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The Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (French: Religieuses du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus; Latin: Religiosae Sanctissimi Cordis Jesu), abbreviated RSCJ, is a Catholic centralized religious institute of consecrated life of pontifical right for women established in France by Madeleine Sophie Barat in 1800.
Julian Tenison-Woods (1832-1889), Priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney; Cofounder of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (London, England - Sydney, Australia) Alice Ingham (rel. name: Mary Francis) (1830–1890), Founder of the Franciscan Missionaries of Saint Joseph (Greater Manchester – Lancashire, England)
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, Connecticut; Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York City, New York; Convent of the Sacred Heart (aka 'Seminary' & 'Academy' of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart), St. Joseph, Missouri 1855–1960; Colegio del Sagrado Corazón, Puerto Rico; Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
The Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Latin: Societas Sodalium Sancti Joseph a Sacra Corde), also known as the Josephites, is a society of apostolic life of pontifical right for men headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Members work specifically among African Americans and take the postnominals SSJ.
In 1939, the Sisters of the Sacred Heart took over the Priory of St. Augustine, in Old Colwyn, Wales—originally built as a hotel—from a community of Augustinian nuns. Over the years it has served as a holiday home for the Sisters, a guest house and a residential nursing home. In 2010, the Congregation opened it as a retreat house. [8]
In 1894, she became superior of the community in Roehampton, then superior of vicar of England. In this role, Stuart studied social injustice in her community, taught Sunday school, and advocated on behalf of poor tenant farmers. [1] On 27 August 1911, she was elected as superior general of the Society of the Sacred Heart.
The school was founded as the Convent of the Sacred Heart in 1842 in Berrymead, London by the Society of the Sacred Heart; the first Convent of the Sacred Heart in England. [2] The Society had been founded in France in 1800 by Madeleine Sophie Barat ( canonized in 1925) immediately after the French Revolution (1789–1799).
In 1809, the American Elizabeth Ann Seton founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, adapting the rule of the French Daughters of Charity for her Emmitsburg, Maryland, community. Sr. Anthony O'Connell (1897), US Civil War nurse. In 1817, Mother Seton sent three Sisters to New York City to establish an orphanage. [3]