by admin | Oct 18, 2015 | Belonging, Communal Work, Community Life, Community Prayer, Compassion, Engaging Vocations, Festivals, Inspiring Others, Latest News, Openness, Our Different Ministries, Overseas Volunteering, Pilgrimage, Prophetic, Solidarity, Spirituality, Volunteering
In 2015 we have been called in a special way to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life. It’s an opportunity to give thanks for the men and women who have worked so selflessly to serve the people of God at home and abroad. It has led the priests and brothers of the...
by admin | Aug 11, 2015 | Belonging, Community Life, Community Prayer, Engaging Vocations, Festivals, Latest News, Openness
It’s a hard knock life really. This summer a group of thirteen young people and four adult leaders had the opportunity to leave behind the clouds and rain for a five day youth festival in Croatia with the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. There we joined other...
by admin | Oct 3, 2013 | Belonging, Communal Work, Community Life, Community Prayer, Compassion, Engaging Vocations, Latest News, Our Values
This autumn, as part of our exciting new vocations programme in Ireland for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart ( MSC ), we invite you to go on a journey of faith. It’s an opportunity to take a step back from the business and rush of your world and listen for that...
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 | May 24, 2013 | Belonging, Community Prayer, Engaging Vocations, Ireland, Latest News, Spirituality, The Community, The People
For those who are considering the possibility of a vocation to priesthood or religious life this coming Sunday something special is happening. As part of Vocations Ireland’s exciting new exploreAway programme for 2013 we are holding a taster afternoon for those...
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...
