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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...
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...
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...
Hope springs in Burkina Faso
We were delighted to receive a letter from Sr Jenny Christie FDNSC, International Development Officer for the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH), alerting us to the latest news from our Sisters in the Sacred Heart in Burkina Faso. A landlocked region of...
Celebrating the sacraments on our Mozambique mission
The beginning of July brought great celebrations to the parish of St Antônio de Metuge in Pemba, Mozambique, shared by Fr Eduardo on the MSC Moçambique Facebook page this week. The community of St Charles Lwanga marked the feast day of their patron saint on July 3rd,...
“In God’s love, nothing and no-one is ever lost”: MSC Novena to the Sacred Heart 2022
It is with great joy and gratitude that we close the curtain on our 2022 MSC Novena to the Sacred Heart, a truly wonderful occasion for all involved. Our Novena took place from Thursday, June 16th through to the Feast of the Sacred Heart on Friday, June 24th, and was...
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...