The origin of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is closely connected with the Papal definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the B. Until very recent years the mother house was in the above-named town, but since the separation of Church and State in France the society has its headquarters in Rome. It was founded at Issoudun, in the Archdiocese of Bourges, France, by the Abbé Jules Chevalier. The society's motto is, "Ametur ubique terrarum Cor Jesu Sacratissimum" (May the most Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere). A religious congregation of priests and lay brothers with the object of promoting the knowledge and practice of devotion to the Heart of Jesus as embodied in the revelations of Our Lord to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, and of offering personal reparation to the Divine Heart.
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