Mission Ad-Extra

In 1894, Mother Clelia founded the Congregation of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The first Apostles began their mission in the city of Viareggio in the Tuscany region. In 1900, the Foundress sent the first Apostle- Missionaries to assist Italian immigrants, far away in Brazil. Immediately afterwards, other Apostles gladly welcomed the invitation of the Church to carry out their mission in other countries. In 1902 they left for the United States, in 1955 for Switzerland, in 1974 for Argentina, in 1990 for Chile, in 1992 for Albania, in 1994 for Mozambique, in 1997 for Uruguay, in 2001 for Paraguay, in 2002 for Benin, in 2013 for Haiti, in 2016 for Ireland and Portugal, in 2023 for Ghana.

The missionary spirit of the Congregation's origins and its total availability in service of the Church has never subsided.

In his Encyclical "REDEMPTORIS MISSIO" (“Mission of the Redeemer”) Pope John Paul II encouraged institutes of consecrated life to offer their support to the missionary activity of the Church according to their own charism: “immense opportunities for works of charity, for the proclamation of the Gospel, for Christian education, cultural endeavors and solidarity with the poor and those suffering from discrimination, abandonment and oppression.”