NEWS & MEDIA
A Christmas message from Fr John
Please note that the MSC Missions Office will be closed over the Christmas period, from 4.00pm on Friday, December 23rd to 9.00am on Tuesday, January 3rd. With warm wishes to our mission friends everywhere for a happy, healthy, and safe Christmas season. Nollaig Shona...
Christmas at Croi Nua
Advent is well underway at Croi Nua, our MSC spirituality centre in Co. Galway, with a three-day Christmas retreat taking place from Thursday, December 15th to Saturday, December 17th. The Christmas retreat will be led by Fr Patsy Kelly MSC, in preparation for the...
Fr Alan in South Sudan: Advent
It’s Advent in South Sudan, which means that everybody is busy with endings and beginnings. It is a beautiful time here right now, as the rains ended in October and the land is still green. We have been enjoying a time of relative security for the last few months,...
Candlelight prayer at our Light Up a Memory Mass 2022
Now in its ninth year, our annual Light Up a Memory Mass has become a much-loved and highly anticipated tradition each year, since the first ceremony took place in November of 2014. This year’s candlelight memorial Mass took place on the evening of Saturday, November...
New beginnings at the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road, Cork
As we come towards the end of the year, so too do we mark the beginning of a new chapter for the Sacred Heart Parish on the Western Road, Cork, as we bid a fond farewell to outgoing parish priest Fr Tom Mulcahy MSC, and welcome Fr Con Doherty MSC as he steps into the...
Share the joy of Christmas with gifts and keepsakes from MSC Missions
Christmas is the season of goodwill, giving, and love – and this year, you can embrace the spirit of the season by choosing a gift that gives back. Our festive collection of Christmas keepsakes offer a whole host of gift ideas, for loved ones or as an extra-special...
An international celebration: Bishop Fintan Gavin travels from Cork to Italy to ordain Fr Giacomo Gelardi MSC
Warmest congratulations to Fr Giacomo Gelardi MSC, who was ordained to the priesthood on Saturday, November 19th, 2022. The ordination ceremony was led by Bishop Fintan Gavin of Cork and Ross, who travelled to Italy for the great occasion, with the Mass taking place...
An invitation to join us in prayer at our 2022 Light Up a Memory Mass
November is a sacred time to remember, as we keep in our prayers family, friends, and loved ones who have gone before us. This year, we are glad to invite old friends and new to take part in our annual Light Up a Memory Mass, which will be celebrated on Saturday,...
Mental Health & Wellbeing Workshops at Croi Nua
Croi Nua, our MSC spirituality centre in Co. Galway, are hosting two sessions on mental health and wellbeing as part of their 2022 Autumn programme. The first session will be led by Eoghan MacDomhnaill from Jigsaw, the national centre for mental health, which offers a...
Planning for a hopeful future in Guatemala
As the school year comes to a close at the MSC-run Centro Faustino Villanueva in Guatemala, Fr Jairo Uriel Sevilla Mendoza MSC, Director of the centre, writes in gratitude for the support of mission friends here in the Irish Province, which is enabling great progress...