Hubert Linckens MSC, 2022, centenary of his death.
January 29th 1861 is his birth date, 5th October 2022 his death.
There will be more during the year for the MSC Sisters.
Our Founder
Father Hubert Linckens, a Missionary
of the Sacred Heart
was entrusted with the task
of beginning this new Religious Congregation.
He was filled with the charism and spirituality
of his own Founder
Father Jules Chevalier.
Father Linckens had also discovered
in the Heart of Christ
the compassionate love of God for all humanity.
Love should urge and impel us.
It should inflame and animate us.
Hubert Linckens, MSC
Father Hubert Linckens, MSC (1861-1922) founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1900. He gave them the spirit of his own congregation, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Hubert Linckens grew up in the Dutch province of Limburg. At an early age he desired to be a priest and missionary. In 1875 he joined the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Issoudun (France). It was never his aim to found a new congregation. In answer to political pressure he became the founder of the "Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Hiltrup)." He was admired for his supernatural attitude, his dedication to the Congregation and his unselfishness. It was obvious to all that his life was in harmony with the Gospel. He often quoted the Scriptures. He was a true and zealous MSC and loved his congregation. Father Linckens had special organizational abilities. Always careful to fulfil God's will, he handled concrete situations with consistency, far-sightedness and loyalty.
- 1861 Born in Wylre (Netherlands)
- 1886 Priestly Ordination in 's-Hertogenbosch
- 1897 Foundation of the German Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Hiltrup
- 1900 Foundation of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Hiltrup)
- 1922 Died in Hiltrup (Germany)
5th October will be the centenary of his death
