NEWS & MEDIA
The MSC Message: Winter 2022
Welcome to the Winter 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 latest updates from the...
MSC Missions supporting Cancer Connect services in Co. Cork
The Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is delighted to be able to support the tremendous work being done by the Cancer Connect team in Co. Cork, with a recent donation of €25,000...
Working together for change in Guatemala
Over the summer months, the Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart has been working to support our MSC brothers in Guatemala, strengthening our long-standing friendship with the...
A Golden Jubilee for Irish MSCs
Warmest congratulations to our MSCs Fr John Jennings, Fr Charles J. Sweeney, and Fr Diarmuid O’Murchu, who each celebrated their Golden Jubilee this summer. On August 23rd, each of the three MSCs...
A season of compassion: MSC Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2022
Sincere thanks to all who participated in our 2022 Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, which took place from Tuesday, August 31st to Wednesday, September 8th at the Sacred Heart Church on the...
Sharing the sacraments in the Holy Baquita community on our Mozambique mission
On August 21st, Fr José Eduardo Paixão celebrated with the Holy Baquita community in the district of Metuge, posting pictures on the MSC Mozambique Facebook page to mark this wonderful occasion. A...
Rebuilding a community on Gilutongan Island, in the Philippines
The latest update from the Typhoon Odette mission response team in the Philippines comes from Gilutongan Island, Cordova, where the MSC Typhoon Odette Housing Project is continuing in its work at...
“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...
Rebuilding a community on Gilutongan Island, in the Philippines
The latest update from the Typhoon Odette mission response team in the Philippines comes from Gilutongan Island, Cordova, where the MSC Typhoon Odette Housing Project is continuing in its work at full force. With the first batch of materials arriving at the end of...
“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 person for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic struck, and Fr...
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 Island is also in the province of Cabo Delgado. Fr Eduardo visited...
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 aged-care centre in Port Moresby, as part of our annual MSC World...
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 Lady. Our Novena of Masses runs for nine days and will take place from...
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 the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart are ongoing in efforts...
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 or active pastoral ministry. Since then, the nature of the mission has...
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 word “misericórdia” encompasses the idea of mercy, compassion, and...
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 community of St Antônio de Metuge. Appointed Bishop of Pemba earlier this...
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 Abzalón, the Superior General of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, wishing me the best with the new mission and saying that he would like to visit...