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The Sacred Heart Solidarity Medal is a metal medal that measures 4.5cm x 3cm. It is the beginning of the Sacred Heart Sodality, which is a group of Catholic men and women who unite to honor the love and compassion of the Heart of Christ. The Sacred Heart Sodality was founded in France in the seventeenth century by St. Margaret Mary, and it has since grown in leaps and bounds in the Johannesburg Archdiocese. The Sacred Heart Sodality is the largest sodality in the archdiocese with a membership of about 5000 members.
Sacred Heart Solidarity Medal
Measures 4.5cm x 3cm
metal
The Beginnings of the Sacred Heart Sodality
Each spiritual family in the Church, while rooted in the authentic
teaching and unity of the Church, has its own particular gift and
contribution to make. The gift of the Sacred Heart Sodality is to unite
Catholic men and women, 18 years and older, who wish to honour the love
and compassion of the Heart of Christ in a special way through a life of
worship and service.
During the seventeenth century in France, St. Margaret Mary (right)
was instrumental in the gradual movement towards having the devotion to
the Sacred Heart publically approved by the church.
The beginnings of the Sacred Heart Sodality in Southern Africa date
back to 1895 in Centocow Mission in the Marianhill Diocese where it was
founded by missionary, Fr. Gerard Walpert.
Today the Sacred Heart Sodality in South Africa exists in 29 Dioceses countrywide.
In the Johannesburg Archdiocese the Sodality has grown in leaps and
bounds since its inception 51 years ago. The pioneers and stalwarts who
laid the foundation of this Sodality in Johannesburg include former
Presidents Mrs Constance Nkuna, Mrs Michaeline Morare and Mrs Busisiwe
Futha. It is the largest sodality in the archdiocese with a membership
of about 5000 members and it continues to attract members from all walks
of life. Johannesburg, Klerksdorp, Witbank and Swaziland form the
Johannesburg Metro.
In recent years we have seen a large number of youth joining the
Sodality, and they have proudly nicknamed themselves SHY (Sacred Heart
Youth). Though members of this vast army of believers who subscribe to a
very solid constitution, this group enjoys some degree of autonomy with
regard to their activities, to ensure that the organization remains
relevant to them as young people.
The Sodalitys success lies in the wisdom of the elderly, the vibrancy of the youth and diligence of its leadership.
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