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Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2021
Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2021 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 MSC Message: Summer 2021
Welcome to the Summer 2021 edition of the MSC Message! This summer's edition of the MSC Message is a slightly different one, as we share just some of the ways in which our MSCs have been working to...
MSC COVID-19 Ministry: Relief projects in the Philippines
The MSC Mission Office in the Philippines is currently raising funds to coordinate a mission outreach programme for families who have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the onset...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
MSCs remembering students at exam time
Early mornings, late nights, and pens, pencils, and textbooks on every available surface... Exam season has well and truly arrived! Preparation for exams is always stressful time for students, and after a year of constant change and uncertainty, this year's exams will...
Blessed Be: The Martyrs of El Quiché
On April 23rd 2021, three Spanish-born MSC priests and seven lay catechists of the indigenous Maya people became “blessed” and were beatified in the Cathedral of Santa Cruz del Quiché, Guatemala. Last year, Pope Francis signed a decree which recognised all ten as...
Fr Alan in South Sudan: Celebrating the Missionary Life
The motto of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is the same as ourselves; after all, we are family. It is short and to the point, but also profound, rich, and as relevant today as it ever was. It is, “To be on earth the Heart of God.” You could spend a...
Queen of the May: Preparing a May altar in your home
The advent of May, the month dedicated to Mary, brings us longer evenings, warm sunshine, blossom in abundance – and above all, a sense of hope and quiet joy in the certainty of brighter days to come. This May, we remain restricted in our movements as we take...
Cancellation of 2020 Pilgrimages
As Joe Walsh Pilgrimtours Ltd. have ceased trading, we are now unable to fulfil any outstanding 2020 pilgrimage bookings, which were awaiting a rescheduled date due to COVID cancellations. Any mission friends who had booked a place on our 2020 Lourdes or Fatima tours...
The Beatification of the Martyrs of El Quiche 23/04/2021
Blessed are the martyrs of El Quiche Guatemala. Faith's response to injustice. Article from the Italian newspaper, Avvenire 23/04/2021. Ten missionaries, priests, catechists, pastoral workers and also a 12-year-old boy are raised to the altars. Their engagement...
Three Arrivals and a Party – Fr Alan in South Sudan.
Looking back on my previous entries, I think I begin all of them with the same idea, namely that it is a busy time here in Loreto Rumbek. Being something of a traditionalist, I’ll continue in that vein, at least for now anyway. Since I wrote last, we have had a number...
Phillipines MSC Center for the Poor continues their quest for sustainability
Further to MSC's Centre for the Poor in the Phillipine's Beat the Plastic and Building for Sustainability effort they sure have kept themselves busy during the pandemic thanks to all the support they received. " The global pandemic (COVID-19) phenomena, with its...
Holy Week on the Move – Fr Alan’s Easter Journey.
It’s a busy time here in Loreto Rumbek. I have just arrived back from leave and we are straight into Holy Week. As we are a boarding school, we have been able to maintain a rigorous lockdown and this has allowed us to celebrate the Easter Triduum. What a gift! When I...
MSC Easter Draw 2021: €100 Shopping Voucher Winners
The 30 lucky winners of the €100 shopping vouchers are as follows: 1.A Coyle - Swords, Co Dublin. 2.N O’Keeffe - Newmarket, Co Cork. 3.B Perry - Swords, Co Dublin. 4.D Dooley - Terenure, Co Dublin. 5.D O’Donovan - Bantry, Co Cork. 6.M Fitzpatrick -...