Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary is a Roman Catholic religious order of brothers, priests, and nuns. The priests of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, are also known as the Picpus Fathers, in honor of Picpus Street in Paris, France where the order was founded in 1800. Their post-nominal letters, ss.cc., are the Latin initials for Sacrorum Cordium, i.e. Sacred Hearts.

Establishing the Congregation

On Christmas Eve in 1800, knowing they could face the guillotine for their actions, Father Coudrin and Henriette Aymer de Chevalerie officially established the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, ss.cc. with a mission to spread the message of God's unconditional love as manifested through the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and finding God's mercy through the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

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Christmas Eve - 1800 - Guillotine - Blessed Sacrament

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The original members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, ss.cc. founded new schools for poor children, seminaries to help grow the priesthood of their order and parish missions throughout Europe. At the time of Father Coudrin's death in 1837, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, ss.cc. had 276 fathers and brothers and 1125 sisters.

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Europe - 1837 - 276

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