Season of Creation 2024
The 2024 Season of Creation begins today. The theme: To Hope and Act with Creation. The site below leads us to a treasure chest of information and ideas for participating in this season.
Final Moments of Chapter 2024
We have reached the end of 30 days of Chapter. Long tiring days of sharing, reflection and discernment.We thank all capitulants for their hard work and intense participation. We wish them safe travel backto their provinces. Welcome home to ANZ, our sisters, LynetteToohey and Diana Hayes. Our journey continues.The future is in our hands. general chapter 2024.rscjinternational.org
Our Journey Continues
The 2024 Chapter has elected our next Superior General for the next 8 years. CONGRATULATIONS Sr Claire Castaing, RSCJ. We look forward to our next eight years together. A big thank you to Barb Dawson for the past eight years of dedicated service. Blessings on all Chapter delegates who have worked tirelessly to bring us to this moment. Below: Our two previous Superior Generals join newly elected Sr Claire CastaingKathleen Conan (2008-2016), Barbara Dawson (2016-2024), Claire Castaing (2024 – 2032)
Australia / New Zealand Province Silent Retreat
The Province Silent Retreat was held on the weekend of 9th, 10th 11th August at St Joseph’s Baulkham Hills. The theme of this contemplative retreat was ‘In the wilderness responding to the call of the Pierced Heart of Jesus’. The facilitator was Sr Yasuko Taguchi RSCJ from the Province of Japan. Thirty-six retreatants from ANZ Province RSCJ, schools, boards and university colleges gathered on the Friday evening to enjoy a welcome drink and dinner, before entering into the first session on Going out into the Wilderness and then the silence that followed. There were five sessions across the weekend with time in between for personal prayer and reflection. Sr Yasuko,
Chapter Delegates Arrive in Nemi
We Stand in Solidarity
Let us join togethe in prayer and solidarity
Society of the Sacred Heart – General Chapter
Sister Barbara Dawson, our Superior General, has formally convoked the 2024 Gerneral Chapter. The theme of the Chapter is: COURAGE, CONFIDENCE, TRANSFORMATIONTHROUGH THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT. Luke 4:14 Lynette Toohey, rscj and Diana Hayes, rscj left earlier this week to represent Australia and New Zealand at the Chapter which will take place just outside of Rome. Delegates from 43 countries will gather to further the discussions that have taken place by all members of each province in preparation for this important gathering. We would be grateful for your prayer in support of these meetings which will determine the way forward for all RSCJ, our collaborators and companions. .
RSCJ Sisters Prepare for Chapter
During past months, each of our districts and provinces around the world have been holding their respective Chapters in preparation for the coming General Chapter to be held near Rome, in August 2024. In preparation for this Chapter RSCJ have been fully involved in ongoing conversations sharing thoughts, ideas, hopes and desires around ways in which will help to organise ourselves and determine our pathways into the future. Sr Barbara Dawson, Superior General and her Team will finish their 8-year mandate in August. The next Superior General will be nominated by delegates at the Chapter.We deeply appreciate your support and prayer during this pivotal moment in the history of the
The Nun Violinist
Beautiful sacred music presented by Genevieve Behan, RSCJ.
Sr Annett’s Cosmic Christ
In this reflection for the USA Canada Province’s First Friday Reflection, our own Sr Annett Hanrahan discusses her painting of the Cosmic Christ: “I live in the South Pacific, in New Zealand, which is a multi-cultural country, including Maori, Polynesian, Pakeha, and peoples from all parts of Asia. I could not find any images that spoke to me or to any of us of a powerful, loving God, with an all-embracing, all-forgiving love that we as human beings can open to and understand in our very humanness. I wanted to probe the incarnational reality of God in Christ and in all of creation in a language that might have some