Society of the Sacred Heart Society of the Sacred Heart The Society of the Sacred Heart (Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) is an international Roman Catholic religious congregation for women established in France by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat in 1800. Members use the suffix "RSCJ" which represents "Religieuses du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus" or "Religiosa Sanctissimi Cordis Jesu" or "Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus". It has a presence in 41 countries. They should not be confused with the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM), another teaching order of sisters. Madeleine Sophie Barat founded the Society of the Sacred Heart in
The Philatelic Society of India society and in 1997 the Society celebrated its centenary with a display in Bombay titled "Centipex '97" at which a red Scinde Dawk and other rarities of Indian philately were exhibited. India Post also issued two commemorative stamps to mark the centenary. This is a partial list of early members of the society: The society had a strong publishing record with Martin and Smythies' "The Four Annas Lithographed Stamps of India, 1854-55" and L.E. Dawson's "The One Anna & Two Annas Postage Stamps of India, 1854-55" both winning the Crawford Medal from the Royal Philatelic Society London (1932 and 1950