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International Laity Chevalier Family

The Chevalier Family consists of professed members from the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, as well as other professed groups and many thousands of lay people from 36 countries.

The laity have a very important place within the Chevalier Family sitting alongside the professed members. This was always the vision of Fr. Chevalier for an interconnected operational structure.

At the international level, the governing body of the Laity of the Chevalier Family is not considered to be underneath the professed members and serves alongside the governing bodies of the professed. This is also the vision at the national and local levels and is a work in progress.

The professed and laity are interconnected, each with its own autonomy. This is Synodality in practice. The Laity of the Chevalier Family fulfils a need in people's lives who are called to a lay vocation. This need arises from a desire in people to deepen their spirituality as Catholics and to live their lives committed to following Jesus by living a Spirituality of the Heart as expressed by Jules Chevalier.

We believe that Jesus’ compassionate Heart reveals God’s unconditional love for every human being and all creation. Belief in God’s unconditional love, which is the remedy for the ills of society, transforms our own hearts and at the same time enables us to participate in the healing of creation.

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