Counting down to the New Province of
SE-SASIA
On November 21, 2026, the Province of India and the Districts of Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam will join to become the New Province of SE-SASIA.
The Society of the Sacred Heart
Discovering and revealing the love of the Heart of Jesus through the service of Education
Image by Patricia Hevia RSCJ
The Society of the Sacred Heart is an international Catholic congregation of women religious, founded in France by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat in 1800.
Today over thirteen hundred Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (RSCJ) – Catholic sisters who have made a lifelong commitment to the Society of the Sacred Heart and its mission to discover and reveal the love of Jesus through the service of education – serve in forty different countries around the world.
“See, I am doing something new!” (Is. 43:19)
Counting down to the New Province of
ANAM
March 28, 2027
Rosa Filipina Sur
April 4, 2027
ESP-POL
June 4, 2027
Congratulations to the New Province of EURO-NIL
On August 15, 2026, the Provinces of Belgium-France-Netherlands, Egypt and Italy joined to become the New Province of EURO-NIL.
Congratulations to the New Province of Africa
On June 13, 2026, the Provinces of Democratic Republic of Congo – Chad and Uganda – Kenya joined to become the New Province of Africa.
Congratulations to the New Province of NEANZ
On September 1, 2025, the Provinces of Australia-New Zealand, Japan and Korea-Chinese joined to become the New Province of NEANZ.
Congratulations to the New Province of CEI
On June 27, 2025, the Provinces of Ireland-Scotland, England-Wales, Central Europe (Austria, Germany, Hungary) and Malta joined to become the New Province of Central Europe and the Islands.
New map and database
of schools around the world
Users can now search for Sacred Heart schools around the world on a map or by going to the list of schools and searching by name, place, city, type of school, or other keywords. Clicking on the school will lead to their addresses, websites and contact information.
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The faith that moves us demands that we respond to questions with courage and compassion through the power of the Holy Spirit:
What is God calling us to be?
What is God calling us to do?
The challenge of our time is to live and act as One Body, articulating and creating new ways of living out our priorities for mission across existential and geographic boundaries for the sake of our blessed and broken world. The four Apostolic Priorities are rooted in our Constitutions and in the call of our charism to discover and manifest the love of the Heart of Jesus. They call us – both RSCJ and partners in mission – to live out all our apostolic commitments in a world deeply in need of love, hope and compassion.
Education
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.
Spirituality
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.
Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
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 particular vulnerability.
Formation
Fostering spiritual, human growth and apostolic life at every level – in the context of initial and ongoing formation of RSCJ, formation with our lay partners for mission, for the transmission and sustainability of our charism, for leadership and processes of change and transformation.
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Prayer Resources
“For the sake of one child, I would have founded the Society” – Madeleine Sophie
“Joy comes of utter contentedness with God’s will for us now” -Janet Erskine Stuart
“Today, more than ever, people need to become interior souls, to learn to be the authors of their own lives, with a personal core that sustains and unifies them as valuable, unique, unrepeatable beings…” – Attributed to Madeleine Sophie
