From the Constitutions of the Society of the Sacred Heart, 1982:

By our charism, we are consecrated
to GLORIFYING THE HEART OF Jesus:
we answer His call
to discover and reveal His love
letting ourselves be transformed by His Spirit
and through our love and service
to radiate the very love of His heart.
by making known the revelation of God's love,
whose source and symbol is for us the Heart of Christ. (4)

The pierced Heart of Jesus
opens our being to the depths of God
and to the anguish of humankind. (8)

Wherever we are sent,
whatever our work may be,
our lives will be inspired by the love of the Heart of Jesus
and the desire of making Him known, expressed in:

• a concern for the growth of the whole person
• a thirst for working towards justice and peace in the world in response to the cry of the poor
• a passion to proclaim the Gospel. (13)