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It is not what you are nor what you have been that God sees with
all merciful eyes,
but what you desire to be.
The Cloud of Unknowing
There
is something wanting in education where a child has not had its share of
leisure, to be rapt in silence and alone…
Janet Stuart rscJ
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Our Mission
From its beginnings and during the first century and a
half of its existence the Society exercised its mission chiefly through the
education of youth in schools and colleges. However, the widespread changes
resulting from Vatican II challenged Religious of the Sacred Heart to
question their way of embodying their mission of education.
Madeleine Sophie's own concept of education helped them in their search;
for her the aim of education was to teach girls how to become active women in
the world.
She saw education, therefore, as a means of transforming society, of
improving it, of
renewing the s ocial fabric. That is why today Religious of the Sacred
Heart fulfil their service of education in many areas, including;
- Prayer
- Human development
- Promotion of Justice and Peace
- Formal teaching and training
- Pastoral work
- Counselling
- Hospitals; Rest Homes
- Retreats
- Spiritual Accompaniment
- Supporting and working
alongside the less privileged
We endeavour;
- to undertake a deeper understanding of education,
so that everyone may grow in personal and community responsibility.
- to find specific places and circumstances conducive to
making a really educative response to the questions that matter most:
formation in relationships, formation of women and girls.
- to work in solidarity with and for women
who suffer the injustices of society, almost always alone, and often amidst
contempt and lack of understanding. We want to discover out how to help women to
liberate themselves and work to achieve this.
There is always a possibility of finding your
place in The Society of the Sacred Heart.
Your desire, to reach out to others; to commit yourself to working for
justice and peace in our world; to be open to the voice of the God of Love,
in regular prayer; your need to make a difference...are signs of a deep,
inner call to respond to a sustaining Power much greater than any of us can
imagine...
Maree Hamilton -
Mission Director, Reports
Associates
RSCJ presents at UN
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