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Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Abbreviation	MSC
Formation	December 8, 1854; 169 years ago
Type	Catholic religious order
Location	Via Asmara 11, 00199 Roma, Italy;
Superior General	Fr. Mark McDonald, MSC
Key people	Jules Chevalier — founder
Website	http://www.misacor.org

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Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic missionary order founded in 1854 by priest Jules Chevalier at Issoudun, France, in the diocese of Bourges. It is a member of the Chevalier Family.

Jules Chevalier had a vision of a new world emerging and he wanted to make known the Gospel message of God's love and care for all men and women and to evoke a response in every human heart. He especially valued love, concern, compassion, understanding, respect and acceptance of every individual. His vision was based on the words of Jesus: "I give you a new commandment, love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also must love one another. By this love you have for one another, everyone will know that you are my disciples." [John 13:34 ff]

The Priests and Brothers of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are known as MSCs (from the Latin, Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis).

History

In September 1881, the religious order sent its first missionaries to Papua New Guinea and these missionaries founded the first overseas mission in 1882 near Rabaul on the island of New Britain.

In 1885, a supply base for the Papua New Guinea mission was founded in Sydney, Australia. The Australian Province was established in 1905, with Father Pierre Marie Treand as the first Provincial.^[1] Notable members of the Australian Province were Francis Xavier Gsell, known as the "Bishop with 150 wives", anti-communist organiser Dr "Paddy" Ryan and missionary Father Richard Docherty. The order runs Chevalier College in Bowral, New South Wales.^[2]

The order continued to grow and established provinces in the Netherlands (1894), the United States (1939), Spain (1946), Ireland (1952), Indonesia (1971) and the Dominican Republic (1986).^[3] Missionaries of Sacred Heart in the Philippines has managed St. Joseph School of San Jose City on its establishment on June 19, 1946. ^[4] and the Chevalier School in Angeles City, Pampanga.

Mission

The motto of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is: May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere!^[5] The mission of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is to deepen people’s appreciation of God’s love and to bring that love to everyone they come in contact with, especially those who suffer or who are in any way alienated or isolated.

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References

^ MSC Australia - MSC in Australia
^ [Chevalier College][1]
^ MSC 150 Anniversary Book, p. 24-152
^ [St. Joseph School of San Jose City] St. joseph school of san jose city
^ http://misacor.org [2]

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[1] MSC Australia - MSC in Australia

[2] [Chevalier College][1]

[3] MSC 150 Anniversary Book, p. 24-152

[4] [St. Joseph School of San Jose City] St. joseph school of san jose city

[5] ttp://misacor.org [2]

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 Jules Chevalier had a vision of a new world emerging and he wanted to make known the Gospel message of God's love and care for all men and women and to evoke a response in every human heart. He especially valued love, concern, compassion, understanding, respect and acceptance of every individual. His vision was based on the words of Jesus: "I give you a new commandment, love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also must love one another. By this love you have for one another, everyone will know that you are my disciples." [John 13:34 ff]
-The Priests and Brothers of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are known as MSCs (from the Latin, [[Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis]]).
+The Priests and Brothers of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are known as MSCs (from the Latin, Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis).
 == History ==
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 The order continued to grow and established provinces in the Netherlands (1894), the United States (1939), Spain (1946), Ireland (1952), Indonesia (1971) and the Dominican Republic (1986).<ref>MSC 150 Anniversary Book, p. 24-152</ref> Missionaries of Sacred Heart in the Philippines has managed St. Joseph School of San Jose City on its establishment on June 19, 1946. <ref>[St. Joseph School of San Jose City] [[St. joseph school of san jose city]]</ref> and the [[Chevalier School of Angeles City|Chevalier School]] in [[Angeles City]], [[Pampanga]].
-==Spirituality & Mission==
+==Mission==
+The motto of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is: May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere!<ref>http://misacor.org [http://misacor.org/en/content/view/20/30/]</ref> The mission of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is to deepen people’s appreciation of God’s love and to bring that love to everyone they come in contact with, especially those who suffer or who are in any way alienated or isolated.
-Even though Father Jules Chevalier (1824-1907) talked in terms of devotions, from his life and his writings it is clear that the Heart of Christ was the vital core of his spirituality. For him “devotion to the Sacred Heart” was a vision that inspired his whole spirituality, his lifestyle and his mission. Since the time of his studies in the seminary he was concerned about the evils of his time, and he was convinced that the Heart of Christ was the remedy for those evils.
-The evils of his time: rationalism, religious indifference and anticlericalism were widespread in 19th century France. What struck Fr. Chevalier about the Heart of Christ was the fire of his love, a compassionate love for all who suffer. He saw the Heart of Christ as the incarnation and revelation of the compassionate love of the Father. That was his “charism”, his gift of the Spirit, his basic vision which inspired him to bear witness to the love and kindness of God our Saviour, to heal the wounded hearts of many.
-The biblical doctrine about the human heart is very rich: it is mentioned more than 1100 times. In Scripture the heart refers to the interior of a person; we read about the heart of God, but mostly about the human heart. In Jeremiah 31,31-34; 32,37-41 and in Ezechiel 11,17-20; 36,24-27 God promises a new covenant which will be characterized by a new heart and a new spirit:
-I shall give you a new heart, and put a new spirit in you;
-I shall remove the heart of stone from your bodies
-and give you a heart of flesh instead.
-I shall put my spirit in you…
-(Ez 36, 26-27).
-In the letter to the Hebrews chapter 8 Christ is described as the mediator of the new covenant and Jeremiah 31,31-34 is applied to him. He is the one who writes the law of God on our hearts. How does he do that? Well, the heart of Christ is the source of living water, that is, of the Spirit, (John 7,37-39).
-On Calvary his heart was pierced and blood and water flowed from it. The source of living water was opened, and, as became apparent on the day of Pentecost, the Spirit was poured out on us to renew the face of the earth. The paschal mystery is a pentecostal mystery. The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us (Rom 5,5).
-Since the Heart of Christ is the source of salvation for the world, together with our founder we see it as our mission to make this known to all: “May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere.” We believe that also in our time people can find healing for their evils at this source. What a “new heart” really means can be seen in the life of Christ.
-The communities and the apostolic ministries of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are organized into Provinces, Pro-provinces and Unions in the world. These entities are constituted of local communities and of other groups of the members such as districts, sections, and regions. There are more than 1841 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart who work in more than 55 countries.
-PROVINCES
-Australia,
-Austria,
-Belgium,
-Canada,
-Dominican Republic,
-France,
-Germany,
-Indonesia,
-Ireland,
-Italy,
-Netherlands,
-Papua New Guinea,
-Philippines,
-Sao Paolo,
-Spain,
-Switzerland,and
-United States.
-PRO-PROVINCES
-Central America,
-Curitiba,and
-Rio de Janiero.
-UNIONS
-Pacific Union,
-African Union,and
-Indian Union.
-REGIONS
-Japan,
-Peru,
-South Africa,
-South Korea,and
-Venezuela.
-COUNTRIES
-Argentina,
-Australia,
-Belgie,
-Brazil,
-Cameroon,
-Canada,
-China,
-Chuuk Islands,
-Colombia,
-Congo Democr.,
-Côte d’Ivoire,
-Croatia,
-Cuba,
-Curacao,
-Deutscland,
-Ecuador,
-El Salvador,
-England,
-España,
-Fiji,
-France,
-Guatemala,
-Haiti,
-Honduras,
-Hungary,
-India,
-Indonesia,
-Ireland,
-Italy,
-Japan,
-Kiribati,
-Korea South,
-Marshall Islands,
-Mexico,
-Namibia,
-Nauru,
-Nederland,
-Nicaragua,
-Ősterreich,
-Papua New Guinea,
-Paraguay,
-Peru,
-Philippines,
-Poland,
-Portugal,
-Republic Dominican,
-Russia,
-Samoa,
-Senegal,
-Slovakia,
-South Africa,
-Suisse,
-USA,
-Venezuela,and
-Vietnam.
 ==External links==
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 * [http://www.misacor-usa.org/ MSC United States Province]
 * [http://www.misacor.org.au/ MSC Australian Province]
-* [http://www.misacorindo.org/ MSC Indonesian Province]
 == References ==