Open to the

Holy Spirit...

 

a personal discovery of the

love of God...

 

revealed in Jesus Christ

with his human heart

 

 

 

Incarnation (Jn 1:14)

Epiphany (Titus 3:4)

 

A special place for Mary

Concern for the

problems of

people: “le mal moderne,”

 

with an emphasis on the uniqueness of each person

A strong sense of mission without limits:

·   open to all kinds of work

·   three branches of the family (religious, secular clergy, laity)

·   the Gospel with all its consequences

·   everywhere

A Schema representing the founding charism of Fr Jules Chevalier

 

Devised by Fr Kees Braun MSC

Jules Chevalier had the Charism of a founder.  A charism is not something one makes up oneself; it a gift of the Holy Spirit. For Jules Chevalier it evolved from his personal experience of the discovery of God, revealed in Jesus Christ, who loves us with a human heart. It was particularly inspired by his understanding of the Incarnation and the Epiphany as the revelation of God’s love in the person of Christ.  His founding intuition includes a special place for the role of Mary, the first disciple of the Heart of Christ.  The personal experience of God’s love was so important for him that it became his mission. In this Jules’ idea of mission was very broad. He had a strong sense of mission ‘without limits’. In the immediate moment his concern was for the ‘mal moderne’ as he saw it in France and in his sense of mission he put a strong emphasis on the uniqueness of every person.  But mission for him would not be confined to the “mal moderne” in France, or even just to Issoudun.  He had an equally strong sense of mission without limits; one that would be open to all kinds or work/apostolate, be carried out by three “branches” of the MSC family (MSC religious, associated diocesan priests and laity), that would embrace the Gospel with all its consequences, and that would be everywhere (ubique terrarium).