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.
MSCs battle floods in Kerala, India
In August, much of the state of Kerala, India, was submerged following devastating floods with the highest recorded rainfall in almost 100 years. Indian Union Secretary Fr Syam Kumar MSC writes to tell us about the terrible destruction caused at the Sacred Heart...
Gospel Reflection for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | September 16th
Gospel Reflection In Dialogue with Questions of the Day: When the Church is weak, then she is strong. In our own day, the Church, particularly in Europe and the English-speaking world, is undergoing a crisis, especially because of faulty Church administration,...
New beginnings at the Sacred Heart College, Cameroon
September marks back-to-school season for students all over the world, and the Sacred Heart College in the village of Lada II in Cameroon is no exception! This year, not only are the Sacred Heart family preparing for a new term of hard work and study, they're also...
WMOF 2018: Fr Alan Neville MSC talks to Vatican News
Fr Alan Neville MSC spoke with Lydia O’Kane, Vatican News correspondent, at the Festival of Families in Croke Park on Saturday, August 25th. Reflecting on the sheer joy of this momentous occasion, Fr Alan speaks of the importance of acceptance, togetherness, and...
Gospel Reflection for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time | September 2nd
THE LAW PROTECTS THE LITTLE ONES In today's Gospel reading, Jesus is accused of being a law-breaker. On many occasions the religious elite accused Jesus of breaking the law of Moses. Jesus points out that they have misunderstood the law and its purpose. The highest...
Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2018
Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2018 Our annual Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a beautiful time of reflection and thanksgiving, when we bring our prayers and petitions before Our Lady. Our Novena of Masses runs for nine days and will take place from...
Celebrating old friends and new: World Meeting of Families 2018
After a whirlwind week of WMOF celebrations in Dublin, this weekend’s Papal visit was the crowning glory on a truly wonderful occasion. Saturday’s Festival of Families was a triumph, featuring a joyous, vibrant programme of music, song, and prayer. “One of the most...
MSC Missions hit the ground running at WMOF 2018!
Festivities for this year’s World Meeting of Families kicked off on Tuesday, August 21st – and our Vocations Director, Fr Alan Neville MSC, has been at the heart of the action all week long! Preparations began in earnest on Sunday, as Fr Alan joined Maura, Cini, and...
Congratulations to the MSC Missions Office in the Philippines!
Congratulations to the MSC Missions Office in the Philippines, who were recently awarded Social Welfare and Development Agencies Certification from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Manila “in recognition of their efforts to contribute to the...
Gospel Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | August 19th
Reflection: In Dialogue with Questions of the Day: Jesus Christ the Bread of Life. Redemption. Murmuring. A Sign to be Contradicted. Gospel (John 6:51-58). My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 1. While the discourse on Jesus as the Bread of Life in...