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.

Mission in the Hawaiian Islands

In 1827, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, ss.cc. set off on a new mission that would become their hallmark accomplishment. The religious order organized teams of missionaries to settle in the several Pacific Ocean islands to spread the Gospel, build churches and cultivate new faithful.

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1827 - Pacific Ocean

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Nowhere in the Pacific Islands did the presence of Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, ss.cc. most inspire its people but in the Kingdom of Hawaii. They established what is now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu and built the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States. Hawaii's first six bishops, from 1833 to 1940, were members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, ss.cc.

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Kingdom of Hawaii - Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu - Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace - Cathedral - United States - 1833 - 1940

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