NEWS & MEDIA
The MSC Message: Winter 2021
Welcome to the Winter 2021 edition of the MSC Message! • Read a special seasonal greeting from Fr Michael O’Connell MSC, Director of the MSC Missions Office. • Join us as we congratulate Br Giacomo...
Reflection: The Way of the Heart
Here, we share The Way of the Heart, a beautiful reflection on the glory of God's love in our world. Each of us has faced our own challenges in the past year and a half, from the fear and stress and...
Following in the footsteps of St Bernadette: MSC 2021 Virtual Lourdes Pilgrimage
We would like to invite you all to join us for a very special Triduum of Masses on our virtual pilgrimage to Lourdes, which will take place online from Thursday, September 23rd to Saturday,...
OLSH Sisters ministering through COVID-19 in the Philippines
Sr Ruth S. Yburan FDNSC, Regional Leader of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the Philippines, writes from Manila in gratitude for funding provided by the Irish Province of the...
A virtual celebration: The 2021 MSC Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Heartfelt thanks to all who participated in our 2021 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...
Congratulations to Br Giacomo Gelardi MSC on his Perpetual Profession
On September 8th, 2021, Br Giacomo Gelardi MSC made his Perpetual Profession to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart at the Sacred Heart Church, Killinarden – a truly great occasion for the Irish...
A province of hope and love: A letter from the MSC Province of the Pacific Islands
Bro Gerald Warbrooke MSC is stationed in Wailoku, located in Suva, the capital of Fiji. In February 2020, he celebrated his Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years as a Missionary of the Sacred Heart....
With “joy and gratitude” from our OLSH Sisters in Brazil
At the beginning of 2021, our mission friends and benefactors blessed us with wonderful support for our 2021 MSC World Projects Appeal, which featured global outreach projects run by our Sacred...
Fr Alan in South Sudan: Lions, Snakes, and the World’s Deadliest Predator
When you are asked what is the deadliest animal that you’ve come across in South Sudan, people are hoping for something dramatic. On my first weekend here, when I was mapping out a potential jogging...
MSC COVID-19 Ministry: Outreach programmes in Brazil
The coronavirus has torn through Brazil, where the death toll of half a million people was the second-highest in the world in June 2021. With the situation labelled as “critical”, the pandemic continues to have a devastating effect on health, employment, and social...
MSC COVID-19 Ministry: Protecting lives in India
It has been impossible to avoid news reports of the horrific effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Harrowing images of overcrowded hospitals and mass open-air cremations have appeared in our newspapers and on our television screens. The disease has run rampant...
“Yes, miracles happen!”: The Profession of Fr Gerwin Mendoza Lumanglas MSC
Fr Gerwin Mendoza Lumanglas MSC, of the Philippine Province, professed his final vows to become a Missionary of the Sacred Heart in May of this year, while being treated in hospital for pneumonia and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. In his own words, he shares his...
A note from Fiji: Reflections in a pandemic from Bro Warren Perrotto MSC
Bro Warren Perrotto MSC, originally from the US Province, ministers with the MSC community in Fiji. Here, via the Facebook page for the MSC Province of the Pacific Islands, he shares his thoughts on the most recent wave of COVID-19 in the region. A New Wave “Since...
Hope springs with a new water system at the OLSH clinic in Marigondon
The wonderful pictures were taken by the OLSH community in Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City, in the Philippines, where the blessing of a new water system took place in the spring. The OLSH clinic in Marigondon was established over 20 years ago, offering healthcare to the...
Ministering through COVID-19: A reflection from Bro Giacomo Gelardi MSC
Bro Giacomo Gelardi MSC writes on ministering through the COVID-19 pandemic in Killinarden, where long-standing issues such as alcoholism, drug addiction, violence, and abuse have been exacerbated by the past 16 months of lockdowns and regulations."Killinarden, west...
Fr Alan in South Sudan: Young people fighting COVID-19 in Rumbek
There seemed to be a dreadful inevitability to it, but no one was surprised last week when Uganda joined the list of East African countries that have gone into lockdown in response to a surge of coronavirus infections. Along with Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, and...
A special space for the community of Ecuador del Futuro
The MSC community in Ecuador del Sur have recently written with gratitude for funding received from the Irish Province, in support of the construction of a new multi-purpose church and community room for the parish. In a video sent to Irish Provincial Leader Fr Carl...
The Way of the Heart: Novena to the Sacred Heart 2021
It is with grateful hearts that we thank everyone who participated in this year’s Novena to the Sacred Heart, which took place in the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road, Cork, from June 3rd to June 11th 2021. This year, ongoing COVID restrictions meant that our...
Fr Alan in South Sudan: Seeds of Hope
Like Ireland, South Sudan has a rich tradition of farming. Whether it is the cattle they tend or the small vegetable gardens they plant, the people here survive on the land. We have just begun rainy season and when it rains in Rumbek it pours. So far, I have...