The Stuart Center seeks to create a more just world where the dignity of each person and the integrity of all creation are fully recognized.
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ALT Photo of three sculptures of Tang dynasty women mounted on horseback in active postures. Text reads: Teaching the HERstory of Asia to Fellow Adult Learners 60 Years and Older: A Sacred Heart Educational Response to North American Age Demographics. A lecture and Q&A with Linda Kato, RSCJ, Ph.D. Thursday, June 15, live-streamed via Zoom, 7 pm ET. For more information and to register go to bit.ly/HERstoryAsia.
ALT Image of a dark room lit by a single candle in a pottery holder bearing the logo of the Society of the Sacred Heart, swathed in orange fabric for Wear Orange day, standing next to a peace sign made of wood covered in blue glass mosaic tiles.
ALT Image reads "We will be attending the annual convocation of the Justice Conference of Women Religious this week in St. Louis. Come by our table and say hello!" Logos of the Stuart Center for Mission and the JCWR Convocation ("Transformative Justice: Embracing and acting from an ever-emerging Consciousness") below text.
ALT Young boy at the U.S.-Mexico border
ALT YOU ARE INVITED: Taizé Prayer and Potluck Sunday | March 26, 2023 | 4pm | The Stuart Center All are welcome to this ecumenical, inter-generational time of prayer and sharing. There will be a time for announcements about upcoming events. Feel free to bring fliers and brochures! Please bring one of the following, enough for 4-6 people: a main dish, hearty salad, bread, or dessert. Drinks, napkins, cups and serving utensils provided by The Stuart Center for Mission. Parking: Lot and street parking is available. Metro: Brookland/CUA is the closest Metro stop. for more information: Contact The Stuart Center for Mission at 202.635.7987 or email Diane Roche, RSCJ at [email protected]
ALT Image of colorful stripes against a black background. Text reads "Celebrating Black History, Virtual Prayer Service: Enslavement, Dignity, Healing and Justice; February 19, 7:00 pm." Logo of the Stuart Center for Mission at bottom.
ALT Sepia-tinted photo of a middle-aged, heavyset, light-skinned Black woman, dressed elegantly in the style of the early 1920's, hair in a stylish bob. She wears a strand of pearls and a large cross pinned to the front of her dress. She is posed in the manner of civic leaders, smiling gently into the distance beyond the camera. Caption beside the photo reads "Maggie Lena Walker, 1864-1934. Bank president, civic and business leader." Quotation below this reads "The pennies, dimes, and dollars of a thousand individuals change the weak word 'few' into the powerful word 'many.'"
ALT Black and white photo of Mary Ann Shadd Cary around age 30, light skinned Black woman wearing a shawl buttoned at her throat and hair neatly styled in the style of the 1850's. Caption reads "Mary Ann Shadd Cary, 1823-1893, American-Canadian anti-slavery activist, suffragist, journalist, newspaper publisher, educator, and lawyer." Quotation at bottom reads "It is better to wear out than to rust out."
ALT Black and white photo of a science lab where a middle-aged Black woman in a white lab coat uses a syringe to put liquid into a small beaker. Caption reads "Marie Maynard Daly, Ph.D., 1921-2003. first American woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry in the United States." Quote beneath photo reads, "I knew I was a good student."'
ALT Image is a photo of the title page of a 19th century book, yellowed from age. Title reads "A Book of Medical Discourses." Caption next to image reads "Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, 1831-1895, First African American woman to receive an MD in the United States." Quote underneath image reads "I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to be in a position to relieve the sufferings of others."