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Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
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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).
The order sent its first missionaries to Colombia and Papua New Guinea.
In September 1881, a mission was sent to Papua New Guinea and founded 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 the first Provincial[1]