by admin | Mar 21, 2013 | Africa, Communal Work, Compassion, Ireland, Latest News, Overseas Volunteering, Prophetic, Solidarity, The Community, UK, Volunteering
‘The Africa Bug’ Last weekend saw the first gathering of our lay missionary volunteers in Sacred Heart Community, Western Road. It was an opportunity for the four people who are preparing to journey to South Africa for three months to meet up and get to...
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...
by admin | Jan 31, 2013 | Africa, Belonging, Communal Work, Compassion, International, Latest News, Openness, Prophetic, Solidarity
What would possess you to risk your life in the service of others, for decades, in one of the world’s toughest and most dangerous environments? In prison terms, 30 years is a life sentence. It is also the average period spent by Irish missionaries in the field,...
by admin | Oct 18, 2012 | Africa, Communal Work, Compassion, Latest News, Overseas Volunteering, Prophetic, Solidarity, Volunteering
This coming Sunday we celebrate Mission Sunday. It about celebrating the hundreds of years of selflessness, compassion and faith that make up the Mission tradition in Ireland. The theme in Ireland this year is Growing in Communion. We have an example of that growing...
by admin | Oct 9, 2012 | Africa, Communal Work, Compassion, Inspiring Others, International, Ireland, Latest News, Overseas Volunteering, Prophetic, Solidarity, Volunteering, work in the community
On Thursday coming we’re going to be launching the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Volunteer Programme at the DCU Volunteering Expo. We’ll be in the Venue – Students Union from 11:00am to 3:00pm, so if you’re around make sure to say hello....
by admin | Jun 27, 2012 | America, Compassion, Ireland, Latest News, Prophetic, UK
Leah Libresco has caused something of a stir in the US. Most of us in Ireland and England probably never heard of her, but she’s all over CNN at the moment. In the course of her regular atheist blog, ‘Unequally Yoked: a geeky atheist picks fights with her...
