Oct 6, 2022
Welcome to the Winter 2022 edition of the MSC Message!
• Read a special greeting from Fr John Fitzgerald MSC, Director of the MSC Missions Office.
• Find out more about the latest updates from the MSC Centre for the Poor in the Philippines, where the MSC Centre for the Poor Agricultural Cooperative are working to bring brighter prospects to local communities, while nurturing and restoring harmony with the natural world.
• Catch up on the latest news from the mission fields, including updates from our MSC brothers in the Guatemala and Fiji, and our OLSH Sisters in Papua New Guinea and Burkina Faso, West Africa.
• Discover more about the work being done by MSCs in southern Haiti, where homes and communities must be rebuilt following a devastating earthquake in August 2021.
• Fr Alan Neville MSC writes from South Sudan, where he is currently ministering with the Loreto team in Rumbek.
• “Ordinary men answering an extraordinary call from God”: Read a message from Fr Con and Fr Tony, our Vocations Team.
• Find out more about recent celebrations in the Irish Province, where three of our MSC community recently celebrated 50 years of ordination at their Golden Jubilee.
Read the Winter 2022 edition of the MSC Message
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May 18, 2022
Welcome to the Summer 2022 edition of the MSC Message!
• Read a special greeting from Fr John Fitzgerald MSC, Director of the MSC Missions Office.
• Find out more about the visit of our MSC Superior General, Fr Absalón Alvarado MSC, to the Irish Province.
• Catch up on the latest news from the mission fields, including updates from our MSC brothers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique, and our OLSH Sisters in Brazil and Papua New Guinea.
• Read more about the latest updates from our global COVID-19 relief ministry, with a report from the Pacific Islands.
• Discover the ways in which our MSC community in the Philippines is helping survivors of Typhoon Odette.
• Fr Alan Neville MSC writes from South Sudan, where he is currently ministering with the Loreto team in Rumbek.
• Read all about recent celebrations in the Venezuelan Region, where two members of the Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart have marked milestone steps on their missionary journeys.
Read the Summer 2022 edition of the MSC Message
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Apr 13, 2022
MSC Easter Draw 2022
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s MSC Easter Draw!
Prize Winners:
1st Prize: €2,000 Cruise Travel Voucher
A Hughes,
Monaghan, Co. Monaghan.
2nd Prize: €1,500 Sun Holiday Voucher
M Dowling,
Rosslare, Co Wexford.
3rd Prize: €1,000 City Break Voucher
M Flemming,
Tuam, Co. Galway.
4th Prize: €1,000 TV/Audio Voucher
F Mulry,
Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.
5th Prize: €1,000 TV/Audio Voucher
L Mooney,
Belfast, Co. Antrim.
6th Prize: €1,000 Home Furniture Voucher
E Sheehan,
Killarney, Co. Kerry.
7th Prize: €1,000 Home Furniture Voucher
P Bourke,
Clonmel, Co.Tipperary.
8th Prize: €500 Weekend Break Voucher
M Egan,
Birr, Co.Offaly.
9th Prize: €500 Weekend Break Voucher
M Franklin,
Foynes, Co Limerick.
10th Prize: €500 Computer/Tablet Voucher
M O’Sullivan,
Portmagee, Co.Kerry.
11th Prize: €500 Computer/Tablet Voucher
R. Mallon,
Dungannon, Co. Armagh.
12th Prize: €500 Home Decor Voucher
b. Power,
Fenor, Co. Waterford.
13th Prize: €500 Home Decor Voucher
E Boyd,
Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
14th Prize: €500 Garden / Outdoor Voucher
S Dutta,
Edinburgh, Scotland.
15th Prize: €500 Garden / Outdoor Voucher
A Perkins,
Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
16th Prize: €500 Home Appliances Voucher
J Gallagher,
Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo.
17th Prize: €500 Home Appliances Voucher
C Harvey,
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
18th Prize: €500 Hot Air Balloon Voucher
P Horgan,
Birr, Co. Tipperary.
19th Prize: €500 Driving Lessons Voucher
P Fearon,
Dundalk,Co.Louth.
20th Prize: €500 Cookery Class Voucher
M Hamil,
Craigavon, Co. Armagh.
View €200 Shopping Voucher Winners
View €100 Shopping Voucher Winners
All winners will be notified individually.
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who took part in this year’s draw.
This year’s MSC Easter Draw took place on Wednesday, April 13th 2022.
Dec 17, 2021
Please note that the MSC Missions Office will be closed over the Christmas period,
from 4.00pm on December 23rd to 9.00am on January 4th.
With warm wishes to our mission friends everywhere for a happy, healthy, and safe Christmas season.
MSC CHRISTMAS RAFFLE 2021
🌟🎄 Christmas Raffle Prize Winners:🎄 🌟
1st Prize: Shopping voucher to the value of €1,000
A Harney
Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford.
2nd Prize: Jingle Bells & Whistles Luxury Hamper value €500
P Murtagh
Ballymote, Co Sligo.
3rd Prize: All I want for Christmas Hamper value €400
J Mulcahy
Artane, Dublin 5.
4th Prize: Festive Feast Christmas Hamper value €300
B Cox
Charlestown, Co Mayo.
5th Prize: Christmas Eve Luxury Hamper value €200
C Meehan
Askeaton, Co Limerick.
6th Prize: Christmas Eve Luxury Hamper value €200
J McMahon
Walsh Island, Co Offaly.
7th Prize: Christmas Eve Luxury Hamper value €200
O Gallagher
Mullingar, Co Westmeath.
8th Prize: Christmas Eve Luxury Hamper value €200
C Kelly
Loughrea, Co Galway.
9th Prize: Christmas Eve Luxury Hamper value €200
N Irish
Ferrybank, Co Waterford.
10th Prize: Christmas Eve Luxury Hamper value €200
P Cronin
Ballydehob, Co Cork.
Special Seller’s Prize: Christmas Eve Luxury Hamper value €200
P Moloney
Ennis, Co Clare.
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Sep 29, 2021
Welcome to the Winter 2021 edition of the MSC Message!
• Read a special seasonal greeting from Fr Michael O’Connell MSC, Director of the MSC Missions Office.
• Join us as we congratulate Br Giacomo Gelardi on his Perpetual Profession to the Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
• Catch up on the latest news from the mission fields, including the erection of the new MSC Province of the Pacific Islands and an update from our MSC brothers in Ecuador.
• Read more about the latest updates from our global COVID-19 relief ministry, with reports from Vietnam, Fiji, and our OLSH Sisters in the Philippines.
• Fr Alan Neville MSC writes from South Sudan, where he is currently ministering with the Loreto team in Rumbek.
• Read all about the beatification of the martyrs of El Quiché, including three MSC priests and seven lay catechists who were killed for their faith in Guatemala between 1980 and 1991.
Read the MSC Message Winter 2021
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Jul 29, 2021
Welcome to the Summer 2021 edition of the MSC Message!
This summer’s edition of the MSC Message is a slightly different one, as we share just some of the ways in which our MSCs have been working to provide COVID relief aid around the world.
• Read a special message from Fr Michael O’Connell MSC, Director of the MSC Missions Office.
• Find out more about the ways in which MSCs are protecting lives from COVID-19 in India, with reports from Fr Darwin Thatheus MSC, Regional Superior in Bangalore.
• Read about MSC COVID outreach in Brazil, from the distribution of basic care packages to the provision of safe and secure housing for families who have lost their homes.
• Learn more about MSC COVID relief aid in the Philippines, where communities are struggling desperately to fight the pandemic in the wake of appalling typhoons.
• Meet the new MSC Vocations team.
• Read a message from Bro Giacomo Gelardi MSC, who has been ministering throughout the pandemic in Killinarden, Dublin, an area already plagued by issues such as violence and drug and alcohol abuse.
Read the MSC Message Summer 2021
