Bridget Bearss, RSCJ is an educator, artist-writer, activist for the Beatitudes, and facilitator of processes to build and strengthen the experience of communities of dialogue, justice and hope.
She is a member of the Society of the Sacred Heart, United States-Canada Province, serving as a member of the National Staff of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) as the Associate Director for Transformative Justice. In this role, she is responsible for the launch of the newly formed Office of Transformative Justice, which was created in response to the changing needs of the world and the responsive presence of women religious to the many challenges of social and environmental injustice.
As a Religious of the Sacred Heart, the integration of contemplation and apostolic
mission into a single movement is a source of both inspiration and life-integration for
her. It is the journey of living from the heart of God into the heart of the world that most
characterizes her journey.
She is a graduate of two university communities in St. Louis, Maryville University (BA in
education) and Washington University (MEd/Educational Policies and Leadership). Prior
to moving to Washington, DC in 2018, she spent 35 years working in the Network of
Sacred Heart Schools, 26 years at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
She loves the exploration of the pathway to justice, education and spirituality through
the presence with and among the people of God. She brings her creative energy and the
heart of an educator to whatever unfolds in each day.