Oct 30, 2025
This November, we invite you to take part in a very special ceremony of remembrance and thanksgiving, as we celebrate our much-loved Light Up a Memory Mass. This year’s Mass will take place on November 1st, a beautiful way to mark the beginning of the Month of the Holy Souls.
In November, we remember, keeping family, friends, and loved ones who have gone before us in our prayers. This year, we’re inviting old friends and new to take part in a beautiful candlelit evening of music, reflection, and remembrance on Saturday, November 1st at 6.30pm. All are very welcome to join us at the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road, Cork, and the Mass will be streamed live here on our website for those who cannot attend in person.
Grief inevitably touches us all, and the Month of the Holy Souls is a special time to honour fond memories of those we have loved and lost. This November, we come together once again remember specially those who are no longer with us, and to light a candle in tribute to those whose memory we hold dear.
The events of recent years have demonstrated more than ever the tremendous power of unity, community, and love. Those who cannot be with us in person on the night are very welcome to join us on our live stream, and to light a candle in their own homes or in our online candle gallery, where those listed will have a special place in the prayers of our MSC priests.
Through the dark winter nights, the light of remembrance warms our hearts, and the flame of hope continues to burn brightly. Join us as we light up the November darkness and share generations of memories together on All Saints’ night.
Oct 15, 2025
Welcome to the Winter 2025 edition of the MSC Message!Â
- Read a special greeting from Fr John Fitzgerald MSC, Director of the MSC Missions Office.
- Catch up on the latest news from the mission fields, including updates from our MSC brothers in Mozambique and the Philippines.
- Enjoy the latest updates from the Irish Province, with news of our fundraising hike through Gougane Barra and our annual Novenas to the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart.
- Read a special thank you letter from our OLSH Sisters, who are keeping us up to date on mission work completed with funds raised from our annual World Projects Appeal.
- Discover more about Irish Provincial Leader Fr Joe McGee’s recent visit to South Sudan.
- Find the latest pictures and updates from our ongoing ministry in Venezuela.
Please click here to read the Winter 2025 edition of the MSC Message
Oct 14, 2025
On September 30th, a devastating earthquake measuring at a magnitude of 6.9 struck the Cebu Province of the Philippines – reportedly the strongest earthquake ever recorded in Northern Cebu. The earthquake had a shattering impact, killing at least 75 people, injuring over 1,200, and causing huge infrastructural damage, with homes and businesses alike destroyed. Reported as the deadliest earthquake in the country since 2013, it has demolished buildings including churches and hospitals, and ruined countless livelihoods.
MSCs in the region have been providing emergency response aid to as many people as possible in affected communities, with the MSC Centre for the Poor working alongside the MSC Mission Office and several other support teams and volunteers. On October 7th, an outreach programme took place in Bogo City, providing emergency essentials such as food and safe drinking water to over 700 families in Brgy. Anonang Sur.
“The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart – Cebu District conducted a relief operation together with the parishes under their care (Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish-Babag, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Parish-Marigondon, Our Lady of Fatima Parish-Pusok, Nuestra Señora de Regla Parish National Shrine and San Roque Parish-Cordova) and with support from the MSC Mission Office Philippines, Fr. Jules Chevalier, MSC Mission Center, St. Alphonsus Catholic School and MSM Sisters,” reports the Facebook page for the MSC – Center for the Poor Cebu District.
Thanks to the continuing generosity of our mission friends and benefactors here in the Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, we have been able to provide our MSC brothers in the Philippines with emergency financial aid to support their urgent relief projects in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. Please continue to keep them in your prayers as they work to help families and communities across the Cebu district to rebuild their lives in the ongoing wake of this natural disaster.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR MSC MISSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Images via the Facebook page for the MSC – Center for the Poor Cebu District
Oct 11, 2025
This year’s annual Masses for deceased MSCs and Daughters of the Lady of the Sacred Heart will take place around the country in November, as we remember those who have gone before us into God’s loving embrace.
We look forward to welcoming you all as we come together to remember and pray for our deceased members and renew old friendships and acquaintances.
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For those who are unable to attend, the Mass from the Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork, will be live streamed on the internet to allow you to participate. You can access this Mass on a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone by going to www.mscmissions.ie and clicking on the Live Stream link at the top of the page.
We would like to invite you to pray with us during the month of the Holy Souls as we remember the MSCs and Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart who dedicated their lives to the Spirituality of the Heart, and who worked so hard to ensure that the Sacred Heart of Jesus is known and loved everywhere, and by everyone.
The Annual Masses for deceased members of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart will take place as follows:
Sunday 2nd November 2025 at 3pm in:
Woodview House, Mount Merrion Avenue, Dublin Â
Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork
Croi Nua, Rosary Lane, Taylors Hill, Galway
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Sunday 9th November at 2pm in St. Patrick’s Church, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan
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Family and friends of deceased members are invited to attend. If you did not receive a letter of invitation and would like to attend one of the Masses, please email office@mscmissions.ie with your name and the name of your deceased family member.
Aug 7, 2025
Summer has brought wonderful celebrations to the MSC mission in Mozambique, with a beautiful ceremony honouring Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in May, and a special Pentecost Vigil in June.Â
The parish of Santa Marta hosted both events, with all its customary enthusiasm and joy! Fr JosĂ© Eduardo presided over a celebration of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at the end of May, the Month of Mary, and the ceremony was one of “great joy and faith”, “enriched by songs, prayers, and expressions of deep spirituality”.Â
The community gathered to pray together to Our Lady, “who welcomes us with tenderness and leads us to the Heart of her Son Jesus”. “This was a time of renewal of faith, trust and surrender,” writes the Facebook page for MSC Mozambique – a sentiment that resonates with us here as we prepare for our own Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road at the end of August.Â
On Saturday, June 7th, the Pentecost Vigil Mass “brought together youth from the parishes of Vigararia East in the Diocese of Pemba”. Participants were joined by the MSC students on the mission, for an evening of “prayer, reflection, and brotherly sharing, in a true breath of the Spirit that renewed hearts and strengthened the fellowship and missionary fervor of the participants”.Â
The following morning, a Pentecost Mass brought an end to the celebrations, “where everyone gathered as a living Church invoked the Holy Spirit to illuminate and guide the path of youth and mission”.Â
These pictures shared on the Facebook page for MSC Mozambique perfectly embody the wonderful spirit of community and faith in the parish of Santa Marta and beyond, as we continue to keep our MSC brothers and the communities they serve in the Diocese of Pemba in our prayers.Â
Images via the Facebook page for MSC MozambiqueÂ
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Jul 31, 2025
Welcome to the Summer 2025 edition of the MSC Message!
- Read a special greeting from Fr John Fitzgerald MSC, Director of the MSC Missions Office.
- Catch up on the latest news from the mission fields, including updates from the Holy Family Care Centre in Africa, from our MSC brothers in Mozambique, from the MSC Centre for the Poor in the Philippines, and from the Chevalier Training Centre in Fiji.
- Enjoy pictures from Holy Week and Easter celebrations and ceremonies around the world.
- Read a special tribute to the late Pope Francis, and learn more about our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV.
- Fr Alan Neville MSC writes from South Sudan, where he is currently ministering with the Loreto team in Rumbek.
- Find the latest updates from the Province of the Pacific Islands, where this year so far has seen eight young men beginning their pre-novitiate journey, two MSC brothers undertaking their Perpetual Profession, and great celebrations for the ordination of Fr Richard Momo MSC.
Please click here to read the Summer 2025 edition of the MSC Message
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