We live much more under secular supervision than of old; it is unavoidable if we want to do our work for children: all the more necessary then to strengthen ourselves in truth, in personal humility, in independence of the world, in the tendency to hiddenness which is characteristic of God's work in the universe.
At the Rosary in New Orleans, we celebrated
Mater's Feast with the traditional Mass and tableau of Mater. She is a
Senior chosen by her classmates as the girl who is most like Mater as we
know the tradition. The tableau consists of Mary dressed exactly as RSCJ
Pauline Perdreau's fresco depicted her, complete with lilies, the distaff
and spindle, a book lying open on top of a basket of wool to be spun.
During the tableau, the student body sings, "Thou Hast Many Portraits,
Mother. . .Mater Admirabilis." The youngest girls in their
white uniforms carry pink paper flowers they have made to the altar for
Mass. This annual re-enactment is one of the school's most
revered traditions. Happy Feast, indeed.
Would you like a word of wisdom from
Saint Madeleine Sophie for each day of the year? Lisa Buscher RSCJ and Kathleen Hughes RSCJ
have prepared a page-a-day calendar of quotations from Sophie which will be
available by early November 2008.
Consider multiple purchases for everyone
on your Christmas list!
L to R: “ Woodlands Academy
of the Sacred Heart junior Tesa Kubicek of Lake Forest; junior Mia Swift of
Mettawa; sophomore Anne Goodman of Lake Bluff; and junior Phoebe Hoffmann of
Lake Forest display a commemorative banner for the school’s 150th
anniversary of Sacred Heart education in Chicago. Woodlands began its year of celebration last
weekend with a liturgy, presentation by actress and philanthropist Susan St.
James ’63, a Rockefeller Foundation Next
Generation Leaders panel discussion, a community picnic, and several other
special events. The school has a full
calendar of sesquicentennial events planned for this year, including a guest
appearance by NBC correspondent and past Woodlands parent Mike Leonard, scheduled
for November 20. For more
information, call 847-234-4300 or visit the school’s website at www.woodlandsacademy.org.”
Cash for Coteau
The Dean of Middle School, Betsy Briardy and
Dean of High School, Rebecca Wilson of Forest Ridge have worked along with students and
employees to support all at Grand Coteau, the staff, and students and their families after the hurricane. Their efforts have made
it fun for the entire community at Forest ridge in hopes it will help Grand Coteau. All at
Forest Ridge have been thinking and praying for Grand Coteau.
This was a concrete way we could express our concern and love.
In the Fall, 2008 edition of C21 Resources (Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College) there are two articles by Religious of the Sacred Heart.
Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary by Barbara Bowe, RSCJ (Pages 4-5)
The Study of Women in the Early Church by Carolyn Osiek, RSCJ (Pages 11-12)
Pictures and comments from those Network students attending Summer Service Projects can be seen by clicking "Resources" then "Social Justice" (see above) or click here.
At the Rosary in New Orleans, we celebrated
Mater's Feast with the traditional Mass and tableau of Mater. She is a
Senior chosen by her classmates as the girl who is most like Mater as we
know the tradition. The tableau consists of Mary dressed exactly as RSCJ
Pauline Perdreau's fresco depicted her, complete with lilies, the distaff
and spindle, a book lying open on top of a basket of wool to be spun.
During the tableau, the student body sings, "Thou Hast Many Portraits,
Mother. . .Mater Admirabilis." The youngest girls in their
white uniforms carry pink paper flowers they have made to the altar for
Mass. This annual re-enactment is one of the school's most
revered traditions. Happy Feast, indeed.
The Wisdom of
The Dean of Middle School, Betsy Briardy and
Dean of High School, Rebecca Wilson of Forest Ridge have worked along with students and
employees to support all at Grand Coteau, the staff, and students and their families after the hurricane. Their efforts have made
it fun for the entire community at Forest ridge in hopes it will help Grand Coteau. All at
Forest Ridge have been thinking and praying for Grand Coteau.
This was a concrete way we could express our concern and love.
News from Grand Coteau after Gustav.
In the Fall, 2008 edition of C21 Resources (Church in the 21st Century Center at Boston College) there are two articles by Religious of the Sacred Heart.
Pictures and comments from those Network students attending Summer Service Projects can be seen by clicking "Resources" then "Social Justice" (see above) or