Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacré-Cœur)
The Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacré Cœur) is a religious order of women, which was founded in 1800 by Sophie Barat in France.
The congregation is a school order and has offices in 41 countries. The nuns work mainly in the education of girls and women. They carry the religious symbol RSCJ for Latin lat. R eligiosa S anctissimi C ordis J esu , "a nun of the Sacred Heart." The community currently has nearly 3,000 members in 41 countries. The Motherhouse of the Order with the seat of the Superior General is in Rome .
Superior General
- 1800–1865 Sophie Barat (1779–1865), founder of the order
- 1865–1874 Joséphine Goetz
- 1874–1894 Adèle Lehon
- 1894–1895 Auguste von Sartorius
- 1895-1911 Mabel Digby
- 1911-1914 Janet Stuart
- 1915–1928 Marie de Loe
- 1928-1946 Manuela Vicente
- 1946-1958 M. Theresa de Lescure
- 1958-1967 Sabine de Valon
- 1967–1970 Josefa Bultó
- 1970–1982 Concepción Camacho
- 1982-1994 Helen Mc Laughlin
- 1994-2000 Patricia Garcia de Quevedo
- 2000-2008 Clare Pratt
- 2008-2016 Kathleen T. Conan
- 2016– Barbara Dawson
Central European Province
The first founding of the order in Austria was in Graz in 1846, in Bregenz in 1854, in Vienna in 1868 and in Pressbaum in 1892. In 2004 the religious houses of the province Austria-Hungary were merged with the religious houses of the province Germany-Sweden and now form the Central European Province (CEU) with the provincial house in Vienna.
- 2007–2016 Christel Peters, Provincial Superior
- since 2016 Laura Moosbrugger, Provincial Superior
Well-known sisters of the congregation
- Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852), brought the religious community to the United States
- Josefa Menéndez (1890–1923), mystic
- Isa Vermehren (1918–2009)
schools
- Sophie Barat School in Hamburg
- Fishing school in Osnabrück
- Sankt-Adelheid-Gymnasium in Bonn, until 1985 sponsored by the Herz-Jesu-Kloster St. Adelheid , today the Archdiocese of Cologne
- Blumenthal Castle in Vaals
- Sacré Coeur Graz
- Sacré Coeur Riedenburg in Bregenz
- Sacré Coeur Vienna
- Sacré Coeur Pressbaum
- Seishin Women's University in Shibuya , Tokyo
Web links
- Sacré Coeur Central European Province
- Order website (English, French, Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook) 2007, p. 1685
- ↑ Religious of the Scacred Heart of Jesus: History
- ↑ Religious of the Scacred Heart of Jesus: Our New General Council
- ↑ Lecturer ( Memento from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Robert Sonnleitner: Sr. Laura Moosbrugger is the new director of the Sacre Coeur Sisters .