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| FOUNDATION 1855 ISSOUDUN, FRANCE |  | FOUNDER FR JULES CHEVALIER |
| HISTORY | JULES CHEVALIER | FOUNDATIONS |
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| HISTORY |
| AT ISSODUN A YOUNG CURATE NAMED JULES CHEVALIER DEVELOPED A DETERMINATION TO FOUND AN ORDER OF MISSIONARIES TO BE DEDICATED TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. WITH ANOTHER PRIEST HE PURCHASED IN 1855 A RUNDOWN VINEYARD AND HOUSE AND FORMED THE FIRST COMMUNITY. FROM THESE SIMPLE BEGINNINGS HAS COME A WHOLE FAMILY OF MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART. AFTER SOME DIFFICULT YEARS OF PERSECUTION IN FRANCE AND BEING FORCED TO MOVE TO OTHER PARTS OF EUROPE, THE NEW CONGREGATION BEGAN TO GROW AND, AT A VERY EARLY STAGE, TOOK ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MISSIONS OF OCEANIA. IT WAS AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS DECISION THAT THE MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART CAME TO AUSTRALIA AT THE END OF LAST CENTURY. WITHIN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THEIR HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, THE MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART HAD SPREAD IN EUROPE AND TO NORTH AMERICA AND BEFORE HIS DEATH, FATHER JULES CHEVALIER WAS ABLE TO SEE HIS 'FAMILY' WORKING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, THE PHILIPPINES, AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. |
| AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATION |
| THE MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART FIRST CAME TO SYDNEY FROM FRANCE IN 1885, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A SUPPLY BASE FOR THEIR NEW MISSIONS IN NEW GUINEA FOUNDED IN 1882 NEAR RABAUL. THE MSC ORIGINALLY SETTLED IN THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF THE EXPANDING CITY OF SYDNEY AND WITHIN A FEW YEARS THE CONGREGATION BEGAN TO ACCEPT LOCAL AUSTRALIAN VOCATIONS REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MISSION SEMINARY AT KENSINGTON. THE FOUNDATION CONTINUED TO GROW AND IN 1905 A SEPARATE MSC AUSTRALIAN PROVINCE WAS ERECTED. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS THE MSC’S ACCEPTED A VARIETY OF MINISTRIES AT THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA INCLUDING WORK IN PARISHES, AMONG YOUTH IN COLLEGES, IN SPIRITUALITY AND RETREAT CENTRES, AMONG URBAN AND TRADITIONAL ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS, IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, IN MEDIA, IN HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCIES AND AMONG PEOPLE SUFFERING WITH HIV/AIDS, AS WELL AS IN JUSTICE AND PEACE MINISTRIES. OVERSEAS, THERE ARE AUSTRALIAN MSC WORKING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA AND VIETNAM. |
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| FOUNDATIONS | ||||
THOUGH THE MSC FOUNDATION IN SYDNEY WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED AS A MISSION PROCURE, THEY SOON BECAME INVOLVED IN THE WORK OF THE YOUNG AUSTRALIAN CHURCH AND IN PARTICULAR PARISH WORK AT THE REQUEST OF BISHOPS DESPERATELY SEEKING PRIESTS TO MINISTER TO THE FAITHFUL. A NUMBER OF THESE PARISHES BECAME MSC PARISHES AND ARE LISTED BELOW AS FOUNDATIONS. SEVERAL OTHERS HOWEVER WERE LOOKED AFTER ON A 'SUPPLY' BASIS. ALTHOUGH THESE LATTER ARE NOT HERE INCLUDED INFORMATION ON THEM CAN BE FOUND ON INDIVIDUAL PARISH PAGES. WITH THAT PROVISO THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL MSC FOUNDATIONS MADE IN AUSTRALIA. FOUNDATIONS MADE OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LIST. | ||||
| PROVINCE OF AUSTRALIA | ||||
ALICE SPRINGS |
ARLTUNGA |
BATHURST ISLAND |
BLACKHEATH |
BEVERLEY |
BOTANY |
BOWRAL |
BROMPTON |
BUNDEENA | |
CASUARINA |
COOGEE |
CROYDON |
DARWIN |
DICKSON |
DOUGLAS PARK |
DRUMMOYNE |
EAST COORPOROO |
ERSKINEVILLE |
FLINDERS PARK |
GLENDALOUGH |
HAMILTON |
HAMMOND ISLAND |
HENLEY BEACH |
HINDMARSH |
JABIRU |
KENSINGTON |
KEW |
KINGS MEADOW |
KIPPAX |
LANGFORD |
LOCKLEYS |
LYNWOOD |
MELVILLE ISLAND |
MENINDEE |
MOONAH |
NHULUNBUY |
NIGHTCLIFF |
PALM ISLAND |
PARK ORCHARDS |
PORT KEATS |
RANDWICK |
ROSEDALE |
SANTA THERESA |
SHOREHAM |
TENNANT CREEK |
THURSDAY ISLAND |
TOOWOOMBA |
ULVERSTONE |
WILLOUGHBY |