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Sacred Heart Schools International Conference Addresses Contemplation

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Sacred Heart Schools International Conference Addresses Contemplation

The Fifth International Conference of Heads of Sacred Heart Schools was held in Mexico City 21 – 25 October 2015.  Principals Helen Sinclair (Stuartholme), Hilary Johnston – Croke (Kincopal Rose Bay), Maureen Ryan (Sacre Coeur) and Province Director of Mission Sandie Cornish attended. The conference theme concerned educating for interiority and contemplation in a complex world. Each day began with prayer and ended with a guided reflection on the day by Lucila Madero RSCJ. Key inputs were: Enlightenment: the Meaning of a Contemplative Path in the Face of our Complex Reality by Pilar Cardo RSCJ How to Help our Young People Come into Contact with Reality by Jorge Rocha and Juan

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Mater Admirabilis Contemplative in Action

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Mater Admirabilis Contemplative in Action

One of the qualities of leadership that the Province Framework for Formation for Mission seeks to foster is contemplative leadership.  Province Director of Mission, Sandie Cornish reflects on Mater Admirabilis as a model of contemplative leadership, drawing on the different depictions of Mater painted by Pauline Perdrau over the years. Mater Admirabilis Model of Contemplative Leadership A collection of these paintings, collected by Margaret Phelan, the Director of General Archives of the Society of the Sacred Heart, can be viewed here.    

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Welcoming Migrants & Refugees

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The Catholic Church in Australia celebrates Migrant & Refugee Sunday on the last Sunday in August.  The message of Bishop Vincent Long, Delegate for the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office, for this occasion can be read here. Esmey Herscovitch RSCJ marks Migrant & Refugee Sunday 2015 by reflecting on the readings for the day.  She asks “Where are our hearts?”   The one thing I remember from a talk many years ago on the new code of Canon Law i.e. Church law, is that laws are made to protect peoples’ rights and freedoms and not to bind and constrict. Today’s readings focus to a large extent on law and observance. The first reading from

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Seeds of New Life

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“Truly, I tell you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.” John 12: 24 What might it mean for us to fall to the earth and die? St Paul literally fell off his high horse and landed on the earth. This event on the road to Damascus marked the death of Saul and the beginning of the new life of Paul. St Ignatius of Loyola was hit by a cannonball which ended his old life as a soldier and put him on a pilgrim path. Perhaps you too have had an experience in life that

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Remembering MH17

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As we mark the first anniversary of Sr Phil Tiernan RSCJ’s death, our hearts go out to the friends and relatives of all those who died in the downing of the MH17. Each one was special and much loved. God had a unique call for each one. The first anniversary of a death is an important moment in the journey of grief and healing. The pain of losing our sister so suddenly and in such a violent manner in the downing of MH17 is still with us. We still struggle with the meaning of this event. We hope that the media treats the ongoing grief of the bereaved with respect

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Christ, my hope, has risen: he goes before you into Galilee

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Christ, my hope, has risen: he goes before you into Galilee

With the Mass of the Lord’s Supper we enter the Easter triduum. Traditionally it is a special day for priests, as it is considered the inauguration of the ordained ministry. Vatican II emphasized that everyone who is baptized shares in the offices of priest, prophet, and king, so today is a good time to reflect on how we can exercise these offices or ministries. The Society of the Sacred Heart adopts a contemplative approach to the world, and this is a way of exercising our priesthood.  When we gaze with love upon the world, and offer our prayers of intercession for others and for the world, we act as link

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135 Years of RSCJ Presence

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Celebrating 135 years of RSCJ in Aotearoa New Zealand

19 January marks the 135th anniversary of the arrival of the first Religious of the Sacred Heart in Aotearoa New Zealand, and thus the beginning of the RSCJ presence in what is now the Australia New Zealand Province. This year is also the 75th anniversary of the beatification of Philippine Duchesne, whose 30th anniversary of her canonization will take place in 2018.Our Province has a special link to Philippine.  She took the Society of the Sacred Heart to the USA and RSCJ from the USA brought the Society to Aotearoa New Zealand.  They were the first RSCJ in what is now the Australia New Zealand Province. The graphics in the Province Orientation Handbook 2015 reflect

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Discernment App from USA Canada Province

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The USA Canada Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart has released an innovative discernment app for young adults. Although the real life contact points are geared to the north American context, other elements could be useful to young adults in Australia and New Zealand. The Call Me Back app has eight components: Faceworld is a way to reflect on the world context, social issues and the reality of young adults today. My Route is to explore the questions and intuitions, opportunities and calls of their lives. Belonging is a tool for reflecting on one’s experience of belonging to a group, a project, a dream. My Creations helps people

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Peace Education In Korea

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Heads of Sacred Heart Schools from around Asia gathered for a conference at Jesu-Maum Baeumto in Korea from the 29th of September to the 2nd of October 2014.  Helen Sinclair Principal of Stuartholme, Sandy Pasley, Principal of Baradene College, and Province Director of Mission, Sandie Cornish joined the conference on the theme of peace education. Moon Ah Young and Daehoon Lee, a research professor in Peace Studies at the Sung Kong Hoe University in Korea, facilitated the conference using an experiential learning pedagogy. A brief report and reflections from participants can be read here. How many friends can you recognize in the photographs?

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