Fr Alan’s Journey in South Sudan
Fr Alan left Ireland to help with the Missionaries in South Sudan at the beginning of Covid.
Follow his journey for some amazing insights to life in South Sudan.
Fr Alan in South Sudan: Endings and Beginnings
It has been a busy few months in the Catholic University of South Sudan, Rumbek and, as always, life is filled with activity. The economic crisis has deepened, due to the war in Sudan and runaway inflation here. Teachers, nurses, policemen, and civil servants have now...
Building blocks for the future as the MSC ecobrick project tackles plastic waste in the Philippines
The MSC community in Manila, capital of the Philippines, have been working on an ongoing project where discarded plastic bottles are repurposed and made into “ecobricks”, finding new life as fences, planter boxes, outdoor furniture, altar decorations, and even chapel...
The MSC Message: Summer 2024
Welcome to the Summer 2024 edition of the MSC Message! • Read a special greeting from Fr John Fitzgerald MSC, Director of the MSC Missions Office. • Read all about the ordination of Fr Gabriel Shikongo MSC, which took place in Swakopmund, Namibia, as he celebrates his...
Celebrating milestones at the MSC Missions Office
The month of June saw great celebrations in the MSC Missions Office in Cork, as we marked the outstanding dedication and loyalty of our Missions Office team with long-service awards for six of our staff members. Our Missions Office on the Western Road, Cork, is manned...
Fr Gabriel Shikongo First Anniversary as MSC
Image Source: NBC All of us here in the MSC Community are sending our warmest congratulations as he is nearing his first anniversary on becoming a fully ordained MSC. This is a piece that NBC Digital News did on his ordination....
“Feeding our Future”: The MSC Centre for the Poor completes stage one of their feeding programme for children in the Philippines
The MSC Centre for the Poor in the Philippines has launched the first phase of a feeding programme for vulnerable children in Libis Baesa, a highly populated region in the city of Calcoon. The feeding programme will run for several months, with this first stage haven...
Fr Alan in South Sudan: Holy Week in a Heatwave
Phone calls from home have bemoaned the state of the weather with a familiar regularity. Ireland, they say, is a great country, if only you could roof it. While a strong argument could be made for such a national feat of engineering, I believe that the constant rain,...
Alleluia! A global celebration of Holy Week & Easter 2024
It is with joyful hearts that we look back at a truly glorious celebration of Easter for some of our MSC communities at home and around the world. A message of hope from Mozambique The Easter celebrations in Mozambique were led by Fr José Eduardo Paixão and Fr Roney...
Celebrating the new MSC Indian Province
Warmest congratulations to our MSC brothers in India, on the establishment of the new MSC Indian Province! Previously the Indian Union, Saturday, March 16th saw the official erection of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart India as a formal Province. Fr Darwin Thateus...
MSC EASTER DRAW RESULTS 2024
MSC Easter Draw 2024 Congratulations to the winners of this year's MSC Easter Draw! Prize Winners: 1st Prize: €2,000 Cruise Travel Voucher T. Lowry, Westport, Co. Mayo. 2nd Prize: €1,500 Sun Holiday Voucher M. Smyth, Naas, Co. Kildare. 3rd Prize: €1,000 City Break...