NEWS & MEDIA
“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...
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...
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...
Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2022
Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2022 Our annual Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a beautiful time of reflection and thanksgiving, when we bring our prayers and petitions before Our...
The Sacred Heart family helping typhoon survivors in the Philippines
As the people of the Philippines continue to rebuild their homes, lives, and livelihoods following the devastation caused by Typhoon Odette in December 2021, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and...
MSC Summer Appeal 2022: Ministry for war refugees in Mozambique
MINISTRY FOR WAR REFUGEES IN MOZAMBIQUE In March 2018, our MSC mission was established in the diocese of Pemba, Mozambique – a very poor part of the country, with little to no church infrastructure...
MSC Summer Appeal 2022: Helping the homeless in Brazil
HELPING THE HOMELESS IN BRAZIL Founded in 2012, the Albergue da Misericórdia is a shelter for homeless men run by MSC missionaries in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro. Translated from Portuguese, the...
The Bishop of Pemba visits our MSC mission in Mozambique
In mid-July, our MSC mission in Mozambique welcomed the Bishop of the Diocese of Pemba, Dom Juliasse, to the district of Metuge, where he celebrated Mass and spent a very special day with the...
Fr Alan in South Sudan: A visit from the MSC Superior General
Soon after arriving in South Sudan in November 2020 for my current appointment, I received a WhatsApp message from Fr AbzalĂłn, the Superior General of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, wishing...
Typhoon relief efforts continue in the Philippines
In the latest update from our MSC brothers in the Philippines, we learn of their ongoing commitment to helping survivors of Typhoon Odette to regain security and quality of life. On June 10th, the MSC Task Force Typhoon Odette travelled to Guilotungan Island in...
Forming the future at the Chevalier Training Centre in Fiji
A new term has begun at the Chevalier Training Centre in Fiji, where every year, up to 75 underprivileged boys and young men are given the opportunity to learn the skills they need to find employment and strengthen their prospects for the future. Established by the...
Fr Alan in South Sudan: Sowing Seeds
"It’s time to sow seeds in South Sudan. The rains have finally arrived and the whole school is out in the afternoons cultivating. There is a celebratory feel to the whole affair, or at least there would be for me if it wasn’t so hot and humid. The students of Loreto...
Cakes, plants, and alpacas: A wonderful fundraiser at the Sacred Heart Church
Sincere thanks to all who took part in our recent fundraising event for the children of the Holy Family Care Centre, a care facility run by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, with the support of the MSC, in Ofcolaco, South Africa. The fundraising event...
Working together for the community: Blessing the MSC Typhoon Odette Housing Project in the Philippines
At the end of May, the MSC community of Bayagnan Island in Surigao City came together to give their blessing to the new homes constructed by the MSC Typhoon Odette Housing Project, and to pray for the families who will live in them. Hundreds of thousands of families...
The MSC Centre for the Poor marks its first General Assembly
At the end of April, the MSC Centre for the Poor in the Philippines marked their first General Assembly, where 270 members of the co-operative committed themselves to the Centre, to its ethos, and to being “Food Security Frontliners” in the ongoing struggle to feed...
Sacred Heart Novena 2022: A note from Fr Paul
Preparations are well underway at the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road in Cork, as we look ahead to our much-beloved annual Novena to the Sacred Heart, which will take place this year from June 16th to 24th. This year’s Novena will see the return of a familiar...
The MSC Message: Summer 2022
Welcome to the Summer 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 visit of our MSC Superior General, Fr Absalón Alvarado MSC, to the Irish Province. • Catch up...
Journeying together in the Way of the Heart: Our Superior General concludes his visit to the Irish Province
The Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart has bid farewell to MSC Superior General Fr AbsalĂłn Alvarado, following a three-week visit throughout April and May. Spending a great amount of time travelling around mission projects and ministries across...
Sacred Heart Novena 2022
Novena to the Sacred Heart 2022 The Feast of the Sacred Heart is fast approaching, and with it comes our special Novena to the Sacred Heart – a beautiful time of reflection when we bring our prayers and petitions before the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Our Novena of Masses...