Thursday, 18 July 2024 22:14

Heart of Life Centre transition of Directors

Heart of Life Centre transition of Directors

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Clare Shearman, retiring director, writes

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On a personal note, I would like to thank the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart for the opportunity to serve as Director and Relations Manager since 2020.  Both roles have given me a chance to observe the work of the Holy Spirit firsthand.  I am a Heart of Life person, someone who has been led into a closer relationship with the Sacred Heart of Jesus by the work of this place, and I shall forever be thankful for that.

Alison McKenzie, our new director, arrived in Melbourne this week and shares a thought about her arrival below.  I hand over to Alison and the wonderful Heart of Life team with deep gratitude and look forward to watching and hopefully participating in Heart of Life’s next chapter.

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A word from our new Director, Alison McKenzie

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A dear MSC friend of mine is known often to quote: To be human is to be messy.  

Walking out of one door, through another, into Heart of Life has brought all the insecurities and uncertainties that mark my own human messiness to the fore.

This image of a door, taken in Issoudun, the place where our MSC understanding of life and love began, depicts very nicely how I am feeling – firmly in the place I should be, carrying the marks of fully lived life with a heart that connects inside to outside. 

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From all I know and have seen so far, the door also reflects what is at the core of Heart of Life – a place that is strong and firmly attached to its foundation and completely committed to embracing the messiness of life, offering healing and hope to all who come through its door. 

Heart of Life truly reflects the vision of our founder, Father Jules Chevalier who was deeply moved by the evils that afflicted the people of his time. As he contemplated the Heart of Christ, in whom is revealed the compassionate love of the Father, he discovered there the remedy for the ills of his time. (Constitution 3-4)

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