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Lenten Services 2021
As we begin our Lenten season and journey this year, we do so after already a long year of limitations and lockdowns. It feels like we have already given up so much. It has been hard. Yet these coming weeks can be a precious time to open our hearts to the Lord who...
As Easy as Baking a Cake – Fr Alan Neville MSC
The biggest dilemma at the start of the month was figuring how to fit the words ‘Celebrating Religious Life’ across a cake. It was for the second of February, the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life, when the Church acknowledges in a special the contribution of...
Congratulations to Miguel Ibarra MSC on his First Profession
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Miguel Ibarra MSC and his fellow novices, Erik Bryan de Mattos MSC and Witalo Souza de Jesus MSC on their First Profession on Tuesday night. Miguel is a member of our MSC Region in Venezuela and has just completed his...
Mock Exams and Real Life in South Sudan- Fr Alan.
Life is filled with key moments that help shape us into the person we are today. Many are unique to our story and depend on our different circumstances, but some are shared and have become part of our culture. I would argue that in Ireland one of the biggest, most...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2021: Typhoon victims in the Philippines
In the middle of November 2020, the Philippines was hit by Typhoon Vamco (known locally as Typhoon Ulysses), which left in its wake loss of life, severe flooding and damage amounting to millions of euro. Typhoon Vamco was the most powerful typhoon to hit the country...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2021: Educating disadvantaged youths in the Congo
Last year, our World Projects Appeal introduced you to the children of the Yetsi region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Bishop Toussaint Iluku MSC was raising funds to build a school in an area of extreme poverty and hardship. The Democratic Republic of...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2021: Holy Family Centre South Africa
Founded in 2002, the Holy Family Care Centre in South Africa has been run by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart with the support of the MSC for almost 20 years, under the leadership of Sr Sally Duigan FDNSC. The Holy Family facility provides invaluable care...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2021: Transforming lives in Brazil
The Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) first began their work in Brazil, in the city of Alfenas, 100 years ago. Today, they continue to help local communities all over the country, wherever and whenever they are needed most. Community cars for pastoral...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2021: 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.” [gallery type="rectangular"...
Feliz Navid and Thanks from Ecuador del Futuro
Feliz Navidad! A heart warming token of gratitude from the Community of Ecuador that received funding from your donations that helped...