Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - Fr. Simione
A NEW BEGINNING
Kia ora. Bula vinaka. My name is Fr. Simione Volavola, M.S.C. I am a member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. We are a religious order of men who have consecrated themselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
With a human heart, God has come to love us here on earth in Jesus and with our consecration to Him, we too continue to be the human hearts through whom God continues to love the world.
Our religious order was founded in Issodun, France by Fr. Jules Chevalier on 8 December, 1854. At the time of great political and social upheaval of the French revolution, Fr. Jules Chevalier was convinced that the remedy was to be found in the depths of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that has now encompassed every human heart. In His heart, all can find the only font of love, healing, unity, and peace.
All the ills of our times can find in the Sacred Heart of Jesus the lasting remedy for which it aches. There are currently 1509 men from all around the world who now witness to this spirituality that the Sacred Heart of Jesus planted in the heart of Jules Chevalier over 170 years ago.
On May 10, 1888, the first French Missionaries of the Sacred Heart arrived in the Pacific islands on the shores of Nonouti atoll in Kiribati. From their ministry has grown the MSC Province of the Pacific Islands consisting of priests and brothers working in parishes, schools, a hostel and a farm training center for the underprivileged.
At the invitation of Archbishop Paul, Fr. Beniata and I arrived in Wellington on 9 December, 2024.
On Easter Sunday, 20 April, 2025, we began our ministry in the parishes of St. Mary in Otaki and St. Joseph in Levin.
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart have found a new home and are blessed to be able to work with our brothers and sisters in these two parishes in spreading the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus everywhere.
