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MAKE CHRIST THE KING OF YOUR HEART, YOUR HOME, YOUR LIFE!

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In June, 2021 our USA Province renewed the Enthronement of our hearts and home to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and miracles followed. There was interior healing and renewal among our Sisters and houses, and then, by the grace of God, new candidates entering. 
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Seeing the fruits of this act of faith in the Divine Heart, in the past year, our Sisters have zealously been promoting the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart - distributing over 700 images and booklets to parishes (and  State Correctional inmates)  in Altoona-Johnstown, as well as in parishes in the Dioceses of  Buffalo, Gallup,  and Wheeling-Charleston, and to the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn. 


Pastors have told us that families came forward for baptism of their children, the spirit of zeal returned to the parish, enrollment increased in the parish school, and donations for Catholic education. 
For more information on how you can dedicate yourself,  your Diocese, parish or school, please see our Enthronement page! 




SISTER SERVANTS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS 
ELEVATOR FUND

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DONATE TO OUR ELEVATOR FUND VIA PAYPAL
Our Province is accepting Donations to help cover the cost of an elevator under installation at our St. Joseph Infirmary and Retreathouse in Munster Twp, Portage, PA. The cost exceeds $300,000, so anything you can give will be gratefully accepted. Be assured of our prayers for you and your loved ones.
​Note:   Donations can be made in loving memory of your dear ones.

RECEPTION OF POSTULANTS
October 4, 2022

On the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi, Octoer 4, 2022, the American Province received 3 new postulants, Sr. Catherine Federline, Sr. Keli Jo Conner, and Sr. Elizabeth Yaremko. 
We thank God for these beautiful young women who so generously gave themselves to the service of God, we pray for their discernment, and we pray also for the young women who are in our weekly discernment zoom meetings or who are writing to inquire about our Congregation. 
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Annual Retreat 2022 (June 16-24) led by Benedictine
Fr. Thomas Acklin, OSB and Neil and Janet Lozano and Unbound Team​ from Baltimore, Maryland

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​Summer Camp in Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Swedesburg)
From June 25-July 2, our Sisters conducted a summer catechesis camp for grade school children  from Sacred Heart Parish in Swedesburg, Pennsylvania, in which our Sisters served from 2004-2017, (the pastor is Fr. Peter DiMaria, a longtime friend of the American Province).  The theme for the week was the Miracles of the Lord Jesus, and activities included lessons, games, music, video presentations, snack and lunch.  Nearly all of the 25 children who participated in the camp, do not practice their Catholic faith.  The families were of different national descent: one was of Polish and Ukrainian immigrants, Mexican, Indian, and American. Our Sisters stayed with the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters at the convent there, and who invited our Sisters to see their Motherhouse in Immaculata, Pennsylvania. When not conducting the camp, our Sisters visited the city of Philadelphia, praying at the National Shrines of the Miraculous Medal and St. John Neumann, and also seeing the animals at the Philadelphia Zoo.



​Summer Catechesis Program in Page, Arizona
​(Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico)

For the third consecutive year, from July 16-31, our Sisters conducted the two week summer catechesis program at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Page, Arizona for Very Reverend Father Thomas Maikowski, D.Ed, Ph.D., Vicar of the Navajo Vicariate in the Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico, the poorest diocese in the United States.
41 children, mostly Navajo American Indian attended the summer program, which included catechesis on the miracles of the Lord Jesus, preparation for the sacraments for two catechumens and one candidate, daily Holy Mass, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with the children, religious songs and artwork, including an outside chalk display of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, games, snacks, and lunch.
The Navajo children come from the nearby reservation and do not have electricity or running water in their homes.  They came hungry each day, and our Sisters shared food with the poorest families.  The Sisters prepared the children’s photos and crafts for the families, as well as a picture collage of memories for the pastor, including the last three years of our service for this beautiful people and place in the desert of Arizona. The temperature there was over 100 degrees each day, and the Sisters experienced a wind storm and dramatic lightning. 
Father Maikowski prepared a nearby house for our Sisters, including a reservation chapel with the Most Blessed Sacrament and parishioners brought meals each evening.  Father arranged for a trip for our Sisters to see the panoramic view of the Grand Canyon in Arizona and Mount Zion National Park in Utah.
​For the second year, our Sisters promoted the enthronement of the Sacred Heart at this parish, which has many tourists visiting, and 50 families consecrated themselves to the Sacred Heart, among them, people from Poland, the Philippines, Canada and America.


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​Summer Catechesis and Ethnic Culture Program in Boswell, Pennsylvania
​(Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown)
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From August 2-5, our Sisters participated in a week of catechesis and Polish culture at All Saints Parish in Boswell, Pennsylvania under the pastor, Fr. Aron Maghsoudi.
62 children participated in these days that included lessons -  for the younger children, on the miracles of the Lord Jesus, and, for the older children, on the virtues.
Sr. Jana Paula Sloboda presented daily Polish language and music lessons, as well as teaching, games, activities and songs for the Kindergarten children;  Sr. Angela Marie Igou and Sr. Augustine Marie Molnar conducted catechism classes for the 1st and 2nd graders;  Aspirants Keli Jo Conner and Catherine Federline for grades 3 and 4; and Sr. Mary Joseph Calore with Father Aron Maghsoudi and the Confirmation director, for grades 5-8. Sr. Mary Barbara Hoyt helped in serving food in the kitchen. 
Polish language and customs were presented, such as pisanki, pierogi, palm weaving, and an ethnic dance presentation by a dance troupe from Pittsburgh.
​Our Sisters prepared a great outdoor chalk art display of Our Lady of Czestochowa and the flags of Poland and America. Many of the children come from non-practicing Catholic families and broken homes.  In January, our Sisters promoted the enthronement of the Sacred Heart in this parish and two other parishes nearby.
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YOUNG WOMEN'S WEEKLY SPIRITUALITY AND DISCERNMENT MEETING
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Glory be to the Most Sacred Heart ​of Jesus! 

​We, the Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus are a contemplative-active, pontifical, Franciscan Religious  Congregation founded by St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar and Blessed Klara Szczesna in 1894 in Krakow, Poland. 

By our prayer and apostolic service, we are
dev​oted to extending the Kingdom of Love of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus everywhere. ​
​​We are an international Congregation serving in Poland, Ukraine, Italy, France, Bolivia, Argentina, Jamaica, West Indies, and the United States. 

Our American Province is engaged in teaching and catechesis, nursing and personal care, parish ministry, kitchen and clothing outreach to the poor, evangelization of homes and families, especially through the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart and pastoral visits, social media outreach, prison ministry, and missionary work in Jamaica.  

The United States Province of the
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus is represented in the Dioceses of Altoona-Johnstown, Buffalo, Columbus, Grand Rapids, ​and Mandeville, Jamaica, West Indies. 
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BECOME A COOPERATOR
IN OUR MISSION TO EXTEND
​THE KINGDOM OF LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS! 
YOUR TAX-EXEMPT DONATION MAKES THIS POSSIBLE! 

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Chwała Najświętszemu Sercu Jezusowemu.

Chwała na wieki! 
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Glory be to the Most Sacred Heart  of Jesus.

Glory Forever!
MOTTO OF OUR CONGREGATION SUNG BY OUR SISTERS





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WHO WE ARE
Sister Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sacred Heart Province
866 Cambria Street
Cresson, Pennsylvania 16630
814.886.4223

We are a 501 c 3 Tax Exempt Religious Organization (Federal ID 20-8127262) and a Charitable Organization in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (#​6299105)
  • Home
  • Newsletters
  • News from our Province
    • 125th Jubilee (2019)
  • Congregation
    • Patron Saints of the Congregation
    • St. John Paul II & Our Congregation
  • Devotion to the Sacred Heart
    • Sacred Heart Meditations
    • Sacred Heart Novena
  • Enthronement of the Sacred Heart
  • The Rosary and Marian Devotion
  • Founders
    • St. Joseph Sebastian Pelczar
    • Bl. Klara Szczesna
  • Answering the Call to Become a Sacred Heart of Sister
  • Lay Associates
  • Retreats
  • Golf Tournament
  • Our Beloved Deceased
  • Jamaican Mission
  • Sisters' Login Page
  • Retreat Conferences
  • SSCJ BLOG: At the WellSprings of the Savior
  • John Paul II Manor
  • Gallery
  • Houses
  • Contact