Everywhere: “Walking Together: Building Structures That Serve”
Monday March 31, 2025
General Conference 2025.
The 2025 MSC General Conference will be held in São Paolo Province, Brazil, from September 14 to 28, 2025. The conference theme is “Walking Together: Building Structures that Serve.” This theme emerged from a deep discernment by the General Leadership Team of the post-2023 General Chapter realities encountered in the first year of the present administration. Finding the right structures that support the lived realities of our mission, our members, and our missionary communities will be part of the approach of this Conference.
A logo designed by the GLT supports this theme.
The logo reflects the theme of an invitation to collaboration and a commitment to our shared mission.
The Path: The winding path represents the journey we are undertaking together as a global MSC community toward a shared mission. The path’s movement symbolises transformation, growth, and openness to the future. The variations in colour along the path evoke dynamism, diversity, and progress.
The Heart and the Cross: The red heart, placed centrally within the logo alongside the cross, reminds us of the spirituality that unites us as Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, with the love of Christ being our driving force. The cross simultaneously represents our mission and the sacrifice of Jesus’s heart for the world.
The Human Figures: The three human figures walking together symbolise unity, synodality, and cooperation. They represent all members of the Congregation working in harmony to build beneficial structures that promote the well-being of all.
The Bridge: The bridge symbolises encounter, connection, and the building of relationships that transcend borders, showing the desire to overcome any division and walk together toward a common future.
The Buildings: The buildings represent structures that serve, such as the communities, institutions, and works of the Congregation, which are being renewed and strengthened to serve the mission better.
The Trees: The trees represent life, growth, and hope—essential pillars in MSCs’ mission worldwide. They also allude to creation and our responsibility to care for the environment.
The Circle of Arrows: A symbol of renewal and cyclical processes, the circle of arrows suggests that everything in our mission is interconnected and part of an ongoing transformation process, where each action contributes to the whole.
This logo is a visual representation of our call to walk together in faith and mission, seeking to build a more just, fraternal, and loving world.
Leaders of MSC entities will gather for two days of online preparation on June 23-24, 2025.
Please pray for our coming General Conference.
