by admin | Sep 24, 2013 | America, Communal Work, Community Life, Community Prayer, Latest News
It was an interesting experience. One of my first Masses here in Maracaibo, Venezuela was celebrated with a packed church in pitch darkness. I had an altar server with a torch, prodigious endurance and a steady hand. This isn’t a tradition or idiosyncrasy of the...
by admin | Sep 7, 2013 | America, Belonging, Communal Work, Compassion, Latest News, Prophetic, Solidarity, What we do
What does it mean to be a Missionary of the Sacred Heart? Who are we and what do we do? How are we different from the diocesan priests and members of other religious congregations? It’s a difficult question to answer, but perhaps the best I can do is to show...
by admin | Aug 3, 2013 | America, Belonging, Engaging Vocations, Festivals, Latest News, Openness, World Youth Day
Following World Youth Day in Rio 2013 some of the young people with the MSC Vocations team reflect on the week’s highlights. Kieran Torbuck One of my favourite experiences of the World Youth Day (WYD) so far had to be the visit to the Sugar Loaf Mountain....
by admin | Jun 7, 2013 | Africa, America, Belonging, Communal Work, Compassion, Ireland, Latest News, Prophetic, UK, What we do
“You are authentic disciples of Jesus Christ,” said Pope Francis when he was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Speaking about the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, he spoke of their ministry, saying “only a priest in love with the Lord can renew a...
by admin | May 25, 2013 | Africa, America, Belonging, Engaging Vocations, Festivals, Ireland, Latest News, Our Values, Overseas Volunteering, Pilgrimage, Solidarity, The Community, UK, Volunteering, World Youth Day
Yesterday was all about engagement. It’s more than just a buzz word. It’s about looking at how we as a Church in general and as vocations directors in particular outreach to young people. Sixty vocations directors from a wide variety of religious...
by admin | Feb 15, 2013 | Africa, America, Belonging, Communal Work, Community Life, Community Prayer, Compassion, Ireland, Latest News, Openness, Our Values, Prophetic, Solidarity, Spirituality, UK, What we do
Last week I was at a talk in Dublin on the work of the VSO and the future of overseas volunteering after 2015. All in all an interesting morning with good contributions from representative of the UN, the European Parliment and academia. They also invited Fr. Fachtna...
