heart-New Orleans

Patty Mathes Mathes

Sas McCart

Jody Jung Leach

Mollie Jung Taulbee

Anne Leonard, RSCJ

Elizabeth Jane Steele

Grace Leslie, RSCJ

Joan Davis Kramer

Molly Keenan Logsdon

Kathy Logsdon McCracken

Kate and Tim McGillicuddy

Nancy Scherrer Logsdon

Thomas A. Logsdon

Elli O’Donnell Lorch

Anonymous

Barbara Leuchtmann Lowery

Linda Leuchtmann Tell

Louise Lundergan, RSCJ

Robin Pare Lagace

Margaret Markey Lyons

Kitty Markey McDonald

Jean McGowan MacDonald

Trish Coyle Ellingwood

Mary Joan Padberg MacDonald

Janet Naidl Siler

Anne L. Madden, RSCJ

Melanie Kaminski Bartels

Patricia Coffey Freund

Lois Perry-Fivian

Nita Rossi Madvay

Aimee Madvay Squires

Jane Correa Maggin

Sally Wildgen

Rita Maginn, RSCJ

Susan F. McCartan

Clotilde Maguire, RSCJ

Bonnie Harrington Cloer

Claire Mahaney, RSCJ

Vita Neureither McCall

Walter Makisow

Ghean Maksimow

Gertrude Manahan, RSCJ

Marcia and Richard Hall

Marie Manahan Hennessy

Kathryn Manahan, RSCJ Anonymous

Marcia and Richard Hall

Marie Manahan Hennessy

Constance C. Manning

Connie Manning Kessler Roth

Marina Mapa, RSCJ

Virgilia F. Mapa

Mary Mardel, RSCJ

George and Teresa Alton

Tara V. Beering

Sandra Hall Bley

Guy V. Burnett

Lynda and Peter Clark

Katharine Ashley Cobb

Dolores McKeever Donahue

Sandy Cassell Farrell

Lee and Lyn Follett

Mary and Stuart Forsyth

Judi Worner Hurabiell

Joan and Mark Innes

Annette E. Lomont

Carolyn M. Mahoney

Janet E. McGarry

John and Penny McNeel

Yukiko Michael Meadows

Bill and Kristy Miller

Anonymous

Jeanne Ferrari Quinlan

Ann and Richard Raymond

Mary Spohn Romo

Don and Lee Ellen Russell

Victoria E. Schwarz

Gordon Sharafinski

Susan Worner Tierney

Helen O’Keeffe Vajk

Anne-Marie and David Walker

Andrea M. Wilcox

Anna Mae Marheineke, RSCJ

Melanie Simoneaux Goudelocke

Thomas and Joyce Schneider

Kathleen Marheineke, RSCJ

Sheila C. Kurtz

Patricia Dalferes Martin

Lisa Naut Gilkeson

Nancy and Ben Martinez

Marcette Martinez Trimbell

Carol Linherr Masterson

Anonymous

Julia Ann Meyer Mayo

Winifred Meyer Scott

Nancy McAuley, RSCJ

Avery West Foster

Mary Helen McComas, RSCJ

Jean Spruks Russell

Sandy Y. Sinclair

Herminia McDonald, RSCJ

Doranne Terhune O’Hara

Louise McDonough, RSCJ

Louise McDonough Hatch

Mathilde McDuffie, RSCJ

Debby and Jerry Reinstatler

Ann McElhatton, RSCJ

Molly O’Donovan D’Esposito

Virginia McFarland

Nat Wilburn

Walter and Dorothy McGahan

Beverly McGahan Kesler

Clare McGowan, RSCJ

Eileen Wiegand Sutula

Mary Lou McGurl

Thomas F. McGurl

Helen McHugh, RSCJ

Mary V. Imbimbo

Marie McHugh, RSCJ

Mary V. Imbimbo

Sharron Vavak McKenzie

Anonymous

Jane McKinley, RSCJ

Ann Layman Jordan

Jane A. Layman

Cora McLaughlin, RSCJ

Elizabeth Betts Leckie

Marjorie Lee McLaughlin

Bob McLaughlin

Catherine McMahon, RSCJ

Jean A. Fitzpatrick

Linda J. Landucci

Kathy Ladd Schumacher

Vincent and Helen McMahon

Anonymous

Mary McMahon, RSCJ

Jean A. Fitzpatrick

Andrew Gallo

Linda J. Landucci

Joanne Barranco Steenveld

Virginia McMonagle, RSCJ

Betsy Cunningham Manchester

Janet Nelson McCann

Dottie O’Carroll O’Carroll

Merrilyn Tucker

Peggy Everett Yingling

Faine McMullen, RSCJ

Deborah J. Carr

Katharine Withers Higgins

Brian and Peggy McMullen

Jane Phelan Schellings

Grail McMullen, RSCJ

Brian and Peggy McMullen

Mary Gray McNally, RSCJ

Diana G. Brotherton-Ware

Mary Versaggi Davis

Anne and Gregory Greaney

Hon. Mary Ann Lubbe Medler

Sue Powers Clancy

Jessica C. Medley

Mary and Doug Medley

Priscilla Meier, RSCJ

Christine M. Meier

Mary Ann Meier Oderman

Sylvia Merizalde

Anonymous

Mary Jane Mudd Meyer

Mary Meyer Dill

The Theodore Meyer Family

Mary Katherine Meyer Driscoll

Winifred Duffy Meyer

Winifred Meyer Scott

Anna Marie Galvin Migely

Ann Migely Beatty

Margaret Mary Miller, RSCJ

Mary Fouts Fitzgibbons

Joyce V. Glenn

Deborah Johnson Schumaker

Barbara Moreau, RSCJ

Nicole Bouligny Brown

Rachel Gates Hebert

Donna Morrissey

Donna Cosgrove Morrissey

Odeide Mouton, RSCJ

Patricia O’Donnell Klein

Donald T. Moynihan, MD

Patricia Saunders Moynihan

Trevor S. Moynihan

Patricia Saunders Moynihan

Mary Munch, RSCJ

Irene and Karl Wust

Agnes Murphy, RSCJ

Beverly O’Connor Bennett

James K. Murphy

Noël Gary Murphy

Dorothy A. Murray, RSCJ

Betty Rexford Buckland

Anne Gallagher Murphy

Jean Spruks Russell

Barbara M. Sanders

Ellen Snee

Betsy Shaner Tomlinson

My Teachers Anonymous

My years at City House 1960-1964

Mary Bruno Werle

Paul Dana Naish

Anonymous

Tina Neureither

Vita Neureither McCall

Genevieve MacVeany Neville

Beatriz M. Olivera

Mary Lammon Nitsche

Charles Nitsche

we are grateful for gifts In Memory of... SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024

Catherine and George Nolan

Mary Nolan Calise

Lucie Nordmann, RSCJ

Marie Bone and Michael Clear

Dick and Ann Williams Bugg

Laura E. Griesedieck

Shirley Broussard Griffin

Molly and Jim Hyde

Mary Reardon McDaniel

Cathie Majka Ott

Thomas and Joyce Schneider

M. Darlene Smith

Veronica Nugent

Marie Nugent McCarthy

Mimi Garesché Nusrala

Dick and Ann Williams Bugg

Colette Barclay Walsh

Ana M. B. Oberheiser

Susana Oberheiser Nye

Mary O’Callaghan, RSCJ

Susan Speakman Hatta

Anonymous

Frances and Harold Phipps

Teresa A. O’Connor

Ellen Kenny

Eileen and Francis L. O’Donnell

Patricia O’Donnell Klein

Willam Glasgow O’Fallon

Mary Ann Sullivan Boyce

Eileen O’Gorman, RSCJ

Vicky Taylor Allen

Maureen O’Halloran, RSCJ

Barbara Anne Cagney

Mary Ellen Keegan Keyser

Johanna Ferry Laadt

Edward and Helen Ohlms

Sharon L. Ohlms

Karen Olson, RSCJ

Nancy and Richard Fazio

Madeline A. Morris

Peter and Ann Olson

Florence O’Malley Anonymous

Virginia O’Meara, RSCJ

Cathy Doyle Hoehn

Dennis O’Neill

Patricia Skelly O’Neill

Jim O’Sullivan

Leana C. Giannini

Loretta G. O’Brien Oswald

Sara Oswald

Mary Katherine Oswald, RSCJ

Betsey Griesmer Radcliffe

Williams J. Ott

Cathie Majka Ott

Dorothy Owen, RSCJ

Christine E. Tantisunthorn

John Packard

Debra Carroll Packard

Carolina Pardo Anonymous

Barbara Holters Parr

Charles D. Parr

Gertrude Patch, RSCJ

Marie Oddo Garvey

Wendy Eiseman McGaffey

Helen Hurley Pedersen

Joan E. Pedersen

Kathleen Peters

Pamela Peters McKeen

Lucille Pezolt, RSCJ

Brenda Guthrie Peterson

Norm and Adela Pezolt

Margo Pezolt Rusnack

Lorette Piper, RSCJ

Jennie Weiss Block, OP

Louise A. Morse

John H. Pratt

Mimi Pratt

Sally Scott Prince

Patty Prince

Ginny Pryor Anonymous

Caroline Putnam, RSCJ

Polly Putnam Post Chatfield

Andrea Moore Johnson

Mary Quinlan, RSCJ

Nadia Wolanyk Deychakiwsky

Andrea Moore Johnson

Jane Phelan Schellings

Susan A. Raffo

Robert J. Raffo

Ann and Peter Rager

Lucia Rager Bossert

Maurice J. Ragusa

Jacqueline Ragusa Gumina

Mary Ranney, RSCJ

Elizabeth Presbrey Albert

Mary De Luca de Bourbon

Eleanor Gillespie Dyett

Thomas D. Higgins

Margaret Reilly, RSCJ

Mary Ann Collins Kerwin

Jane Tobin Rice

Canice Timothy Rice, Jr.

Anita Richard, RSCJ

Brady Miller

Lucy Scott Morales

Margaret Ann Robinson, RSCJ

Susie McCabe Collins Hentschel

Sally Schuler Rogers

Katherine Walton Philpot

Graciela Rebatta Rojas

Graciela Rojas Conley

Ann Doering Roney

Claudia Lindhorst Biggers

Helen Rosenthal, RSCJ

Alumnae/i of the Sacred Heart - Arizona

Suong T. Crawford

Avis Gomez

Betty Rosenthal Bova Troilo

Eleanor Dombrowski Rowe

Anonymous

RSCJ who taught at Academy of the Sacred Heart, City House, St. Louis, MO

Ann Moore Duer

Jackie Savage Naunheim

RSCJ who taught at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Forest Ridge, Bellevue, WA

Janet Kelly Shaw

RSCJ who taught at Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grosse Pointe, MI

Patricia Mebus Gallacher

RSCJ who taught the Class of 1973 at Newton College, Newton, MA

Anonymous

Glenna La Salle Keene

RSCJ who taught at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, 91st Street, New York, NY

Janet Egyhazi

RSCJ who taught at Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY

Patricia McMahon Morehead

Maryville College RSCJ Community 1950s and 1960s, St. Louis, MO

Eileen Shaughnessy Jarc

RSCJ who taught at Maryville College, St. Louis, MO

Mary Jane McManus Latino

Jackie Savage Naunheim

RSCJ who taught at Prince Street, Rochester, NY

Suzanne Ricotta Frank

RSCJ who taught at Sacred Heart Schools

Chicago (Sheridan Road), IL

Lee Muller Beckermann

RSCJ who taught at San Francisco College for Women, San Francisco, CA

Patricia McMahon Morehead

RSCJ who taught at Stone Ridge Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bethesda, MD

Vita Neureither McCall

RSCJ who taught at San Diego University, San Diego, CA

Jeanette Leavenworth Antoniak

Melinda K. Blade

Religious of the Sacred Heart

Sarah Allen Anderson

Concepcion Fajardo-Hopkins

Miriam Stephan Russell

Virginia M. Russell

Charles Rutherford, Jr.

Patricia and Charles Rutherford

Ann Ryan, RSCJ

The Rev. John and Barbara Larson

Rita Ryan, RSCJ

Mary Ann and John Kouvelis

Pasquale & Eda Saccone

Lucille Saccone Giovino

Claire Saizan, RSCJ

Katherine Ann Wakefield

Nancy Salisbury, RSCJ

Barbara J. Blecka

Janet Egyhazi

Joseph P. Sattler

Jane S. Sattler

Agnes Schmit, RSCJ

Lauren Back Plumer

Mary Frances Schneider

Carolyn and Mark Schneider

Chester and Annette Schroeder

Mary A. Schroeder

Dr. Louis Sciarillo, Jr.

Christine E. Tantisunthorn

Margaret and Joseph Scott

Barbara Scott Feliciano

Patricia Gavin Sears

Sally G. Bloom

Josephine Seitz, RSCJ

Marcia and Richard Hall

Margaret Seitz, RSCJ

Anonymous

Amanda Codina

Judith Huber Greenley

Marguerite Seymour, RSCJ

Laurie Ann Sanders Kenney

Patricia Eldredge Kolojeski

Sharon O’Malley Shearon

Bernard F. Shearon, Jr.

Rosemary Sheehan, RSCJ

Sarah A. Hill

Florence Howell Sheehy

Patty Sheehy Kinney

Agnes T. Luke Smith

Agnes West-Kohler

Carmen Smith, RSCJ

Melanie Simoneaux Goudelocke

Mary Hoffman Smith

Anonymous

we are grateful for gifts In Memory of... SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024

Ursula Bertero Smith

Helen Devine Bigelow

Pat and Ted Smyth

Maureen A. Smith

Ray Solari

Leana C. Giannini

Louise Soniat, RSCJ

Roma Ajubita Kent

Bill Sroufe

Rachel Sroufe

Joan Markey Steele

Steele Family Foundation

Roberta Steele

Harry W. Steele

Margaret M. O’Ryan Steinway

Roger F. Steinway

M. Jeannie Stenger

Elaine S. Stenger

Patricia Steppe, RSCJ

Claire Felder

Sheilagh Stevick

Colleen Roberts

Mary Stewart, RSCJ

Lillian Scully Schulte

Francis J. Stillwell

Elaine Edden Stillwell

Mary Ann Markey Stokes

Kitty Markey McDonald

Anne Sturges, RSCJ

Ralph and Janet Sturges

Ann Labadie Sullivan

Nancy Kottenstette Kornmeier

Kathryn Sullivan, RSCJ

Rita L. Houlihan

JoEllen Sumpter, RSCJ

Meg Jones

Juliette and John Torrey

Alice Langmuir Sweet

Noni Langmuir Koster

Helen Syran, RSCJ

Susan Fields Wirths

Julie Fisher Taylor

Christine Barnes Kirchner

Germaine K. LaBerge

Ethel Teegarden, RSCJ

Barrie S. Callender

Virginia Scheid Falcone

Emma McDonald Terhune

Doranne Terhune O’Hara

George Terpening

Kimm and David Terpening

Yasuko Mary Theresa Teshima, RSCJ

Kathryn Meyer

Carolyn Teshima and Ed Hom

The Kenrick Gillespie Girls

Eleanor Gillespie Dyett

The King Sisters Anonymous

Rosemary Thompson, RSCJ

Mary Frawley Thompson

Mary Elizabeth Tobin, RSCJ

Adele Keogh Cahill

Brooke Janis

Gerry and Laura Tobin

Martha Connelly Toner

Cathy Doyle Hoehn

Winifred McLaughlin Tooley

Frances Hesterberg McDonald

Elia M. Torian, RSCJ

Ned and Tommye Torian

Dean Traynor, RSCJ

Chinnamma and Kenneth Mahieu

Corinne Lee McClintic

Joanne Barranco Steenveld

Susie Trujillo

Roberta Diaz

Mary Lou Valenti

Joseph Valenti

Sam Valenti

Anna Van Antwerp, RSCJ

Mary Do Demeulemeester (RIP)

Dolores Van Antwerp, RSCJ

Mary Do Demeulemeester (RIP)

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Helen Van

Antwerp

Anonymous

Stephany Veluz, RSCJ

Martha M. Barry

Dorina A. Bautista

Jennifer Bruder Bruder Lavin

Carol Nardoza Wheeler

Anita Villeré, RSCJ

Elizabeth Garesché Torno

Mary Slavin Wallace

Leana C. Giannini

Peg Wallingford

Margo Tate Taylor

E. Corbett Walsh, SJ

Toni Walsh Curry

Charles and Harriette Watson

Charleen Watson Duke

Bill and Mary Anne Weber

Debby and Jerry Reinstatler

Marilee Stepan Wehman

Karen Wehman Kennedy

Veronica J. Smith West

Agnes West-Kohler

Esther Ann Whalen, RSCJ

Adele Keogh Cahill

Nancy Roddy Epple

Katherine Sheehan Sullivan

Marie Howe Whalen

Judy Whalen Conley

Mary C. Wheeler, RSCJ

Carolyn McInerney McGrath

Kathleen Whitfield, RSCJ

Mark, Chris and Lisabeth Kelly

Maryann Grindon Williams

Ann Corrigan Barnidge

Meg Beugg

Ann G. Boyce

Carmody MacDonald P.C.

Sally and Joseph Coleman

Mary Lou and George Convy

Margaret Doyle

Kevin Eiler

Rhoades Hall

Mimi Connaughton Jackson

Rebecca Kostyuchenko

Nancy McVoy Miller

Mike and Sheri Page

Regina Rideout

Ryan and Jess Taylor

Hilda Wills Noguera, RSCJ

Consuelo

Edward and Jean Winsor

Mary Elizabeth Winsor

Patricia Concannon Wolfington

Mary Louise Kelly Wolfington

Nancy Lemke Yaw

Betsy Ross Berg

Kathryn Blase Yezzi C. David Yezzi

Paule Yon, RSCJ

Monica Donnelly Williams

Barbara Louise Young

Dorothea Young Gilliam

Annette Zipple, RSCJ

Kathy Yadrick and Francis Zipple RIP

This report acknowledges all donations received by the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States – Canada Province, from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. Every effort has been made to compile an accurate list. If your name does not appear or is listed incorrectly, please accept our sincere apology and contact the Advancement Office with your corrections: missionadvancement@rscj.org

Navia de Buenaver

Ruth Cunnings, RSCJ; Mary Kay Hunyady, RSCJ; Eugenia Yasinska, NSCJ, and Annette Schmeling, RSCJ, enjoy community building at the beach.

Acknowlegements

Thank You...

We thank the writers, editors, photographers, and designer for their dedication and creativity in bringing this annual report to life. Your hard work ensured clarity, impact, and a visually engaging publication. We truly appreciate your contributions!

PROVINCIAL TEAM

Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ, Provincial

Maureen Glavin, RSCJ

Paula Gruner, RSCJ

Mary Kay Hunyady, RSCJ

Lynne Lieux, RSCJ

EDITORIAL TEAM

Editor: Erin Everson

Creative Direction/Design:

Beth Ponticello (cedc.org)

Copy Editors:

Frances Gimber, RSCJ

Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Sandy Ahlheim

Janet Anderson

Michele Arbuckle

Bridget Bearss, RSCJ

Mary Bernstein, RSCJ

Lisa Buscher, RSCJ

Clara Callahan

Margaret Mary Canty, RSCJ

Sarah Cassidy

Maria Cimperman, RSCJ

Anne Marie Conn, RSCJ

Anna Csókási, RSCJ

Erin Everson

Maureen Glavin, RSCJ

Frances Gimber, RSCJ

Reyna González, RSCJ

Kimberly King, RSCJ

Angela LaGrange Scott

Mary Lyman, RSCJ

Mary Jo McFayden, RSCJ

Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ

Patricia Murphy, RSCJ

Jane O’Shaughnessy, RSCJ

Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ

Michael Pera

Beth Ponticello

Barbara Quinn, RSCJ

Karla Reyes

Caroline Richard

Diane Roche, RSCJ

Suzanne Rogers, RSCJ

Natalie Runfola, RSCJ

Anne Wiehagen

Nat Wilburn

PHOTO CREDITS

Sandy Ahlheim

Linda Behrens

Joanna Bąkowska

Clara Callahan

Anne Marie Conn, RSCJ

Erin Everson

Maureen Glavin

Reyna González, RSCJ

Tobias Harkleroad, OFS

Barb Martell

Concepción (Conny) Mateos, RSCJ

Mary Jo McFayden, RSCJ

Lolin Menéndez

Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ

Patricia Murphy, RSCJ

Jerry Naunheim

Jane O’Shaughnessy, RSCJ

Margaret Pesuit

Karla Reyes

Caroline Richard

Diane Roche, RSCJ

Yannina González Samilpa

Stephanie Sgro

Ellyn Stewart

Lisa Tebbe

Archbishop Carroll High School

Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart

Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York

The Sacred Heart School of Montreal

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