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Welcome to Sacred Heart Education
Throughout this website you will find information about the two integral components that animate and sustain our shared mission: the Network and the Conference. While each has a distinct role, they share a commitment to the education of young people - grounded in a common heritage and guided by Sacred Heart Goals & Criteria.
Welcome to Sacred Heart Education
Throughout this website you will find information about the two integral components that animate and sustain our shared mission: the Network and the Conference. While each has a distinct role, they share a commitment to the education of young people - grounded in a common heritage and guided by Sacred Heart Goals & Criteria.
Welcome to Sacred Heart Education
Throughout this website you will find information about the two integral components that animate and sustain our shared mission: the Network and the Conference. While each has a distinct role, they share a commitment to the education of young people - grounded in a common heritage and guided by Sacred Heart Goals & Criteria.
Welcome to Sacred Heart Education
Throughout this website you will find information about the two integral components that animate and sustain our shared mission: the Network and the Conference. While each has a distinct role, they share a commitment to the education of young people - grounded in a common heritage and guided by Sacred Heart Goals & Criteria.
Welcome to Sacred Heart Education
Throughout this website you will find information about the two integral components that animate and sustain our shared mission: the Network and the Conference. While each has a distinct role, they share a commitment to the education of young people - grounded in a common heritage and guided by Sacred Heart Goals & Criteria.
Welcome to Sacred Heart Education
Throughout this website you will find information about the two integral components that animate and sustain our shared mission: the Network and the Conference. While each has a distinct role, they share a commitment to the education of young people - grounded in a common heritage and guided by Sacred Heart Goals & Criteria.
NETWORK & CONFERENCE
The 25 Schools of the Sacred Heart in the United States and Canada find unity in a shared mission articulated in the Goals and Criteria. To ensure the vitality of mission, the structure supporting Sacred Heart education includes the Network of Sacred Heart Schools and the Conference of Sacred Heart Education.
Together, the Conference of Sacred Heart Education and the Network of Sacred Heart Schools ensure that the mission of Sacred Heart education - rooted in the charism of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat - remains faithful to the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart and responsive to the needs of children and young people of our time as we prepare them for the future.
A Shared Mission, Distinct Roles - One Sacred Heart Vision
Network of Sacred Heart Schools
The Network operates as an association of 25 Catholic independent schools acting in cooperation with the USC Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart to advance a shared mission. The schools are represented by the Heads of School and Board Chairs and the province is represented by the Provincial Team. The members elect the Board, which appoints the Network Executive Director who is responsible to ensure services and programs for students and educators. Programs promote creative education and leadership framed by the Goals and Criteria for Sacred Heart Schools in the United States-Canada.
Conference of Sacred Heart Education
The primary purpose of the Conference is to animate fidelity to mission as the most effective means of invigorating Sacred Heart education for the future. The Head of Conference facilitates the work of the Conference through three committees: Education to Mission, Sacred Heart Commission on Goals (SHCOG) and The Governance Committee. All committee members and the Head of Conference are appointed by the Provincial Team. The Conference aims to provide resources, opportunities, and avenues for thoughtful dialogue and discernment about the evolving mission of Sacred Heart education among trustees, heads, leadership teams, provincial team, and school communities.
By The Numbers
25
Schools
The Network of Sacred Heart Schools is an association of Catholic independent schools acting in cooperation with the USC Province of the Society of the Sacred Heart to advance a shared mission.
12,000
Students
Our students are ages pre-primary through high school. Their learning communities are single gender, co-institutional or co-educational.
50,000 +
Alumnae and Alumni
After graduation, Sacred Heart students join a world-wide community of alumnae and alumni around the world.
5
Goals
The Goals and Criteria outline the essential principles and values of Sacred Heart education.
1
Heart
The 25 Schools of the Sacred Heart in the United States and Canada find unity in a shared mission.
Noteworthy
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As we begin a new school year, we are reminded that relationships are at the heart of Sacred Heart education. We are called to celebrate the connections that strengthen our communities, deepen our shared mission, and unite us across the Network.
We invite you to explore the fall Sacred Heart Education Newsletter and the stories, programs, and people that honor the many relationships that make up our Sacred Heart family and as we work together to bring our mission to life across our schools.
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Welcome to Sacred Heart Education, a community of 25 schools in the United States and Canada, united by a shared mission and inspired by the vision of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat. Sacred Heart Schools are part of the educational ministry of the Society of the Sacred Heart, carrying forward a tradition of education rooted in the conviction that each person is called to discover and reveal God's love in the heart of the world. Guided by the Goals and Criteria, our schools are places where faith, intellect, compassion, and a commitment to justice come together in the formation of young people.
We invite you to explore this site to learn more about our mission, our schools, and the relationships that connect and strengthen Sacred Heart education across the United States and Canada and throughout the world.
Calendar
October 2026
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday,
September
27
Monday,
September
28
Network Board Meeting - 1:30 p.m.
Network Board Meeting - 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday,
September
29
Wednesday,
September
30
Thursday,
October
1
Friday,
October
2
Saturday,
October
3
Sunday,
October
4
Aspiring Leaders-Cohort III - Inaugural Gathering
Aspiring Leaders-Cohort III - Inaugural Gathering
Monday,
October
5
Aspiring Leaders-Cohort III - Inaugural Gathering
Tuesday,
October
6
Aspiring Leaders-Cohort III - Inaugural Gathering
Wednesday,
October
7
Thursday,
October
8
Friday,
October
9
Saturday,
October
10
Sunday,
October
11
Monday,
October
12
Tuesday,
October
13
Wednesday,
October
14
SHCOG Meetings - Washington DC
SHCOG Meetings - Washington DC
Thursday,
October
15
SHCOG Meetings - Washington DC
Friday,
October
16
SHCOG Meetings - Washington DC
Saturday,
October
17
Sunday,
October
18
Monday,
October
19
Tuesday,
October
20
Feast Mater Admirabilis
Feast Mater Admirabilis
Wednesday,
October
21
Thursday,
October
22
Friday,
October
23
Saturday,
October
24
Sunday,
October
25
Annual Trustee Formation to Mission & Fall Membership Meeting
Annual Trustee Formation to Mission & Fall Membership Meeting
Monday,
October
26
Annual Trustee Formation to Mission & Fall Membership Meeting
Tuesday,
October
27
Annual Trustee Formation to Mission & Fall Membership Meeting
Wednesday,
October
28
Thursday,
October
29
Friday,
October
30
Saturday,
October
31