" Monday. — You will look on yourself as a crimirMl, who desires to appease his judge by sorrow for his sins, and who is ready lo make salistaction to his justice. Y'on will enter in spirit into the heart of Jesus, in order to euclose yourself iu that prison of love.
" Tuesday. — You will enter into the heart of .Tesus as into a school, in which you are one of his disciples. In this school is learned the science of the saints, the science of pure love, which makes us lorijet all worldly sciences.
" Wednei<day.— You will enter into the heart of Jesus as a passenger into a ship.
'" Thursday.— Yon will enter into the heart of Jesns Christ as a. friend who is invited to the/cnrf of his friend. On this day you will perform all your actions iu the spirit of love.
" Fiidatj. — You will contemplate Jesns on the cross as a tender mother, ■w\\o has brought you I'orih in his heart, with inexpressible paius ; you will repose in his arms as a child in the arms of its mother.
" Satnrday. — You will offer yourself to the heart of Jesus as a victim coming up to the temple to be immolated aud led before the sacrilicer." — Eadie, Eccles. Cyclop, s. v.
SACRED HEART (of Jesus), Ladies of the, a re- ligious congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, founded in Paris Nov. 21, 1800, and devoted to educa- tion. In that j'ear .Joseph Desire Varin, superior of the Fathers of the Faith, desirous of establishing a society of women who would devote themselves to the educa- tion of young ladies of the higher classes, selected Ma- deleine Sophie Louise Barat and Octavie Bailly. On Nov. 21 they consecrated themselves to the Heart of Jesus, and opened a school in Paris. They removed to Amiens in 1801, where both their community and pu- pils increased rapidly. Madame Barat was chosen su- perior in 1802, branch establishments were Ibunded, and in 1806 a first chapter of the order was held, at which that lady was chosen superior-general, which post she retained till her death, in 18(5.'). Pere Varin completed his draft of the proposed constitutions in 182.5, and they were approved by Leo XII Dec. 22, 1826. Being invited by the pope to Rome, they established them- selves in the convent and church of Trinita de' Monti. They spread thence to the chief cities of Italy, and soon owned flourishing schofils in Austria, Bavaria, Prussia, Belgium, England, and Ireland. They had come to the United States in 1817 with bishop Dubourg, of New Orleans, and founde<l a house near St. Louis, Mo. Their
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increase in this country is chiefly owing to the late archbishop Huglies, to INIaciame Elizabeth Gallitzin, and especially to Madame Aloysia Hardey, who founded the majority of the American houses. They opened a school at the corner of Houston and Mulberry streets, New York, and now the order has spread to the princi- pal states of the Union, to the Canadian provinces, Cuba, and Chili. The rides and constitutions are closely modelled on those of the Society of Jesus in all that re- gards the conditions for membership, training, degrees, elections, etc. The members employed in teaching and governing are styled "choir religious," the others "lay sisters." According to Appletons' Cychquediit , the or- der had (1875) : " In France, 8 provinces and 42 estab- lishments, including i in Algiers ; the province of Bel- gium and Holland, with 4 establishments; that of Eng- land and Ireland, with 5 ; that of Itah', with 5 ; that of Spain, with 3 ; and that of Austria, with 5. In America, they had in the United States 3 provinces, with 21 houses; the province of Canada, with 5; and the prov- ince of Chili, with 5, besides an establishment at Ha- vanna. The number of 'choir religious' was 2325, and that of lay sisters 1947; total 4272. The central house of the whole order and the residence of the superior- general is in the Boulevard des Invalides, Paris."
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SACRED HEAET (of Mary), Okder of the, a so- ciety of nuns estal)lished at Baiige, in France, by the abbe Brault in 1755, and devoted to the care of the in- firm and neglected, especially during the French Revo- lution.
Sacred Hearts (of Jesus and Mary), Congrrga- TiON OF THE, a religious order in the Roman Catboli Church, founded at Poitiers in 1800 by M. Coudrin and Madame Ayme de la Chevallerie, for the cultivation of personal piety (hence it is sometimes styled the Order of the Perpetual Adoration of the Holy Host), the edu- cation of youth, missionary labors, etc. The Congrega- tion has houses in various parts of France. See Migne, Diet, des Ordres Reliyieux, iv, 1277 sq.
Sacrificati, Christians who, to avoid condemnation before a heathen tribunal, had offered sacrifice to an idol. When such persons, after the persecution was over, re- turned to the Church, they were obliged to undergo a very rigid penance before they coidd be readmitted info its fellowship. Sacrifcnti is their denomination as penitents, after their return to the faith. Those who continued in idolatry were simply apostates. See Li-