I am a graduate of both 91st street 1967 and Lone Mountain 1971. I will be in NYC for my 40th reunion and would love to see any of my classmates that will be attending the SH Conference at almost the same time

MaryB.

I have been receiving the "Share the Spirit!" newsletter for many years and always enjoy all the news and articles.  I graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart El Cajon in 1965 and have always remembered with fond memories and pride my years as a "Child of the Sacred Heart".  It has been through the faith and love I learned from the Religious of the Sacred Heart that I have been able to meet the challenges in my life.

Recently (August 2005), my husband Gerry and I adopted our daughter Marianne's two sons and made them permanently ours.  It was a long and stressful struggle (January 2001 to August 2005) but through prayer and support from our friends and family we were able to survive the ordeal and happily start our two little boys on a path of love and stability.

Unfortunately, our daughter, Marianne has not been able to break the hold on her drug addiction and we have not seen her in almost three years.  We pray for her everyday and ask God to deliver her from the demons that possess her and return her safely to her family.

We are, however, blessed with her two little boys to raise and love.  We are also very fortunate to have our two oldest sons and their families living so close to us.  All our efforts to raise our grandsons would not be possible without their support and God's.

May all of my fellow "Children of the Sacred Heart" remember us in their prayers.  My life at El Cajon was so very special and I would not trade the love and education I received for anything.  May God bless all of you in your special works.

Janet Mills Merten

Please visit Conference Information on this site and register for the AASH National Conference April 18-21, 2007 in New York City! I look forward to seeing you there!

Wishing all alumnae and alumni best wishes for a blessed and happy new year!

Happy Feast Day of Mater Admirabilis! AMASC has asked us to reflect especially on our youth. Please read their posting on our home page. Have a wonderful day full of blessings!

 Happy Mater feast day to everyone! On October 18th I had the pleasure and privilege to visit Mater at the Trinita dei Monti in Rome. Mater was beautifully as ever.  It was the third visit for me and I hope not the last one.

I put a note in "Please pray for" but would like to add one here. Sr. Margaret (Mavi) Coakley, former headmistress at Noroton, and many other places, was struck by a car in Manhattan yesterday and is in serious condition at St. Vincent's Hospital there. Please pray for her. I bet with her stamina - she's 86 - she will pull through. P.S. She was very careful about how she crossed the street!

We thought you would like to read a recent letter from Sister Irene Cullen at our new Sacred Heart Primary School in Uganda:

“I am here in the Uganda -Kenya province for the past two months. Being with the children and RSCJ is such a blessing. The children’s laughter, singing, playfulness, warm the heart. We are having very serious water problems because it is the dry season and because of an extended drought, which means the water table is diminishing greatly. Then our electrical pumping system that is to transport water from the bottom of our big hill up to the school level tanks couldn’t be used. Imagine. Thieves are stealing the electrical wiring to resell it. So our little ones have to climb down our big hill to our water tanks to draw water and carry it back up the hill in little containers on their heads. Imagine 345 children doing this every day. We have so little water for their hygiene and the cooking needs. Our RSCJ administrators have been so worried but courageous in trying to solve this problem. We need to secure additional rainwater tanks and some kind of solar generator immediately. This unplanned for expense will put us behind in securing construction funds for the needed dormitory building. Right now dorms and classrooms fill the academic building and the school population is expanding. Happily one unit of staff housing is completed and so the teachers have moved out of the classroom block and have a decent room as their own. Also the sisters have moved now to their own residence.

The school spirit is wonderful. I received a lovely letter from the head of the school’s parent group. Jacinta is a doctor, whereas most parents are from very poor villages in the district. This mother wrote: ‘...here at SHPS only one race exists, the race of the children of God. The children are being brought up with a Christ-like love deeply engraved in their hearts....through SHPS we look forward to the formation of a huge family in our midst of many Sophia’s and Philippine’s of the new millennium...a unique generation of great Catholic women who will love and make sacrifice to give service to others beyond self, even in the midst of difficult situations.’”

 To contact or help Sister Cullen and the RSCJ in Uganda: icullen@rscj.org or Uganda-Kenya Mission Support Office, 1653 Borana Street, San Diego, CA, 858-268-3340

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mary Agnes Barry Burke, mother of our beloved Executive Secretary, Jeanne Burke O'Fallon.

"Burke, Mary Agnes, (nee Barry), 85, fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, on Monday, July 17, 2006.

Beloved wife of the late Robert J. Burke, dear mother of Robert J. Burke, Jr., Jeanne Burke O’Fallon (Dennis), Barry J. Burke, and the late Mary Ann Burke Smith. Dear grandmother of Erin Smith Stika (Paul), Dennis M., Jr. and Joseph Barry O’Fallon, great grandmother of Ryan and Gabriel Stika, dear sister of the late Joseph E. and Eugene M. Barry, Jr., dear aunt of E. Michael Barry, dear mother-in-law, aunt, great aunt, sister-in-law, cousin, and friend.

Services: Funeral from Colonial Mortuary Hoffmeister-Kriegshauser Funeral Directors, 6464 Chippewa at Watson, 63109, Friday, July 21 at 9:30 a.m.to St. Gabriel the Archangel Church, 6303 Nottingham Ave. for Mass celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Burial at Calvary Cemetery. Donations in her memory may be made to St. Gabriel Adopt-A-Student Program, 6303 Nottingham Ave., St. Louis, MO 63109, or the charity of one’s choice. Visitation Thursday 3–9 p.m."

Gifts may also be made in her name to AASH.

Hello,

I am looking for records of 3 sisters by the last name of Rickert (one is my grandmother, Irma josephine Rickert) They attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Point Grey, Vancouver, British Columbia, between the years of 1914-1931. Can anyone help me find the names of my great aunts?

Any help would be appreciated!!

Prayers And Blessings,

Alison

"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?"Time after time God is good and this good what God has given to us will be temptit day by day and we  can be great fight of tis  all,but be steadfast God can´t that you will be temptit over yours own posssible. Help that many may find God´s goodness and his salvation,pray for blessed revival soon.Thanks and bless.keijo sweden

I am looking for Cathleen O'Neal and Gaye Smith from Eden Hall class of 1959.  And also, Kathleen McHale.  Please contact me if  you have news. 

I understand that Julianne Mattimore is in Florida.  I am in Palm city, Fl., on the treasure coast and would welcome contact. 

Dorita Holland, hello.   Joan Schoettle Carville.

Greetings to all Sacred Heart alumnae and alumni on the Feast Day of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat. We are so lucky to be part of the loving family of the Sacred Heart! Let us all celebrate her life by remembering the many blessings in our lives today and by renewing her mission in today's world. With love & prayers, Adele

I would like to congratulate everyone on the feast of Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, she is blessing all of us on her day.  Have a conge on her honor.

Alums are invited to learn about an online Certificate Program in Spirituality Studies coordinated by a Religious of the Sacred Heart, Dr. Helen Rosenthal, R.S.C.J.
(http://www.stu.edu/helen-rosenthal-s-bio-article-2338.html) This Online Certificate  Program consists of four courses covering the history of Christian Spirituality.  Through these courses you will be introduced to the rich experience of how others have sought and found God. Each course is twelve weeks, and the courses begin the second week of
September and the second week of January. Each course has six Units of two weeks.
The first week is mostly reading primary works; the second week involves online
participation with a collaborative learning exercise. There are no tests, but a required summary at the end of each Unit shows what you have learned from your reading and participation. 

I attended Sacred Heart Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio (Clifton) from 1957-1963.  I am looking for alumi from the academy in Cincinnati.  I would like to put together a collection of stories about the school from the women who attended.

Even though I attended Sacred Heart from 1-5 grades, it let a lasting impression on me.  I have many stories about the years I went there as well as the positive impact it made on my life.

If you know of anyone who attended Sacred Heart in Cincinnat please forward this message to them or let me know how I may get in touch with them.

Thank you

Please keep the RSCJs at Kenwood in your prayers as they begin the moves to Teresian House and to Oakwood. For news of those who have already moved, please visit the Kenwood web site at http://www.rscj.org/kenwood. We are so blessed to have these valiant women still leading us by their example.

Looking for Nancy Moscicke Burnett SFCW class of 1968.  Lost touch many years ago.  I am living in Boulder, Colorado.

AMASC General Assembly Comes to Greenwich
Friday, April 21 until Monday, April 24, 2006

I would like to let everyone know hoe beautiful are the Mater and Saint Philippine medals from the gift shop, even more beautiful are the Christmas ornaments, mine will hang on the wall by the foyer.

I'm looking for the Mother Nealis' Holy Cards Missing in my Holy Cards collection; I have about 20 different models of these holy cards and I know there are many others missing...I have about 1500 to 2000 of these 20 different models. I'll be willing to share these Holy Cards with anyone else for some other Mother Nealis cards...If interested, let me know, that will be a pleasure to make some Small Deal with you...Have a Nice Day, an Healthy year 2006.. François Gélinas, Québec (Trois-Rivières)

Thank you very much for what you are doing.