NEWS & MEDIA
MSCs educating for a brighter tomorrow in the Philippines
Members of the MSC Mission Office in the Philippines recently paid a visit to the students at an MSC-run educational programme in Saints Peter and Paul Parish Learning Centre, in Tubod, Surigao del Norte. For the past two years, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in...
Celebrating the sacraments in Mozambique
November was a busy time for the MSC mission in Mozambique, where the celebrations of Baptism, Communion, and Confirmation took place throughout the month. Early November saw Confirmations taking place in the community...
Things you need to know before becoming a Missionary of the Sacred Heart
If you really want to become a Missionary of the Sacred Heart you should know from start that during your religious life you have to proclaim that God is Love (1Jn 4:18). At the beginning they will teach you that “as Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, we must be...
A Restless Heart Looking For God
A Hole in Your Heart I thought to share with you the story of my vocation. My vocation began in my heart. A hole in my heart. Maybe you heard Pascal’s intuition of a God-shaped hole in the heart of each human being that only God can fill it. Or more likely Saint...
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 MSC Christmas Raffle!
MSC Christmas Raffle 2019 Prize Winners: 1st Prize: Shopping voucher to the value of €1,000 J. & J. Cassidy Nenagh, Co. Tipperary 2nd Prize: Festive Feast Hamper O. McGahon Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan 3rd Prize: Supreme Christmas Hamper J. Dunne Dundalk, Co....
A 2019 Christmas Blessing from Fr Michael
Dear Friends, As we prepare to bid farewell to another year, I wanted to take a moment to pause in reflection and gratitude for the blessings that 2019 brought, and of course, for your friendship to our missionaries. 2019 has been another year to remember. Beginning...
“Thank you for your great generosity of heart!”: A message from Yaoundé, Cameroon
It is with great joy that we recently received an update from our MSC brothers at the Sacred Heart Bilingual College in Lada II, a small village situated 25km from Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. Back in the summer of...
Gospel Reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent | December 15th
Gospel Reflection Jesus Christ, the cause of our joy. Are you the one who is to come, or have we got to wait for someone else? The Gospel (Matthew 11:2-11) In that Gospel passage, John, the precursor of the One who was to come, proclaimed that One to Come would have...
Praying together: 2019 Pastoral Assembly in Mozambique
At the end of October, the 2019 pastoral assembly took place over a period of three days in the missionary area of Melquibi, Mozambique. Over 70 people from the surrounding regions joined in the assembly, celebrating the...
An evening of remembrance at the MSC Light Up a Memory Mass 2019
The evening of Saturday, November 30th, saw the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road in Cork filled with the light of hundreds of candles, each flame marking the memory of a treasured loved one who is no longer with us. November is traditionally a time to remember,...