News

Join us on December 11th from 11am to 1pm when Good ole' Jolly Saint Nicholas makes a special appearance. 

Join us on December 8th from 4-7pm at Josephinum Academy in Room 315 for the Fall Art Show. 

Join us on select dates November 18th through December 4th for our upcoming Senior/Junior Acting Studios production of The House of Bernarda Alba by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca (and translated by James Graham-Lujan and Richard O'Connell).

Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart celebrated students and the  Jo community at the Annual Fall Gala held virtually on October 22nd where generous supporters contributed over $493,000 for student scholarships. During a year that showed many challenges due to the pandemic, the Gala brought light to the perseverance shown by exceptional young women who attended their classes remotely.

On Saturday, June 5 the thirty-seven young women of the Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart Class of 2021 graduated in an in-person, outdoor ceremony on the Josephinum field.

Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart was honored to celebrate our dear friend Helen Bruns Ryan at this year's Spring Virtual Celebration "Planting Seeds of Opportunity" on Thursday, April 29. Helen has been a steadfast supporter of Josephinum in so many ways for the past 40 years and her impact on the Jo, our students and the entire community is immeasurable.

TikTok Historian, Shermann Thomas aka "Dilla" visited Josephinum Academy recently and highlighted the school in one of his 60 second TikTok's. Read more and see the video.

Josephinum is proud to share the exciting news that alumna Sandra Cisneros '72, the poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, performer, and artist whose work beautifully and profoundly explores working class lives and landscapes, will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's Fuller Award for lifetime achievement.