" AMASC News"
To all alumnae of the Sacred Heart!
Last year following the conference on climate change
at the UN a couple of the RSCJ who attended the conference prepared
a prayer/reflection based mainly on the preamble to the Earth Charter.
RSCJs around the world have been invited to pray this prayer and
we, the JPIC committee of the ANZ province of the Society of the
Sacred Heart, would like to invite you to join us in making it a
focus for the feast of the Sacred Heart.
Some may want to use it as it is for prayer or reflection, others
may want to use it as a stimulus to prayer, or as a basis for a
theme for the feast of the Sacred Heart liturgy, for prayers of
the faithful; some may want to use it over a number of days by way
of preparation for the feast.
Click here for
the prayer and it is also available on the Society’s
international website.
Different groups – schools, Associates, Madeleine Sophie programme,
parishes, past students … will have their own preferred ways
of responding. Afterwards you may like to
share your responses and experiences on this.
Article from the Belgian
bulletin “En famille March 2008” written by Jacqueline
de Montjoye, President SH Association, Belgium on the occasion of
the AMASC World Board Meeting in Brussels, March 2008.
Pangea Day (http://www.pangeaday.org/)
From Tijuana to Tel Aviv and many points in between,
join the worldwide Pangea Day, on May 10. The goal of Pangea Day,
created by documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim, is to use the power
of film to enhance empathy, compassion, and peace among people of
all nationalities. The program will feature a selection of short
films -- fiction, nonfiction, and animation -- with many from filmmakers
in disadvantaged areas and conflict zones. The live broadcast is
offered free, and the signal will be sent through the Internet,
television, digital cinemas, and mobile phones.
Congratulations to St. Madeleine
Sophie’s Center for winning Oprah’s Big Give –
San Diego! <http://www.stmsc.org/>
10News, ABC and Oprah’s Big Give challenged San Diegans to
make a difference in their community. In the spirit of this inspiring
new show, $10,000 was given to one deserving local non-profit.
The five organizations had four weeks to raise a
minimum of $10,000 to be eligible for a match, then viewers were
allowed to vote for the qualifying non-profit they felt was most
deserving.
St. Madeleine Sophie’s Center received the most votes and
the match. But ultimately, everyone involved won. Combined, the
charities raised $90,611, in the competition.
For more than 41 years, St. Madeleine Sophie's Center
(SMSC) a 501 (C) (3) non-denominational organization, has helped
people with developmental disabilities, their families and communities,
discover, explore, and nurture potential—giving thousands
a chance to live life to the fullest. The Center truly provides
a "Life Program" that allows students to learn and grow,
and enjoy friendships throughout their lives. The five-acre campus
in the foothills of El Cajon, California, and Sophie’s Gallery
welcomes students daily to learn or upgrade marketable skills, develop
creative outlets, earn some money, make new friends, and gain a
sense of independence and self esteem. This Life Program includes
recent high-school graduates to seniors in their 80s.
For more information please visit <http://www.stmsc.org/>.
Latest News on AFRICA
CHAD
- 6th News bulleting in three languages
Read more...
- Photos and Recent events in Chad (RSCJ website) at
<http://www.rscjinternational.org/content/view/1795/45/lang,e/>
-5th News bulletin in three languages Read
more..
-4th News bulletin in three languages Read
more...
- Evacuation from CHAD Read
more...
-3rd News bulletin in three languages Read
more...
-2nd News bulletin in three languages Read
more...
-Article from Le Monde (in french) Read
more...
-News in three languages from Donna Collins RSCJ. Read
more
-February 2008 News from RSCJ in CHAD. read
more...
-AMASC Alumnae messages on CHAD events Read
more...
KENYA
-News - Read more...
- Message from Sr Clare
Pratt
UGANDA - KENYA - Message
from Sisters Irene Cullen rscj and Kathleen Conan rscj
The Châsse of Ste Madeleine-Sophie -
Read about the details of the
move from Belgium to her country of birth - France
Sad announcement from
Maria Helena Pimenta de Mello
President of ANASC-BRASIL
It's with our deepest sorrow that ANASC-BRASIL has the most unpleasant
duty to inform that SOnia Ballalainery has passed away. She
was our Vice-President and our dearest friend and collaborator.
We beseech the 'Sacré-Coeur family' to join us in prayer
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so that Sonia may rest in eternal
peace under the loving care of Mater, her greatest devotion.
From the rscj NGO office at the UN
MDG #2: Achieving Universal Primary Education
In Millennium Development Goal # 2 world leaders pledged to “ensure
that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling”
by 2015. Important as this goal is, it does not address the quality
of education. The following two resources might be of interest to
those interested in concrete actions in relation to education (for
example by subscribing to news e-alerts, participating in e-discussions
and/or consultations, or joining a global action week).
Education for All
UNESCO - the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization - is the UN agency for education <http://www.unesco.org>
and coordinates the international efforts to reach Education for
All (EFA). Education for All is a global movement committed to provide
quality basic education for all children, youth and adults.
For more information about EFA, see <http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=46881&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>
Each year, EFA publishes its Global Monitoring Report which assesses
progress countries have made on their commitment to provide basic
education for all by 2015. The 2007 Global Monitoring Report can
be found at <http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=49591&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>
Global Campaign for Education
The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) was founded in 1999 and
brings together major NGOs and teachers’ unions from around
the world. In addition to the GCE principles, the web site mentions
what actions the international community, governments in the South,
the World Bank and governments in the North, as well as civil society
organizations can take locally to implement the Education for All
goals and strategies. For more information about the Global Campaign
for Education, see <http://www.campaignforeducation.org>
Here you can also find information about the Global Action Week
which is held in April of each year.
 Plant
for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has launched a new
global tree planting campaign called Plant for the Planet:
Billion Tree Campaign. Everybody, whether an individual,
a family, school, church or other local community, along with businesses,
industries, governments and/or civil society organizations, is invited
to plant trees for the health and future of our planet earth. The
goal is to plant at least one billion trees around the world in
2007. For more information see Billion Tree Campaign where you can
also enter a pledge to plant. <http://www.unep.org/billiontreecampaign/>
To commemorate the International Day for the Eradication
of Poverty (October 17) and the First Decade for the Eradication
of Poverty (1997-2006), the United Nations invites children from
around the world to participate in an art competition to design
a Unites Nations stamp on the theme “We
can end poverty”. Children between 5-15 years are eligible.
The deadline to send in designs is 30 June 2007.
For more information about the competition and its
rules, see UN Children's Art Competition. <http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/social/art/>
AMASC Board Newsletters March 2007
English
- Français
- Espagnol
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"Courage and Confidence"
St Madeleine Sophie Barat
The Society of the Sacred Heart celebrates 125
Years in Australia.
Sarah Simpson rscj, Rose Dunne rscj, Alice Woodward rscj, Rev.Mother
Febronie Vercruysse rscj, Mary Jackson rscj, arrived in Sydney
on the S.S. Orient on 9th May, 1882.
These five Foundresses had travelled from England to establish
a school of the Sacred Heart in Sydney. |
May 13th
- WUCWO Day of Prayer
May 13th - 
People all over the world will walk calling for an end to child
hunger.
AMASC participation: <http://www.fighthunger.org/en/user/amascs>
RSCJ-IBVM at the UN - NGO office page -
<http://www.rscjinternational.org/content/blogcategory/22/63/lang,e/>
RSCJ-IBVM en la ONU - Bienvenidos a la
página de la Oficina ONG
<http://www.rscjinternational.org/content/blogcategory/22/63/lang,c/>
RSCJ-IBVM à l'ONU - Bienvenue sur la page
du Bureau ONG
<http://www.rscjinternational.org/content/blogcategory/22/63/lang,f/>
NGO office
page - RSCJ-IBVM at the UN
Welcome to all in the Sacred Heart and IBVM (Loreto) families - religious,
students and faculties, coworkers and friends. This page offers you
information on the status of each of our congregations as a non-governmental
organization (NGO) associated with the Department of Public Information
(DPI) of the United Nations and the work we do in our common NGO Office.
It also provides information and resources on issues dealt with by
the United Nations including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),
our special focus this year.
<http://www.rscjinternational.org/content/blogcategory/22/63/lang,e/>
Français
- Espagnol
AMASC world members offer their condolences to
the families and prayers to
- Liz O'Neill who died in the Garuda plane crash
in Indonesia graduated from Kincoppal-Rose Bay, Sydney in 1986.
The oldest in the family,Mary, was educated at Stuartholme. Her
mother is an alumna of our
school in Aberdeen (no longer exists) and of Craiglockhart College,
Edinburgh. She worked with JRS for a time and in Hong Kong. In
the Department of Foreign Affairs she rose to the position of
Counsellor which was the position she occupied in Indonesia. Before
that she served in Sydney, Canberra and Japan. She received an
OAM for her services and the Australian Service Medal for her
work in the Solomons. At a period between working in these different
countries she did a year
of intensive language study. As was reported she did more for
Australian-Indonesian relations that any visit of a Minister.
This was partly due to her ability to speak the language and so
communicate with the Indonesian people. Words which sum her up
seem to be compassionate and a woman of great integrity. The 37-year-old
Liz was wife to Wayne Adams and mother to nine-month-old Lucinda.
- AMASC Emeritus Member, Madame Sabine van der
Plancke on the death of her husband M. Philippe van der Plancke
(89 yrs old).
- Board members, Beatrice Raffoul and her family
on the death of her Father on 22 February. .
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Why 60 Million Girls still aren't
in School and what to do about it
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/civilsociety/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=1094090
Remarkable progress has been made to educate girls across
the world, yet much remains to be done. The book “Inexcusable
Absence: Why 60 Million Girls Still Aren't in School and
What to do About It” explains that about 60 million
girls do not have..........
Contributed by Chijioke Evoh on 17 Mar , 2007
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- February 11, 2007: World Day
of the Sick - Pope's message in English,
Français,Espanol
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