The Brothers of the Sacred Heart, a religious order of men, was founded in Lyons, France, in 1821.  The founder was Andre' Coindre, a diocesan priest.  His chief mission was the moral, intellectual and religious development of young boys left in distress by the disintegration of family life following the French Revolution.

The arrival of the Brothers in Mobile, Alabama, in 1847 signaled the beginning of the transformation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart from a strictly French institution to a worldwide congregation.

The Brothers' work did not remain limited to Mobile for very long.  In the mid-1850's, they established St. Stanislaus College in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and in 1869, St. Aloysius College in New Orleans.  Continued expansion resulted in the establishment of St. Vincent's Academy (Catholic High School today) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and several other schools and orphanages in Midwestern states, in the South and South-Eastern United States, as well as in New York, New England, and Canada.

Today, the Brothers of the Sacred Heart of the New Orleans Province serve schools in Mobile, Alabama; Ganado, Arizona; Bay St. Louis, Mississippi; and New Orleans, Thibodaux, Houma, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.