{"id":6284,"date":"2016-07-09T17:17:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T00:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/143.95.106.252\/~sacredhe\/?page_id=6284"},"modified":"2021-10-06T23:56:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T06:56:16","slug":"sister-ida-peterfy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/sister-ida-peterfy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister Ida Peterfy"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_appear appear\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_circle  vc_box_border_grey\"><img class=\"vc_single_image-img lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_1939-passport-photo-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" title=\"1939 passport photo\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/250;\" \/><noscript><img class=\"vc_single_image-img \" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_1939-passport-photo-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" title=\"1939 passport photo\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"\" class=\"krautgrid-item krautgrid-tile kraut-lightbox-single kraut-lightbox-image -parent    kraut-lightbox-hover-zoom\" style=\"margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; float: none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/268647251\" class=\"kraut-lightbox-media nofancybox no-ajaxy\" data-title=\"Sister Ida Peterfy\" rel=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/75th-video.jpg\" data-usecors=\"global\" data-save=\"0\" data-share=\"0\" data-effect=\"random\" data-duration=\"5000\" data-nohashes=\"true\"><img class=\"krautgrid-image-zoom lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/75th-video.jpg\"  alt=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/75th-video.jpg\" title=\"\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 240px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 240\/134;display: block; width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><noscript><img class=\"krautgrid-image-zoom\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/75th-video.jpg\"  alt=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/75th-video.jpg\" title=\"\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%; height: auto;\"><\/noscript><div class=\"krautgrid-caption krautgrid-caption-custom\" style=\"background-color: #93000b; \"><img class=\"krautgrid-caption-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/si-desk-e1604625326575.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/399;opacity: 1; width: 200px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><noscript><img class=\"krautgrid-caption-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/si-desk-e1604625326575.jpg\" style=\"opacity: 1; width: 200px;\"><\/noscript><\/div><div class=\"krautgrid-caption-text\" style=\"background: rgba(0,0,0,0.4); color: #ffffff;\">Click to open player<\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><h5 style=\"text-align: center;font-family:Roboto;font-weight:400;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading sdsh-large-text\" >Click above to watch a video about Sister Ida that we made for the 75th Anniversary of our Community<\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_appear appear\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_circle  vc_box_border_grey\"><img class=\"vc_single_image-img lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_1999-Sister-Arlene-Final-Vows-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" title=\"Sister Arlene&#039;s Final Vow 1999\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/250;\" \/><noscript><img class=\"vc_single_image-img \" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_1999-Sister-Arlene-Final-Vows-250x250.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" title=\"Sister Arlene&#039;s Final Vow 1999\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_custom_1467488917597\" >Sister Ida Peterfy, SDSH<\/h2><h5 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_custom_1467488906394\" >Foundress of the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart<\/h5>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1551078507601\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ida Peterfy was born on October 7, 1922 to J\u00f3zsef Peterfy and Ida Kristof and a loving Hungarian family.\u00a0 From her early youth, God prepared her to be a leader, to work for others, and to lay down the foundation of a new religious community.\u00a0 On October 7, 1940, her eighteenth birthday, Sister Ida pronounced her perpetual vows in Kassa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4736 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1940-school-photo-cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1940-school-photo-cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1940-school-photo-cropped-70x70.jpg 70w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4736 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1940-school-photo-cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1940-school-photo-cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1940-school-photo-cropped-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>It was not Sister Ida\u2019s intention to begin a religious community, her one focus was to love God and bring others to know and love Him too. In following His will God called Sister Ida to bring forth a new religious community at the time, when &#8220;the universal Church was attacked in her Chief Pastor and in her religious children.&#8221;\u00a0 As the future of formal religious education became uncertain, the times called for religious who would dedicate their lives to proclaim the Good News of Our Lord Jesus Christ in an inspiring, interesting and dynamic way.\u00a0 Sister Ida, with her earliest companions, lived the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience in community life without wearing the traditional religious garb. This was necessary in order\u00a0to function in the restrictive situation, and was also helpful in approaching those who were alienated from the Church by Nazism and Communism.<\/p>\n<p>Sister Ida had an ardent faith in God, a deep love for Him and a longing that others would know and love Him too. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, she developed an innovative catechetical method, which became the Community\u2019s cherished religious education charism: the Five Step Illustrated Method, to teach faith in a clear understandable way.\u00a0 The small community was instrumental in religious education of children and youth as well as formation of catechists and distributing catechetical material throughout Hungary\u00a0in spite of\u00a0the dangers of religious persecution.\u00a0 Following the arrest of J\u00f3zsef Cardinal Mindszenty, Sister Ida and her companions were advised by Church leaders to leave the country in 1949, continue their apostolate in the free world with the hope of some day returning to Hungary.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4754 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1950-arrival-to-canada-cropped-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1950-arrival-to-canada-cropped-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1950-arrival-to-canada-cropped-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1950-arrival-to-canada-cropped-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1950-arrival-to-canada-cropped.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/226;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4754 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1950-arrival-to-canada-cropped-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1950-arrival-to-canada-cropped-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1950-arrival-to-canada-cropped-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1950-arrival-to-canada-cropped-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1950-arrival-to-canada-cropped.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>A new beginning awaited Sister Ida and the Sisters when they arrived as penniless refugees\u00a0in Toronto, Canada, in 1950.\u00a0 In order to obtain immigrant status, Sister Ida and her companions\u00a0\u00a0had to work\u00a0as domestics for a year, earning room and board and $40 a month. In addition to these meager earnings, and their income from working in tobacco harvests as unskilled laborers for two summers, they earned enough for a down payment for a small house and printing machines.\u00a0 Through their new St. Joseph\u2019s Press they had a modest livelihood, at the same time\u00a0learning English.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4418 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_1957-Wanted-Catechists-Tidings-photo-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_1957-Wanted-Catechists-Tidings-photo-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_1957-Wanted-Catechists-Tidings-photo.jpg 375w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/240;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4418 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_1957-Wanted-Catechists-Tidings-photo-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_1957-Wanted-Catechists-Tidings-photo-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_1957-Wanted-Catechists-Tidings-photo.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In 1956, James Francis Cardinal McIntyre personally welcomed and warmly supported the young community in Los Angeles.\u00a0 When Sister Ida asked him about adopting a more traditional veil and habit in keeping with the present time, Cardinal McIntyre assured her:\u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t change . . .\u00a0the Church will need you as you are.\u201d\u00a0 The Cardinal&#8217;s vision was proven correct during the following decades, the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\u00a0has harmonized the best of religious life tradition with renewal after Vatican II.<\/p>\n<p>The Society was formally erected as a religious institution of diocesan right in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Later, in 1991, after a private audience and Mass in the chapel of Pope (now Saint) John Paul II in Rome, the Holy Father said to Sister Ida and the Sisters:\u00a0 \u201cYou are a blessing for the Pope. You are truly American and truly Catholic!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4801 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1991-Community-photo-with-Pope-John-Paul-II-300x197.jpeg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1991-Community-photo-with-Pope-John-Paul-II-300x197.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1991-Community-photo-with-Pope-John-Paul-II-768x504.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1991-Community-photo-with-Pope-John-Paul-II-1024x673.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1991-Community-photo-with-Pope-John-Paul-II.jpeg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/197;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4801 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1991-Community-photo-with-Pope-John-Paul-II-300x197.jpeg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1991-Community-photo-with-Pope-John-Paul-II-300x197.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1991-Community-photo-with-Pope-John-Paul-II-768x504.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1991-Community-photo-with-Pope-John-Paul-II-1024x673.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1991-Community-photo-with-Pope-John-Paul-II.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The Sacred Heart Sisters are of a variety of\u00a0 international backgrounds and joyfully serve the universal Church through their community apostolate of religious education in the Archdioceses of Los Angeles and St. Louis, in the dioceses of Orange and San Bernardino, and in the Archdiocese of Taipei, Taiwan, where the evangelization apostolate is complemented with significant medical work.\u00a0 After the collapse of communism, Sister Ida and the community returned to Hungary and opened a convent in the Archdiocese of Budapest-Esztergom in Hungary, where the Sisters conduct catechist formation and extend our catechetical works throughout Hungary and to neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/our-joyful-apostolate\/\">The religious education charism<\/a>,\u00a0 given by God to the community through Sister Ida, is treasured by her Sisters.\u00a0 The charism is well described by the title of their newsletter, the\u00a0 \u201cJOYFUL APOSTOLATE\u201d which Sister Ida with her Sisters began in the early 1950\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4756 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1951-Canada-printing-on-Bloor-St-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1951-Canada-printing-on-Bloor-St-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1951-Canada-printing-on-Bloor-St-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1951-Canada-printing-on-Bloor-St-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1951-Canada-printing-on-Bloor-St.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/215;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4756 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1951-Canada-printing-on-Bloor-St-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1951-Canada-printing-on-Bloor-St-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1951-Canada-printing-on-Bloor-St-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1951-Canada-printing-on-Bloor-St-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1951-Canada-printing-on-Bloor-St.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_btn3-container  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_bottom-to-top bottom-to-top vc_btn3-inline\" ><a style=\"background-color:#e2c69a; color:#93000b;\" class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-custom vc_btn3-icon-left\" href=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/our-community-history\/\" title=\"Coming Soon\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"vc_btn3-icon fa fa-heart\"><\/i> Read more about \"Our Community History\"<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Beginning in the seventies Sister Ida initiated many programs to expand the community charism. Sister Ida valued teamwork as a powerful witness of Christ present through the community. She encouraged the skills, talents, innovative thinking and ideas of her Sisters. Through her leadership and zeal, in addition to\u00a0the parish apostolate, Sister Ida was instrumental in the\u00a0purchasing and opening of the Sacred Heart Retreat Camp in San Bernardino and the Heart of Jesus Retreat Center in Santa Ana, both in California. Both of these centers established unique locations for the Sisters&#8217; continuing work and steadfast commitment to the enrichment of children, youth and adults, through Girls\u2019 Camps, Leadership Retreats for young adults, as well as sacramental retreats for children and teens. Children&#8217;s camps are also conducted by her Sisters in Taiwan and Hungary.\u00a0 Seeing the spiritual needs of families, she developed a unique Family Retreat Camp program which is enjoyed annually by families in California, Missouri, and Hungary and periodically in other locations in the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4777 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp-625x415.jpg 625w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4777 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp-625x415.jpg 625w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/1967-Sr-Ida-with-children-at-camp.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Sister Ida led her Sisters on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Rome, shrines in Italy and to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico.\u00a0 A great camper and hiker herself, she took her Sisters to camping trips to the Grand Canyon and to the Sequoias.\u00a0 In 1976 they made a pilgrimage by bus with the highlight of attending the Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia. As much as possible the spiritual trips and travels included the whole community.<\/p>\n<p>By producing a children\u2019s television program for KABC at the request of the Los Angeles Archdiocese Communication Department, Sister Ida\u2019s new teaching method, including the\u00a0 use of puppets, became nationally known by educators and families.\u00a0 \u201cMy Friend, Pookie\u201d did so well in the Nielsen rating \u2013 on Sunday mornings \u2013 that KABC requested two additional seasons.\u00a0 The 27 shows were broadcast for several years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5920 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Media-and-Music-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Media-and-Music-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Media-and-Music.png 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5920 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Media-and-Music-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Media-and-Music-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Media-and-Music.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>The production of the \u201cSacred Heart Kids\u2019 Club\u201d video program in the late 80\u2019s followed at the request of parents, priests and educators, who saw how effective the Five Step Illustrated Method was. With a team of her Sisters, Sister Ida produced 30 half-hour videos with teachers\u2019 guides, providing a unique religious education program for children.\u00a0 The program spread to six continents in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean and Hungarian.\u00a0 When the new Catechism of the Catholic church was released in 1994, the Sacred Heart Kids&#8217; Club was immediately recognized as a dynamic catechetical tool in complete harmony with the four pillars of the Catholic Church: Creed, Sacraments, Commandments, and Prayer.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the growing need for Catechist Formation, Sister Ida created the \u201cBe a Dynamic and Effective Religion Teacher\u201d video course to bring her unique catechetical method, \u201cThe Five Step Illustrated Method,\u201d to catechists and educators everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>With confident openness and\u00a0receptivity to the Holy Spirit, Sister Ida helped the community, \u201cto move on into the future\u201d with\u00a0a new generation in\u00a0leadership; in 1988 Sister Jane Stafford\u00a0 was elected, as the first American Superior General. At the same time Sister Ida continued teaching the novices, giving spiritual retreats and monthly seminars\u00a0 to the Sisters, was actively involved in the community\u2019s spiritual leadership and as a religious education speaker, traveled across the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Sister Ida passed on to eternal life on February 8, 2000 in the Society\u2019s Motherhouse in Northridge, California, lovingly surrounded by her Sisters.\u00a0 Cardinal Roger Mahony was the main celebrant of the Mass of Resurrection; many bishops and priests concelebrated,\u00a0The church was filled with many friends, permanent deacons, religious and families who had been personally touched by Sister Ida&#8217;s love and inspired by her life of dedication to Jesus Christ and service to the Church.\u00a0 The Cardinal noted that it was \u201ca very unique moment in the life of the Archdiocese of\u00a0 Los Angeles, a very wonderful grace, because it was the first time, that we had a foundress of a religious community die in our midst.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4459 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_2004-Blessing-of-Monument-at-Sister-Ida-grave.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"453\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_2004-Blessing-of-Monument-at-Sister-Ida-grave.jpg 453w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_2004-Blessing-of-Monument-at-Sister-Ida-grave-300x199.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 453px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 453\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4459 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_2004-Blessing-of-Monument-at-Sister-Ida-grave.jpg\" alt=\"Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart\" width=\"453\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_2004-Blessing-of-Monument-at-Sister-Ida-grave.jpg 453w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/web_2004-Blessing-of-Monument-at-Sister-Ida-grave-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Joyful Apostolate must go on,\u201d \u2013 Archbishop Justin Rigali said in his homily at the funeral \u2013 \u201cSister Ida in her legacy of generous love still speaks to us.&#8221;\u00a0 This rite of Christian burial &#8220;&#8230;is a hymn of praise and thanksgiving for the love of God manifested in the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and reflected in the gentle life and zealous devotion of our Sister Ida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Sisters\u00a0of the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart continue to grow in the charism of their Foundress, Sister Ida, joyfully serving the universal Church through their community apostolate of evangelization and catechesis. In the Archdiocese of\u00a0St. Louis, Missouri, the Sisters were invited to teach Sister Ida\u2019s \u201cFive Step Illustrated Method\u201d in Kenrick-Glennon Seminary and Paul VI Pontifical Institute bringing this dynamic catechetical method to seminarians, religious, and lay catechists in the mid-West. United in their apostolic zeal in California, Missouri, Hungary and Taiwan, every year thousands of catechists, children, youth, adults and families encounter the personal love of God through catechist formation classes, unique catechetical retreats, parish religious education programs and summer camps conducted by the Sacred Heart Sisters.<\/p>\n<p>With her God-given talents offered totally to His service, Sister Ida\u2019s outstanding, global and lasting contributions in the\u00a0 field of religious education, and in religious life, are great treasures for generations to come.\u00a0 But what most touched those who spoke with Sister Ida was the eloquent simplicity of her joyful spirituality, that she often expressed in brief words: \u201cGod has a Heart for you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6992 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sacred_heart_sisters_3d-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sacred_heart_sisters_3d-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sacred_heart_sisters_3d-768x1184.png 768w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sacred_heart_sisters_3d-664x1024.png 664w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sacred_heart_sisters_3d.png 1329w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 195px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 195\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6992 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sacred_heart_sisters_3d-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sacred_heart_sisters_3d-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sacred_heart_sisters_3d-768x1184.png 768w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sacred_heart_sisters_3d-664x1024.png 664w, https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sacred_heart_sisters_3d.png 1329w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click to open playerClick above to watch a video about Sister Ida that we made for the 75th Anniversary of our Community Sister Ida Peterfy, SDSHFoundress of the Society Devoted [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4896,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-05-03 09:16:06","action":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sacredheartsisters.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}