NEWS & MEDIA
MSC Summer Appeal 2025: Caring for our common world in the Philippines
The MSC Centre for the Poor (MSC CFTP) was established in Butuan City in the Philippines in 2018, under the leadership of Fr Richie Gomez MSC. Dedicated to helping the poor and marginalised in society, it has a specialised focus on nurturing both...
MSC Summer Appeal 2025: Education in South Sudan
CHANGE FOR GENERATIONS Young women in South Sudan face severe challenges when it comes to education. Following decades of conflict and violence, it is one of the most difficult places in the world for girls to access education and complete their schooling. While...
Singing in the rain! Team MSC hike through Gougane Barra.
Our first official 2025 MSC fundraising hike took place in Gougane Barra on Sunday, July 20th, and despite a weather warning falling on the day, it was a resounding success. A team of 12 hikers, led by Sid from Cork Backpackers and Fiona from the MSC Missions...
Hope, courage & healing: Novena to the Sacred Heart 2025
Our 2025 Novena to the Sacred Heart has come to an end, and it is with truly grateful hearts that we thank everybody who helped to make it such a special occasion for all involved. This year’s Novena took place from Thursday, June 19th to Friday, June 27th, at...
Steady growth at the MSC Centre for the Poor in the Philippines
The community at the MSC Centre for the Poor (MSC CFTP) in the Philippines are hard at work alongside the MSC Centre for the Poor Agriculture Cooperative (MSC CEPAGCO ) as they continue in their mission to build and nurture an ethos of self-sufficiency and...
MSC Missions Lourdes 2025
Pilgrimage Diary On May 25th 2025, a group of 100 pilgrims took off on a five-day pilgrimage to Lourdes, led by Irish Provincial Director and Spiritual Leader Fr Joe McGee MSC. Celebrating the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, each of our pilgrims joined us with their...
Catching up with our friends at the Chevalier Training Centre in Fiji
It’s business as usual at the Chevalier Training Centre in Wainadoi, Fiji, where staff and students work to give up to 75 young men from difficult or disadvantaged backgrounds the best possible prospects for the future. Established by the Missionaries of the Sacred...
Novena to the Sacred Heart 2025
An invitation to join us at our 2025 Novena to the Sacred Heart Our annual MSC Novena to the Sacred Heart is a blessed time of reflection and thanksgiving, when we bring our prayers and petitions before the generous love of the Sacred Heart. This year’s Novena of...
Fun in the sun for our annual Holy Family Fundraiser at the Sacred Heart Church
Heartfelt thanks to all who took part in our recent fundraising event for the children of the Holy Family Care Centre, a care facility for young children run by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, with the support of the MSC, in Ofcolaco, South Africa. The...
Celebrating Holy Week & Easter 2025
“He is Risen!” A worldwide celebration of Holy Week & Easter 2025 It is with joyful and thankful spirits that we look back at a wonderful celebration of Easter in just some of our MSC communities at home and around the world. From darkness...