Mark your calendars to learn more about the life of our St. Philippine Duchesne at the Spirituality Speaker Series.
November 1, 2019 - Kathleen Hughes, rscj
February 7, 2020 - Donna Collins, rscj
March 6, 2020 - Fran Gimber, rscj
Please join us for On to New Frontiers: the Mission Spreads, presented by Frances Gimber, RSCJ, on First Friday, March 6, 2020, 9:30 a.m. in the Lenke Global Education Center (GEC) at Villa Duchesne.
Sister Gimber will discuss how the Society moved beyond Europe and the Americas after the dramatic event of 1818, Philippine Duchesne's voyage to America and her mission endeavors in the New World, and thus, the beginnings of the internationality of the Society.
Since returning to Saint Louis in 2012, Sister Gimber has worked on the translation of a major history of the Society of the Sacred Heart and on the English version of Philippine’s writings, as well as various editorial projects. Prior to coming here to take charge of the archives, she spent seven years in the secretariat of our motherhouse in Rome. Before that, she was a teacher, surveillante, headmistress, and director of studies in several Sacred Heart schools in this country (Kenwood, Stone Ridge, Greenwich, 91st Street, and Woodlands) and one in Japan. Her novitiate training was at Kenwood in Albany, and she was professed in Rome in 1964. In summary, Sister Gimber says, "I have always been vitally interested in our Society’s history and our mothers, and this interest has deepened in the last years as a result of my work both at the motherhouse and in the archives."
The Mission Continues: the 2019-2020 Sacred Heart Spirituality Series
From the beginnings and still, in the journey of the Heart, the mission is to discover and to reveal God's love in the world. Our founder Madeleine Sophie Barat urged "Let love be your life." Today, serving in 41 countries, in the spirit of Philippine Duchesne, the Religious of the Sacred Heart prepare the young for today and tomorrow and seek out the poor and the voiceless in society. "Every frontier calls out for pioneers to follow God's call and the wisdom to pray always." (rscj.org) The Sacred Heart Spirituality Series this year will explore how we carry forward that mission, launched and lived by our two founder-saints, how the mission spread to frontiers beyond the first foundations, and how we are invited to be Christ's Heart in the world, as we pray always. Indeed, our mission continues.
NOTE: Books, gift items, and cards from the Gift Shop at the Shrine of Saint Philippine will be available for purchase in the adjacent Parlor Dining Room before and after the presentation.
The Sacred Heart Spirituality Speakers Series is sponsored three times annually by the Mums of Alums at Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School for the benefit of the entire Sacred Heart family. It represents the Alum Mothers’ effort to participate in the stewardship of the vision of Saint Madeleine Sophie and endeavors of Saint Philippine Duchesne – a second sowing of the Sacred Heart mission by parents who gave to their children the gift of Sacred Heart education and who continue to cherish Life at the Sacred Heart.
All are most welcome!
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