Lord, remember our Sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of resurrection. Welcome them into the light of your face.

Eucharistic Prayer II

Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart

Sister Ida Peterfy,
SDSH Foundress

February 8, 2000


“I  chose you and I commissioned you
to go out and bear fruit, fruit that will last;
and then the Father will give you
anything you ask Him in My name.
What I command you is to
love one another.”
John 15:17-17
Foundress,
Assistant Superior General
Born: October 7, 1922
Kassa (Kosice),
Hungary (Slovakia)
Professed vows:
October 7, 1940
Beginning of the Community:
October 7, 1940
Died: February 8, 2000
Sacred Heart Motherhouse,
Northridge, California

 

Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart

Sister Aurelia Majorossy, SDSH

February 26, 2000

“I thank you, Lord,
for your faithfulness and love
which excel all we ever knew of You!”
Psalm 138
Born: February 17, 1920
Rábé, Hungary
Entered the Society Devoted to
the Sacred Heart: July 1941
Professed First Vows:
December 8, 1941
Professed Final Vows:
August 21, 1945
Died: February 26, 2000
Heart of Jesus Retreat Center,
Santa Ana, California
Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart

Sister Helen Clare Nagy, SDSH

December 1, 2002

“You have made us for yourself
and our hearts are restless
until they rest in you.”
Saint Augustine
Born: January 4, 1930
Budapest, Hungary
Entered Society Devoted
to the Sacred Heart: 1946
Professed First Vows:
July 31, 1948
Professed Final Vows:
December 8, 1958
Died: December 1, 2002
Sacred Heart Convent,
Los Angeles, California
Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart

Sister Annette Chui, SDSH

May 6, 2011

“He must grow greater,
I must grow smaller.”
John 3:30
Born: January 23, 1957
Hong Kong
Entered Society Devoted
to the Sacred Heart:
September 15, 1979
First Profession:
March 21, 1982
Final Profession:
March 17, 1989
Died: May 6, 2011
Sacred Heart Convent,
Chatsworth, California
Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart

Sister Agnes Raday, SDSH

September 1, 2014

“Spend yourselves freely
and joyfully for God and for
His Body, the Church.”
Constitutions Society Devoted
to the Sacred Heart
Born: December 13, 1928
Szolnok, Hungary
Entered the Society Devoted to
the Sacred Heart:
September 29, 1946
Professed First Vows:
July 31, 1948
Professed Final Vows:
December 6, 1958
Died: September 1, 2014
Sacred Heart Convent,
Los Angeles, California
Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart

Sister Judith Fogassy, SDSH

May 7, 2016

“We are sent to proclaim the Good News
of our Lord Jesus, in order to prepare the
Kingdom of God in the hearts of His people.”
Constitutions Society Devoted to
the Sacred Heart
Born: April 28, 1949,
Budapest, Hungary
Entered Society Devoted
to the Sacred Heart:
September 15, 1967
First Profession:
March 25, 1969
Final Profession:
March 25, 1975
Died: May 7, 2016
Sacred Heart Convent,
Chatsworth, California

Father, they are your gift to Me. I wish that where I am they also
may be with Me, that they may see My glory that You gave Me,
because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Gospel of Saint John 17:24

We pray each day for the great gift of life-long fidelity. Remembering that Our Lord treasures each one of us as the gift of the Father to Himself, we encourage and inspire one another to be faithful as Our Lord was faithful “even to accepting death, death on the cross.” (Phil. 2:8)  Perseverance in religious life is not our work only but the work of the Holy Spirit in us, united to our humble efforts. — Constitutions 69