Jules Chevalier's dream of spreading the Good News across the French countryside was soon shattered by the French government's persecution of religious people like himself. His Society was expelled from France in 1880.

As a result of this, the small group of MSC was scattered through Europe, North America and in 1881, as far as the South Pacfic, New Guinea and Australia. Soon the followers of Chevalier were busy in the tasks listed above. They went where people were in need, in trouble or misfortune. It was not long before they were at work in the Philippines, the Pacific Islands, Indonesia and New Guinea/lrian Jaya, Africa, South America and in China.

The MSC located in the Westem Pacfic and Asia are the people of APIA - (ASIA, PACIFIC ISLANDS, AUSTRALIA). This group of nearly 1000 MSC are engaged in countless ways with people of many nations, various religions and all kinds of backgrounds. But their message is the same as Chevalier's, God's Heart goes out to everyone. To do this better the APIA MSC meet regularly for seminars, conferences and board meetings, usually in Manila the geograhical center of APIA.