POPE LEO'S MONTHLY INTENTIONS August, 2026
Pray with the Pope
Pray with the Pope: for the evangelization of the city
Pray with the Pope: for the evangelization of the city
Pray with the Pope: for the evangelization of the city
Pray with the Pope: for the evangelization of the city
Pray with the Pope: for the evangelization of the city
About Sacred Hearts Secular BRANCH
SACRED HEARTS SECULAR BRANCH
We are lay Catholics who desire to live out the charism of the religious order of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar which is the consecration to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. In doing so, we contemplate, live and proclaim the Love of God made manifest in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We commit to a life of Reparative love through intercessory prayer, penance, Eucharistic Adoration and service.
Father SAIA RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE ISLand
Father Saia returned to his native island of Fiji in July, 2026. The issue of renewing his Visa and petitioning Immigration to stay in the United States will keep him away until he is granted permission to return. This situation is occurring for another Sacred Hearts priest, Father Eric. He is also waiting for permission to return. We must keep them both in our prayers as these holy men of God are greatly needed in our Sacred Hearts community. Saint Damien, pray for us!
out and about with fr. brian
With the Brothers and Sisters in Rome!
I arrived on Sunday, March 8 to Rome to spend two weeks to finish research in the General Archives of the Brothers’ Generalate on Via Rivarone for a book I am compiling on the SS.CC. Presence in the World. I was greeted warmly by Alberto Toutin (Superior General) and Fernando Cordero (Secretary General) at the Motherhouse. It took me just a few minutes to feel at home. I have been coming to Rome over the past few years to do research and to experience the internationality of our Congregation. Presently in the General House there are our five on the General Council: Alberto Toutin (Superior General from Chile), Jean-Blaise Mwanda (Vicar General from Congo), Fernando Cordero (Secretary General from Spain), Enrique Ramirez Capetillo (General Councilor from Mexico), and Stephen Banjare (General Councilor from India and the U.S. Province); Andrejz Lukawski (Postulator and Procurator General from Poland), Eric Hernout (Archivist General from France), Sumit Nayak (Licentiate in Sacred Scripture Student from India), Andrea and Giulio (young Italian students studying in Rome) and Nader and Ahmed (two refugees to Italy from Bangladesh and Egypt). It is quite a variety of nationalities and cultures in the house!
From left: Andrea and Giulio, Eric, Patricia, Alberto, Ploermel Superior General, Chilean priest fri
Three days after I arrived, we celebrated the birthday of Alberto, our Superior General, with a lavish dinner with three invited guests: Sr. Patricia Villaroel, ss.cc. (Superior General of the SS.CC. Sisters), the Superior General of the Brothers of Ploermel (whose General House is right next door to ours) and a Chilean priest friend of Alberto (see below for photos). I am here in Rome for two weeks, during which I am also running the Rome Marathon on March 22. Then, I will be 6 days in Leuven, Belgium visiting with our brothers and sisters there. Then, off to Ireland for two weeks with our brothers and sisters there, during which I am doing a 10K in Dublin. After Ireland, I will spend a week with my sister in Indianapolis and do a half-marathon there, then return to LA on April 20. Ciao, arrivederci!
SPIRITUALITY OF Sacred Hearts
Mission
“The Consecration to the Sacred Hearts is the
foundation of our Institute.”
From this consecration our mission has its origin: to
contemplate, live and announce to the world God’s
Love which was made flesh in Jesus. Mary has been
associated in a singular way with the mystery of God
made man and with His saving work: this is what is
expressed in the union of the Heart of Jesus and the
Heart of Mary.
Our consecration calls us to live the dynamism of
saving Love and fills us with zeal for our mission.
Constitutions Article 2
Mary
“In Jesus we find everything: his birth, his life and his
death. This is our Rule.”
We make our own the attitudes, options and tasks that
led Jesus to the point of having his Heart transpierced
on the Cross. In our radical following of Christ, Mary
his Mother, model of faith in that Love, precedes and
accompanies us so that we can enter more fully into the
mission of her Son.
Constitutions Article 3
Reparation/Reparative Love
Aware of the power of evil that opposes the Father’s
Love and disfigures his design for the world, we wish to
identify with the attitude of Jesus and with His
reparative work. Our reparation is communion with
Him, whose food is to do the Father’s will and whose
work is to reunite by his blood the dispersed children of
God.
Our reparation makes us participate in the mission of
the Risen Christ, who sends us to announce the Good
News of salvation. At the same time, we recognize our
sinfulness, and we feel ourselves to be in solidarity with
the men and women who are victims of injustice,
hatred and sin in the world.
Finally, our reparative vocation encourages us to
collaborate with all those who, led by the Spirit, work to
build a world of justice and love, sign of the Kingdom.
Constitution Article 4
SPIRITUALITY OF Sacred Hearts
Eucharist
In the Eucharist, we enter into communion with the
thanksgiving of the Risen Jesus, Bread of Life,
Sacrament of Love.
The eucharistic celebration and contemplative
adoration make us participate in the attitudes and
sentiments of Jesus before the Father and before the
world. They impel us to assume a ministry of
intercession and remind us of the urgency to work for
the transformation of the world according to the criteria
of the Gospel. Like our Founders, we find in the
Eucharist the source and the summit of our apostolic
and community life.
Constitutions Article 5
Evangelization
Our mission urges us to evangelizing action by which
we enter into the interior dynamism of Christ’s Love for
his Father and for the world, especially for the poor, the
afflicted, the marginalized and those who have not
heard the Good News.
To make the Kingdom of God present, we seek the
transformation of the human heart and we endeavor to
be agents of communion in the world. In solidarity with
the poor, we work for a just and reconciled society.
Availability to the needs and demands of the Church,
discerned in the light of the Spirit, and the capacity to
adapt to circumstances and events are characteristics
inherited from our Founders.
The missionary spirit frees us and makes us available to
exercise our apostolic service where we are sent to
bring and receive the Good News.
Constitutions Article 6
History
In the communion of the Church, the People of God,
the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Mary and of Perpetual Adoration of the Most Blessed
Sacrament of the Altar is an Apostolic Religious
Congregation of Pontifical right, founded by Pierre
Coudrin and Henriette Aymer de la Chevalerie.
Brothers and Sisters, united in the same charism and
the same mission, form a single Congregation approved
as such in 1817 by Pope Pius VII.
Constitutions Article 1
Join Sacred Hearts Secular Branch Today
Sacred Hearts Secular Branch Consecration to the Sacred hearts of Jesus and Mary
I take the resolution of honoring, every day of my life, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; of encouraging others to honor them, as much as I can; of repairing by the practice of good works, the insults that they receive from sinners and of observing to the letter the rule of this pious Association to which I will have the happiness of belonging. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
About Sacred Hearts Secular Branch
Who We Are
Who We Are
Who We Are
The Secular Branch of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts is a group of laity who are committed to the same Charism as theprofessed brothers and sisters. It is an association of Christ’s faithful who share in the charism and spirituality of the congregation.They are an extension of the congregation. From the beginning lay people were in
The Secular Branch of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts is a group of laity who are committed to the same Charism as theprofessed brothers and sisters. It is an association of Christ’s faithful who share in the charism and spirituality of the congregation.They are an extension of the congregation. From the beginning lay people were intimately involved with the foundation of the Congregation.The Secular Branch took its present form in June 1993. It was formally recognized, accepted by both the brothers and sisters of the congregation. It had the church approval by the Holy See..
Mission
Who We Are
Who We Are
The mission of the Sacred Hearts Secular Branch is to promote the love in the heart of Jesus. The Charism of the Congregation is the consecration to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.From this consecration our mission has its origin to contemplate,live and proclaim the love in the heart of Jesus as living in Mary.
Membership
Who We Are
Membership
To become a member of the Secular Branch a person must be Catholic in good standing and undergo a formation process. Then after that process is concluded with the approval of the major superior of the nearest community the person is invited to make a formal commitment. The Secular Branch member do not make profession or vows but is committed to the same Charism as the professed member.
About Sacred Hearts Secular Branch
Spirituality
Communities/Candidates
Communities/Candidates
The Secular Branch member should be well informed of the Charism of the Sacred Hearts Congregation and be missioned by it. Study and education in the formation process must be successfully completed typically in 2 years.Aside from being a practicing Catholic, one should be motivated to spend at least an hour in adoration before the Blesse
The Secular Branch member should be well informed of the Charism of the Sacred Hearts Congregation and be missioned by it. Study and education in the formation process must be successfully completed typically in 2 years.Aside from being a practicing Catholic, one should be motivated to spend at least an hour in adoration before the Blessed Sacrament on a weekly if not daily basis . The member should pray and use the Secular Branch Prayer Book provided in the morning and at night.
Communities/Candidates
Communities/Candidates
Communities/Candidates
From the inception of the Secular Branch in about 1997, the first 7 members made their commitment in 1999. Through the years , We have a total of 123 commissioned members and 26 candidates.
Contact Information
Communities/Candidates
Contact Information
For information email SSCCWest@gmail.com or text 951-743-7189/ 909-593-5441