Sacred Heart

From 1 January 2025, Father Cristóbal Fones, SJ, will take up the role of International Director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. This Pontifical work, established by Pope Francis in 2018, promotes prayer at the heart of Church’s mission as well as the spirituality...

In Pope Francis’s latest encyclical, Dilexit Nos, he underlines the great devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, present in a special way in Jesuit spirituality. Lending credence to this deep devotion, Father General Arturo Sosa renewed the Society’s consecration to the Sacred Heart...

On 24 October 2024, Pope Francis published his fourth encyclical, “Dilexit nos” (Latin for “He loved us”). This encyclical focuses on the theme of human and divine love as embodied in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Released amidst a world troubled by war...

Reaffirming the Jesuits’s ancient and intimate bond with devotion to the Sacred Heart, Father Arturo Sosa visited the shrine of Paray-le-Monial to renew the Society’s consecration to the Heart of Jesus.

“The Society of Jesus cannot exist if its heart is not in tune with the heart of Jesus. We are a human group “with a heart”, that is, sensitive, capable of being moved and shaken by different winds. We are a body called to discern...”

In the Catholic tradition, while May is known as “the month of Mary”, June is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Since the 17th century, when Father Claude de la Colombière was given the mission of promoting this devotion which is essentially based on the love...

To pray to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is to respond to His love by expressing our own love for Him and for all that He cherishes. During the month of June, we are especially encouraged to dedicate our prayers to the Sacred Heart.

On Sunday 31 July, Fr Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Jesuits, brought to a close the Ignatian Year, with which the Society of Jesus commemorated the 500th anniversary of the conversion of Ignatius of Loyola. Fr Sosa did so by inviting his listeners to “commit themselves generously to the service of others, with total dedication”.

The renewal of the consecration of the Society of Jesus to the Heart of Jesus challenges us to reflect on the relevance of this devotion in our lives.

This consecration will not only conclude the Ignatian Year, but continue to foster the current of grace which has been flowing in people’s hearts since May 2021. Father General chose this consecration of the Society to the Sacred Heart. For Jesuits, it unites word and symbol in a special way.