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Sacred Heart (LEAGUE OF THE or Apostleship)

LEAGUE OF THE, or Apostleship of Prayer in League With the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a confraternity of the Catholic faithful, founded at Vals, in France, 1844, by Father Gautrelet, S. J., with the intention of promoting an apostolic spirit among the young Jesuit students located there. The association, with its motto "Thy Kingdom Come," attracted the pious and soon spread throughout the Catholic world. Father Ramière, S. J., added to the progress of the confraternity by the establishment of the "Messenger of the Sacred Heart of Jesus," which became, in various languages, the monthly organ. Names of members are kept on record and number over 25,000,000 while local centers are around 63,000. There are over 5,000,000 members in the United States.