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On June 25, 2022, the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus joyfully celebrated the jubilees of Sr. Ruth Aubrey, Sr. Elizabeth Mary Knight, and Sr. Madeline Henry. Sr. Ruth Aubrey and Sr. Elizabeth Mary celebrated the 65th anniversary of their religious profession.

The Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus have declared 2022 as the Year of the Sacred Heart, a year to celebrate the wondrous love of the Heart of Christ.

The Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus received a $500 donation from the Knights of Columbus Divine Mercy Council #14664 in Hamden to help support a young woman entering the Congregation from Ireland this fall as a postulant.

The Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus celebrated the anniversary of religious profession for 16 Sisters, including those whose jubilees occurred in 2020 and were not publicly celebrated.

The Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus were recently awarded a $1,000 grant from the Hamden Rotary Club in support of their ongoing efforts to help feed the homeless and hungry.

A beautiful shrine dedicated to Blessed Clelia Merloni, foundress of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was installed at Immaculate Conception Church in Tuckahoe, New York, where Sr. Cora Lombardo, ASCJ, serves as Director of Religious Education.

Sr. Jerilyn Hunihan, a chaplain at Hartford Correctional Center, was invited to speak at Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel at Yale University on September 22, 2020, as part of their lecture series.

The Catholic Compass magazine of the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee published an in-depth feature story about our very own Sr. Margaret Ann Calcutta in its September/October edition. Sr. Margaret Ann is the Director of the Morning Star Program for students with learning challenges and special needs at St. John the Evangelist School.

In the nearly seven years Sr. Barbara Matazzaro has been Superior of Sacred Heart Manor, home to our retired Sisters, she has never experienced anything quite like these past two months in lockdown.

During this time of global pandemic, the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are finding creative ways to give back and share the Love of the Heart of Christ outside of their day-to-day ministries.

A Catholic high school in Pensacola, Florida—where three of our Sisters minister—is set to become the first school in the United States named after our foundress, Mother Clelia Merloni.

The Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus are celebrating 2020 as the Clelian Missionary Year.