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The Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (known in the United States as the RSHM and in other parts of the world as RSCM) are an international global community of about 900 apostolic women religious, connected by personal contact, local, provincial and general meetings, telephone, e-mail and many websites to one another with a hope of promoting the integral development and liberation of the whole person. Today the diversity of ministries include educational, pastoral and social services. RSHM work in colleges and universities, secondary and elementary schools. RSHM serve in parishes and prisons, in hospitals and nursing homes, in studios and social centers, in retreat houses and retirement homes. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary are administrators, teachers, social workers, artists, lawyers, health care personnel, musicians, librarians, spiritual directors... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The adjective global and adverb globally imply that the verb or noun to which they are applied applies to the entire Earth and all of its species and regions. ... Nine hundred is the natural number following eight hundred ninety-nine and preceding nine hundred one. ... Within the Roman Catholic Church, the Consecrated Life, referred to also as the Religious Life, is a way of Christian living by those who have made the prescribed public religious profession and vow that is recognized in Church Law. ... The telephone is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech) across distance. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... A website, Web site or WWW site (often shortened to just site) is a collection of webpages, that is, HTML/XHTML documents accessible via HTTP on the Internet; all publicly accessible websites in existence comprise the World Wide Web. ... The classical definition of a person is a human being regarded as an individual. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Secondary education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A large elementary school in Magome, Japan. ... In the Roman Catholic Church, a parish is the lowest ecclesiastical geographical subdivision: from ecclesiastical province to diocese to deanery to parish. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... // A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. ... For a one-room apartment, see Apartment. ... Social Centres are community spaces. ... Look up retreat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A retirement home is a place of residence intended for the elderly. ... Professional social workers are concerned with social problems, their causes, their solutions and their human impacts. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... English barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... Health care or healthcare is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music Musicians can be classified by their role in creating or performing music: A singer (or vocalist) uses his or her voice as an instrument. ... The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is an information professional trained in library science and information science: the organization and management of information and service to people with information needs. ... Spiritual direction is a practice of asceticism for Christians who are aiming for sanctity. ...

Mission of the RSHM

The rule of life of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, the RSHM Constitutions, was approved on the diocesan level in 1850, the canonical level in 1880 and revised in 1983. In all editions of the Constitutions, the mission of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary is defined: "to know and love God, to make God known and loved, to proclaim that Jesus Christ has come in order that all may have life." Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Canonical is an adjective derived from canon. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In printmaking, an edition is a set of prints off one plate, composing a limited run of prints. ... Look up mission in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Christ is the English of the Greek word (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. ...

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Brief RSHM History

The Institute of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM) was founded on February 24, 1849 in Béziers, France by Father Jean Gailhac and Appollonie Pelissier Cure. A group of women gathered together to form a community which took over the direction of a shelter for women and an orphanage. The Institute grew rapidly and by the time the original group made their first profession (religious) in May of 1851 their number had grown to ten. In a short time, the sisters expanded their ministry beyond France, and presently, the community serves in 14 countries. (For further information, please go to an expanded view of RSHM history on the web :[1] An Institute of Consecrated Life is a religious order within the Roman Catholic Church, whose members profess the religious vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Béziers (Besièrs in Occitan, and Besiers in Catalan) is a town in Languedoc, in the southwest of France. ... Jean Gailhac was born in Béziers, France on November 13, 1802. ... A community usually refers to a sociological group in a large place or collections of plant or animal organisms sharing an environment. ... Profession, in Christian monasticism, is the act of embracing the religious state by the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience according to the rule of a canonically approved religious order; it involves then a triple vow made to God, and binding oneself to the rule of a certain order. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

RSHM Government

The major authority of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary is the General Superior, who, with the General Council have residence in Rome, Italy. Smaller units of the institute, known as Provinces, have their own government in relationship to the general government. The smallest unit of government is the local community, who, with a local coordinator, work in relationship with the provincial and general government. A Superior General, or General Superior, is the Superior at the head of a whole religious order of congregation. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... An ecclesiastical province is a unit of religious government existing in certain Christian churches. ... A Superior General, or General Superior, is the Superior at the head of a whole religious order of congregation. ... Local community is a geographically defined community, a group of people living close to each other. ... A provincial superior is a major superior of a religious order acting under the orders superior general and exercising a general supervision over all the local superiors in a territorial division of the order called a province (not to be confused with an ecclesiastical province which is a group... A Superior General, or General Superior, is the Superior at the head of a whole religious order of congregation. ...

Provinces

Provincial government is divided into Provinces and Regions. The RSHM provinces are as follows:

• Eastern American Province - includes Northern and Southern United States, Missouri and international schools in England, France and Italy.

• Western American Province - includes California and Mexico

• Northern European Province - includes England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and France

• Brazilian Province - includes Brazil

• Portuguese Province - includes Portugal and Mali

• Region of Mozambique - includes Mozambique

• Zambezi Region - includes Zambia and Zimbabwe

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RSHM and Justice

As a religious institute and a Non-governmental organization (NGO), RSHM place its resources at the service of those who are most in need of justice, enabling the powerless, the deprived, the marginalized, the voiceless to work effectively for their own development and liberation. The term non-governmental organization (NGO) is used in a variety of ways all over the world and, depending on the context in which it is used, can refer to many different types of organizations. ...

Bibliography

• Connell, Kathleen, RSHM. A Journey in Faith and Time: History of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. Vol. 2 The Growth of the Institute: The Foundations during Mother St. Croix Vidal's Leadership 1869-1878. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, 1995.

• Gailhac, Venerável P. Jean. Cartas, Vol. I and II.

• Gailhac, R. P. The Religious Life. New York, 1934 (English translation of: Gailhac, R.P. La Vie Religieuse. 2 vols., Lille, 1892).

• Leray, Abbé F. Un Apôtre: Le Père Gailhac (1802-1890), Fondateur des Religieuses du Sacre Coeur de Marie. Paris: Éditions Spes, 1939.

• Maymard, V. Beatification and canonization of the servant of God, John Gailhac, priest and founder of the Institute of the Sacred Heart of Mary: inquiry into the historical value of Father V. Maymard's biography: Sacred Congregation of Rites, Historical Section. Westminster, Md. : Christian Classics, 1977.

• Sampaio, Rosa do Carmo, RSHM. A Journey in Faith and Time: History of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. Vol. 1 The Birth of the Institute: Its Development during Mother Saint Jean's Lifetime 1802-1869. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, 1995.

External links

• Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Eastern and Western American Provinces
• Brazilian Province
• Portuguese Province
• Northern European Province
• RSHM Generalate