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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Guiding Principles
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Our International Network
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Summer Service Projects
The Summer Service Projects, now in their 28th year, offer students a unique experience of service and community, which has consistently made a significant impact on the lives of all who have been involved as well as the school communities to which the students return.Read More
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SchoolsThe 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. -
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EducatorsThe women and men serving in schools across the Network are committed to an education that transforms. -
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StudentsOur students are ages pre-primary through high school. Their learning communities are single gender, co-institutional or coeducational. -
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Alumnae and AlumniAfter graduation, Sacred Heart students join a world-wide community of alumnae and alumni around the world. -
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Religious of the Sacred HeartSent 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 CriteriaCapturing 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. -
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CountriesThe 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. -
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TrusteesEach 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.
Recent News
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The Feast of Mater Admirabilis: A Special Day for the Society of the Sacred Heart
The Feast of Mater Admirabilis (“Mother most admirable”) on 20 October is an important celebration for the Society of the Sacred Heart and a special day for prayer and reflection.Read More -
Duchesne's Solar Panels Powering School for a Full Year
Read MoreDuchesne Academy is celebrating the first anniversary of the installation of its rooftop solar panels.The panels have produced a total of 10.29 MWh of electricity since the system began operating on September 27, 2020. That is the carbon offset equivalent of planting 140 trees or reducing the number of miles driven in a year by 23,000. -
Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart Celebrates 130 Years With Birthday Fundraising Event
Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chicago’s longest-standing all-girls Catholic high school, will celebrate its 130th birthday virtually on Friday, Oct. 2. Josephinum Academy’s online birthday event will feature speakers, student performances, a live auction and more.Read More -
Living the Goals
Every Thursday, Middle School students participate in a class called Living the Goals. The purpose of Living the Goals is to deepen our understanding of the Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart Education. Sharing in the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart to reveal God’s love in the heart of the world, Schools of the Sacred Heart commit to educate to:Read More -
Virtual Walk for Uganda a Huge Success!
The Sacred Heart community went the distance at Saturday’s Walk for Uganda! Now in its ninth year, the annual all-school event raises awareness and resources for Sacred Heart’s sister schools in Masaka and Karamoja.Read More -
With Gratitude - Day of Service and StuartFest 2020
The Stuart community helped usher in a new year - and welcome new families to the school - with the annual Day of Service and StuartFest. With a new virtual format of a service activity for the homeless population in Atlantic City and a family pizza night hosted by Carlo Momo P'22, Terra Momo Group, Stuart Parent Association and Stuart Advancement, we not only had an overwhelming response to both events, but we became closer as a community because of it. Despite being in the midst of a pandemic, we are #StuartProud of our community for living out Sacred Heart Goal Three: A social awareness which impels to action and Goal Four: The building of community as a Christian value.Read More -
Woodlands Academy gets National Blue Ribbon Award
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart is among an elite group of 317 public and 50 private schools recognized Sept. 24 by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2020. This coveted award is based on a school's overall academic performance.Read More -
We Speak Your Names
This past Wednesday, September 23rd was the 2nd anniversary of "We Speak Your Names" - a program in which descendants of enslaved persons at Sacred Heart schools, along with RSCJ, friends and family gathered to remember, to celebrate and give honor to their ancestors.Read More -
Sacred Heart Community Mobilizes in Support of Hurricane Laura Victims
In response to the tragic damage caused in the Lake Charles, LA area by Hurricane Laura in late August, members of the Sacred Heart National Honor Society took the initiative to organize a donation drive of urgently needed items. In partnership with ResQue, Sacred Heart families, faculty and staff collected a variety of items, remembering the feeling of need and outpouring of support that many in New Orleans experienced after Hurricane Katrina.Read More -
Duchesne Academy Celebrates 60th Anniversary Year
Read MoreAfter being closed for nearly six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Duchesne Academy campus welcomed back students on September 8, 2020 — exactly 60 years to the day after the school first opened its doors on September 8, 1960. The school remains located in the same area of the Memorial neighborhood, but the campus has completely transformed over the past six decades from a heavily wooded landscape with only a few buildings to a robust campus with multiple buildings and athletic facilities. -
July 1 Canada Day in Celebration of Faith
Read MoreIn celebration of Canada Day Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a virtual Canadian orchestra in the world premiere of Vivian Fung's Prayer, performed by the CBC Virtual Orchestra representing 28 orchestras from 10 Canadian provinces -
Feast of the Sacred Heart
For weeks we have grappled with the uncertainty and physical isolation caused by the pandemic. In the wake of George Floyd's violent death and the cry for justice more...Read More -
Revealing God's Love in the Midst of Uncertainty
The coronavirus has and will continue to challenge all of us. Given these uncertain times, the disturbance of social distancing and the isolation of not leaving home for some, we wish to respond as one body acting in hope as we draw upon the spirituality of the Sacred Heart. We agree with Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat that it is the relationships we build that sustain us through moments of joy and moments of challenge. We invite you to join us in prayer and reflection in the spirit of oneness with our God and with one another as all humanity copes with this global pandemic.Read More
Each week we hope to offer words, images, sounds and experiences as a source of encouragement and support as we call upon our God of Life and Hope in the spirit of trust and confidence. -
New Podcast from the Society of the Sacred Heart
For The Sake Of is a new podcast about faith, life and what it all means. Join host Sister Kim King, a Religious of the Sacred Heart, as she engages in conversations, exploring personal stories about the integration of faith and life.Read More
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First Friday Reflections from the Society of the Sacred Heart
“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide,Read More
do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.” Isaiah 54:2
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Upcoming Events
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Socially Aware & Empathetic Thinking - Campus Ministers & Social Justice Coordinators
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Socially Aware & Empathetic Thinking Campus Ministers & Social Justice Coordinators
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Socially Aware & Empathetic Thinking - Middle & Upper School Deans of Students
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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.
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.