SISTER OF THE HOLY UNION OF THE SACRED HEARTS

Sister of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts –  Sister Jean-Marie St. Paul, S.U.S.C.                                                                L’ordre de la Sainte Union des Sacrés Coeurs                                                                                                       “Ad Jesum per Mariam”                                                                                                                           “Sancta Unio”  –  “Holy Union”

Founders:  Venerable Jean-Baptiste Debrabant  (French Founder)                                                                       Mother Marie Helena Daumerie  (American Foundress)   

Places:  Douai, France originally; Fall River, Massachusetts presently

Years:  1828 A.D. (France); 1886 A D. (Massachusetts)

Her Charism:  As a woman of the Church this Sister is called “to be at the heart of the world revealing God’s love.”  Strengthened by and faithful to her charism of union, she seeks throughout her life to deepen her understanding of the mystery of the Incarnation.  This impels her to reconcile all to Jesus – ‘that all may be one’ – and hears it as an urgent call to live in solidarity, interdependence, and justice with people of all cultures and ethnic groups.  She believes that the re-education of society through investment in its women, its youth, and its poor is a way to achieve union and to assure future God-knowing and God-loving generations.  This is at the heart of her ministry – a union of heart, mind, and affection in Jesus and Mary.