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The Confreres celebrate the Two Feasts at Piazza Navona, Rome |
 ROME, Italy – May 24 and May 30 were the two
important dates for the MSC confreres of the Italian Province and the
Generalate community. May 24 was the celebration of the Feast of Our
Lady of the Sacred Heart in which Cardinal José Saraiva Martins,
C.M.F., Prefect for the Causes of Saints presided over the Solemn
Eucharistic celebration. On May 30 Father Mark McDonald, MSC was the
presider for the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Both feasts
were celebrated at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at
Piazza Navona, Rome. Some members of the Chevalier family and lay
people also participated in the celebrations. The Eucharistic
celebrations were followed by a festive meal for everyone.
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For us, a life in union with the Heart of Christ is not just a devotion - it is the very core of our spirituality. the heart of Christ is the source of living water, that is, of the Spirit. 
Jules Chevalier (1824-1907) was a man of his time. He was convinced that the Jesus he found in the Gospels was a person of deep compassion and understanding. 
Through her union with Jesus, Mary knows the unsearchable riches of his Heart and wants to lead us to him, who is the source of a limitless love that gives birth to a new world. 
Fr. Jules wanted to found a missionary Society that would have as its purpose to bring God’s compassionate and merciful love to human beings as the remedy for the evils that afflicted society.