Esprit de Coeur

While our Conference in Boston was a celebration of Cor Unum, it was also the gift of many dedicated alums who gave their time and effort to ensure that our experience was unique and memorable.

In some ways it seems like just yesterday that we set sail from Omaha to Boston Harbor. It’s been a circuitous route with two visits to St. Louis for Board meetings and a detour south for the AMASC World Congress.

Alumni Association of America's first Sacred Heart School Celebrating 100 Years...

"Be humble, be simple and bring joy to others."
-Madeleine Sophie Barat

One of the first companions of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat was another French woman named Philippine Duchesne, the Society’s pioneer missionary. In 1818, she started the first Sacred Heart School in America in the frontier village of St. Charles, Missouri. The year 1881 marked the opening of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Omaha...

The Many Faces of Sprout Creek Farm: This working farm outside Poughkeepsie, NY is also an important educational program that furthers the Mission of St.
Madeleine Sophie Barat. Read the story of Sprout Creek Farm on Page 4-5 and the two RSCJ who make it possible.

Past President Mary Catherine Mundel Coffey (1961-63), center, led AASH representatives on a tour of the White House in 1963. Jean Kennedy Smith, left, was tour guide for the momentous occasion. Also pictured is then incoming AASH president Mary Isabel McKenna Caestecker.

At the end of May, in a humble, quiet departure, Jeanne Burke O’Fallon locked up and slipped out the door of her AASH office. After 17 years, the woman who has connected thousands of alumnae and alumni has begun her retirement.

I am writing to you on the verge of the new year, reflecting on all the Sacred Heart friends I have met these last few months. I’ve had the pleasure of attending the four Regional gatherings in Denver, Cleveland, Bryn Mawr, Penn., and Grand Coteau, La. Each had a unique flavor and reaffirmed what it means to be part of this Sacred Heart family.

AMASC in Malta was an experience I will never forget! The setting was a beautiful backdrop to an international connection to Sacred Heart like no other. I had the honor of representing all of you, carrying the American flag through the streets of Valetta along with all the other countries’ presidents who were present.