NEWS & MEDIA
The MSC Message: Winter 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...
MSC Missions supporting Cancer Connect services in Co. Cork
The Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is delighted to be able to support the tremendous work being done by the Cancer Connect team in Co. Cork, with a recent donation of €25,000 facilitating the addition of a new car to their fleet. Cancer Connect...
Working together for change in Guatemala
Over the summer months, the Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart has been working to support our MSC brothers in Guatemala, strengthening our long-standing friendship with the community at Centro Faustino Villanueva. A vocational centre dedicated to...
A Golden Jubilee for Irish MSCs
Warmest congratulations to our MSCs Fr John Jennings, Fr Charles J. Sweeney, and Fr Diarmuid O’Murchu, who each celebrated their Golden Jubilee this summer. On August 23rd, each of the three MSCs celebrated 50 years since their ordination, with their Sacred Heart...
A season of compassion: MSC Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2022
Sincere thanks to all who participated in our 2022 Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, which took place from Tuesday, August 31st to Wednesday, September 8th at the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road, Cork. It is with great delight that we were able to...
Sharing the sacraments in the Holy Baquita community on our Mozambique mission
On August 21st, Fr José Eduardo Paixão celebrated with the Holy Baquita community in the district of Metuge, posting pictures on the MSC Mozambique Facebook page to mark this wonderful occasion. A very special day for the community, Fr Eduardo presided over the...
Rebuilding a community on Gilutongan Island, in the Philippines
The latest update from the Typhoon Odette mission response team in the Philippines comes from Gilutongan Island, Cordova, where the MSC Typhoon Odette Housing Project is continuing in its work at full force. With the first batch of materials arriving at the end of...
“Beyond expectation”: Celebrating four years of the MSC Centre for the Poor in the Philippines
Our most recent update from the Philippines comes from Fr Richie Gomez MSC, community leader at the MSC Centre for the Poor. The Provincial Conference for the Philippines took place in August, in person for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic struck, and Fr...
MSC Mozambique mission visits Ibo Island
At the end of July, our MSC Mozambique mission visited Ibo Island, an island situated just off northern Mozambique in the Indian Ocean. Situated over 70km from Pemba, where our mission is based, Ibo Island is also in the province of Cabo Delgado. Fr Eduardo visited...
Aged-care ministry in Papua New Guinea
Early in 2021, the Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart joined forces with the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Papua New Guinea to raise funds for a laundry in their aged-care centre in Port Moresby, as part of our annual MSC World...