• Forming Global Citizens

    To be the best for the world

  • 24 Schools

    In the United States and Canada

  • 44 Countries

    Connected to the Religious of the Sacred Heart

  • Crossing Frontiers

    Celebrating 200 years

Welcome to Sacred Heart Education

Welcome!  Discover the mission of Sacred Heart education in Canada and the United States. Meet our 24 member schools as well as other Sacred Heart schools around the world.  Learn how we extend the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart through education.  Come explore our programs and resources, and most importantly our commitment to form future leaders to serve with faith, intellect and compassion.  

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  • 24

    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.

  • 2,000

    Educators
    The women and men serving in schools across the Network are committed to an education that transforms.

  • 12,000

    Students
    Our students are ages pre-primary through high school. Their learning communities are single gender, co-institutional or coeducational.

  • 50,000+

    Alumnae and Alumni
    After graduation, Sacred Heart students join a world-wide community of alumnae and alumni around the world.

  • 2,000

    Religious of the Sacred Heart
    Sent by the Church to communicate the love of the Heart of Christ, over 2,000 Religious of the Sacred Heart serve with partners in mission in over 41 countries around the globe.

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    Goals and Criteria
    Capturing the essence of a Sacred Heart education, the Goals and Criteria embody pedagogical principles that have endured while the context of the world within which they operate has changed. 

  • 41

    Countries
    The fruit of Madeleine Sophie Barat’s global vision and Philippine Duchesne’s missionary spirit is that there are Schools of the Sacred Heart in over 40 countries. 

  • 500

    Trustees
    Each school has a Board of Trustees (Directors) who through their generosity of time and experience work to ensure the integrity of the mission of Sacred Heart education and financial viability of the school into the future.

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Upcoming Events

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  • Apr
    6

    NCEA

    Los Angeles, CA
  • Apr
    6

    NCEA Convention

    Los Angeles, CA
  • Apr
    16

    Spring Membership Meeting

    Heads, Chairs and Provincial Team Meeting/Education to Mission Session and Membership Meeting. 

    During this two hour virtual meeting, Membership will meet to discuss current planning and strategic updates from both Conference and Network. 
    Suzanne Cooke, RSCJ
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Welcome!  Discover the mission of Sacred Heart education in Canada and the United States. Meet our 24 member schools as well as other Sacred Heart schools around the world.  Learn how we extend the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart through education.  Come explore our programs and resources, and most importantly our commitment to form future leaders to serve with faith, intellect and compassion.  
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821 Varnum Street NE
Washington, DC 20017
Phone: 202-636-9300
Schools of the Sacred Heart share in the educational mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart as articulated in the Goals and Criteria. The structure supporting Sacred Heart education in Canada and the United States includes the Conference of Sacred Heart Education and the Network of Sacred Heart Schools.  Together they provide services and programs to ensure vitality of mission for the member schools sponsored by the Society of the Sacred Heart.