Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

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Catholic religious institute clerical religious congregation of pontifical right

The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1854 by Jules Chevalier in France, dedicated to spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through pastoral, missionary, and social ministries worldwide.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart canonical	8
Australian Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart	1
Brazilian Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart	1
French Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart	1
Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart	1
Lay Missionaries of the Sacred Heart	1
United States Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4147743 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Context triple: [Norberto Strotmann Hoppe, religiousOrder, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart]

A. Missionaries of the Holy Family
The Missionaries of the Holy Family is a Roman Catholic religious congregation dedicated to promoting and supporting Christian family life in the spirit of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
B. Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, commonly known as the Claretian Missionaries, is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret dedicated to evangelization, education, and social ministry worldwide.
C. Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of priests and brothers dedicated to evangelizing the poor and serving in challenging missionary territories worldwide.
D. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, spiritual formation, and social service, especially through schools and institutions worldwide.
E. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
The Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, social justice, and pastoral ministry worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Target entity description: The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in 1854 by Jules Chevalier in France, dedicated to spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through pastoral, missionary, and social ministries worldwide.

A. Missionaries of the Holy Family
The Missionaries of the Holy Family is a Roman Catholic religious congregation dedicated to promoting and supporting Christian family life in the spirit of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
B. Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, commonly known as the Claretian Missionaries, is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret dedicated to evangelization, education, and social ministry worldwide.
C. Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of priests and brothers dedicated to evangelizing the poor and serving in challenging missionary territories worldwide.
D. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, spiritual formation, and social service, especially through schools and institutions worldwide.
E. Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary
The Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women dedicated to education, social justice, and pastoral ministry worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic religious institute ⓘ clerical religious congregation of pontifical right ⓘ
approvedBy	Holy See ⓘ
belongsToSpiritualFamily	Chevalier Family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
educationalApostolate	secondary schools ⓘ seminaries ⓘ
foundedBy	Jules Chevalier ⓘ
foundedInPlace	Issoudun, France ⓘ
foundedInYear	1854 ⓘ
governanceForm	centralized under a Superior General ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	M.S.C. ⓘ MSC ⓘ
hasClericalStatus	clerical ⓘ
hasFemaleBranch	Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart ⓘ Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Chevalier family of congregations) ⓘ linked to: Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
hasFounderRole	Jules Chevalier, priest of the Diocese of Bourges ⓘ
hasGeneralateLocation	Rome, Italy ⓘ linked to: Rome
hasLatinName	Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu ⓘ
hasLayBranch	Lay Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ linked to: Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.msc-chevalier.org ⓘ
hasProvince	Australian Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ linked to: Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Dutch Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ French Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ linked to: Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ linked to: Missionaries of the Sacred Heart United States Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ linked to: Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
hasSuperiorGeneralTitle	Superior General ⓘ
liturgicalFeast	Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
motto	May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere ⓘ
operatesInContinent	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ
primaryCharism	promoting devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ
primaryMinistry	education ⓘ health care ministry ⓘ missionary work ⓘ parish ministry ⓘ pastoral ministry ⓘ retreat work ⓘ social ministry ⓘ youth ministry ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrderType	male religious congregation ⓘ
spiritualityFocus	devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ
vows	chastity ⓘ obedience ⓘ poverty ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norberto Strotmann Hoppe → religiousOrder → Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ

subject linked to: Diocese of Chosica

Monivae College → religiousOrder → Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ

Monivae College → governingBody → Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ

Monivae College → foundedBy → Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ

Catholic Church missionary institutes → includes → Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ

Missionaries of the Sacred Heart → hasLayBranch → Lay Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ⓘ