World Congress on Sacred Heart devotion

(February 25, 2011) The first world congress on the Sacred Heart of Jesus that is being organized this year in the birthplace of the devotion in France, is inviting people to reflect on and spread God’s love for all. The Oct. 6-11 congress in Paray-le-Monial aims to renew the sense of hope worldwide in the knowledge of God's unconditional love for humanity, through the promotion of personal relationship with Jesus, Christ-centred families, and a worldwide mission to bring this message to all people. One of the congress organizers, Father William Petrie, provincial superior of the U.S. East Province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, said that the world’s first Sacred Heart Congress was being held in the place where the tradition of enthronement of the Sacred Heart in the home originated in 1907. He said at the congress training will be given to promoters who would be available to share the information on enthronement in their dioceses and parishes. He said the Sacred Heart of Jesus is an ongoing reminder of living by the great law of love of God and love of neighbour. “This personal relationship begins in the home. It is the ‘domestic Church,’" Fr. Petrie added.