Happy Valentines Day...spreading Sacred Heart Love!

artwork by Bridget Bearss, RSCJ

Wishing all alums throughout the world a very Happy Valentines Day!  May your day today and always be filled with Sacred Heart love!

To Mother Adeline Boilvin, American RSCJ

January 5, 1835 ~  Mother Duchesne writes to Mother Adeline Boilvin ~ "Thank you so much for the picture of the Sacred Heart - the symbol of our union, the object of our dearest devotion, the mirror in which we perceive our faults and find the perfect model of all the virtues we lack."

Taken from the book:  Through the Year with Philippine Duchesne

O Canada … and thinking of AMASC 2014 Congress in Montreal

This morning the news is focused on the arrival of Prince William and his new bride Kate Middleton in Canada as they begin their tour of North America.  There are a few very special Sacred Heart alums that I have met and known over the years from Canada.  To these Sacred Heart alums, I wish you a very special day today as you celebrate Canada Day!  I also am reminded to check the AMASC site to read Pam Snyder, AMASC World President 2010-2014 message on this special feast day.

Happy Feast of the Sacred Heart

On behalf of the AASH 2011-2013 Board, I send you greetings for a Happy Feast of the Sacred Heart today!  Below is a beautiful prayer found in a small book entitled  Special Devotions Compiled for the Children of the Sacred Heart.  

Prayer to the Sacred Heart

By St. Madeleine Sophie

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I come to Thee because Thou art my only refuge, my only but certain hope.  Thou art the comfort for all my sufferings, the remedy for all my miseries, the reparation for all my losses, the expiation for all my faults, the supplement for all that is wanting to me, the certainty for all my demands, the infallible source, for me and for all, of light, strength, benediction, constancy and peace.  I am sure that Thou wilt not weary of me, that Thou wilt not cease to love me, to aid and protect me, because Thou lovest me with an infinite love.  Have mercy on me, then, according to Thy great mercy, and do with me, and in me, whatsoever Thou wilt.  I abandon myself to Thee, with full confidence that Thou wilt never abandon me.  Amen

The photo of the Sacred Heart statute was taken in April 2011.  The statue originally greeted students at the front entrance of the Barat College campus and after being bronzed has been relocated to Woodlands Academy.