NEWS & MEDIA
Farm to table: Sustainable living in the Philippines at the MSC Centre for the Poor
Established in 2018, the MSC Centre for the Poor is located in the city of Butuan in the Philippines, and focuses on harnessing the gifts of the natural world to combat poverty, unemployment, and the exploitation of the ecosystem – work in which “everyone is called to...
Congratulations to Miguel Ibarra and Yordy Blanco: Celebrations for the MSC Missionary Community of Venezuela
The beginning of 2022 has brought great joy for the MSC community in the Venezuelan Region, with Miguel Ibarra MSC renewing his vows on Saturday, January 29th, and Yordy Blanco MSC making his First Profession on Wednesday, February 2nd. Vow renewal of Miguel Ibarra...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2022: “Bakery Bread at the Table” in Brazil
The Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Itajubá, located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, are raising funds to launch a new project titled “Bakery Bread at the Table”. The funds raised will purchase the machinery to equip a bakery, which will primarily...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2022: OLSH Global Outreach
The Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) are a vital part of our Sacred Heart Family, working all over the world, often in partnership with MSCs, under our shared motto: “May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be everywhere loved.” OLSH MINISTRY IN BRAZIL There are...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2022: MSCs reaching out in Fiji
EDUCATION AT THE CHEVALIER TRAINING CENTRE Established by MSCs in 1992, the Chevalier Training Centre is located in Wainadoi, in Namosi, Fiji, and offers a practical education to up to 75 underprivileged boys and young men, who have no other opportunity to learn the...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2022: MSCs caring for the elderly in India
MSCs in Coimbatore, India, are raising funds to set up the Chevalier Centre for Change, a day-care centre for the elderly that aims to “change the lives of those who have little hope”. MSCs in Coimbatore are responding to the needs to the local community by setting up...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2022: Sowing seeds of hope in Guatemala
Founded by MSCs in 1984, Centro Faustino Villanueva is a vocational centre dedicated to helping disadvantaged youths, located in the rural region of San Agustin, Alta Verapaz, in Guatemala. With the motto “Open doors to education”, the centre currently works with 215...
OLSH Sisters worship with remote communities in Brazil
OLSH Sisters in Mirinzal, in northern Brazil, minister to local communities across the region in a variety of roles. The parish here is responsible for 18 small chapels, where people can meet, worship, and pray together. These chapels are located in extremely remote...
“React, respond, and rescue”: The MSC Centre for the Poor responds to Typhoon Odette
Fr Richie Gomez MSC, community leader at the MSC Centre for the Poor, located in Butuan, updates us on the current situation in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Odette, which struck on December 16th, 2021. In a letter to Irish Provincial Superior Fr Carl...
“My eyes have seen the abundance of the wonders of God”: A letter from the Amazon region
Luis Carlos Araújo Moraes MSC is a member of the Brazilian Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Recently, he spoke with The Irish Catholic newspaper, sharing his experience as a missionary working in the Amazon region. The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart...