Events

The miracle truly happened! Mount Sacred Heart School was sold to the foundation established by Renee Benson, an alumnus of MSH, and an agreement was established with the Archdiocese of San Antonio to lease the school. Unfortunately, the shelter in place order will not allow us to celebrate the school’s 90th Anniversary nor its transfer: because of the pandemic, classes will not resume until September. Even so, hearts are filled with thanksgiving as we accompany the Sisters in the USA at this turning point in their history.…

Our sister Marie-Gabrielle Desbois was getting more and more tired and Sr. Marie Thérèse Logodin was accompanying her in the last weeks of her life. On Holy Thursday, when it was announced that she had died the previous night, the news was accepted in faith and peace. Several sisters summed it up this way, “Now she is with the Lord!” The rules of confinement were strictly followed. Our sister was waked in the St. Pie X hall, at the foot of the big cross, which had been…

Dear sisters: In 1789 during the French revolution, with her deep faith, Angélique LE SOURD let herself be moved by the new reality around her: the persecution of the juror priests. Within this she discovered that God was calling her to get involved in different ways, even risking her life to do it…. In 1816, when calm returned, she and three of her friends decided to live together (April 25), "in order to be better able to do good around them by putting in common their resources…

Such a celebration here at the cemetery is unusual, but today, nothing is as usual: today is not like other days, it is Holy Friday! And the circumstances we all live are very particular. Here, today, thankful for and sensitive to the presence of some family members who have been able to join us, we all form Marie Gabrielle’s family, along with the sisters who follow the celebration from their rooms or other living spaces. We were not able to go to the chapel, but there is…