Sacred Heart, Brothers of The

Sacred Heart, Brothers Of The,

a lay order in the Roman Catholic Church devoted to the instruction of youth, especially in France, where it was founded by the abbe Coindre in 1826, and whence it extended in 1847 to the United States. The Brothers have academies, orphan asylums, and schools, with more than 600 boys under their care, in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana.