NEWS & MEDIA
Honouring the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2021
It is with great joy that we celebrate with our Sacred Heart Sisters, the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, on the feast day of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, which took place on May 30th....
Typhoon Mission Response in the Philippines
The MSC community in the Philippines have been working tirelessly in recent times to help families whose lives are being quite literally swept away in an instant by ravaging typhoons. Super-Typhoon...
Celebrating the new MSC Province of the Pacific Islands
Heartfelt congratulations to the MSC community in the Pacific Islands! On May 10th 2021, a new MSC province was born: The MSC Province of the Pacific Islands. Previously the Pacific Union, approval...
Celebrating Father’s Day with MSC Missions
"Every family needs a father - a father who shares in his family's joy and pain, hands down wisdom to his children, and offers them firm guidance and love." Pope Francis This year, we celebrate...
Welcome back to the Sacred Heart Church and the MSC Missions Office!
We are delighted to be able to open our doors once again, and welcome old friends and new safely back to the Sacred Heart Church and the MSC Missions Office on the Western Road in Cork. After a long...
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...
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....
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...
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...
A Journey with St Patrick ♣
This St. Patrick's day we will be having a special reflection evening in the Sacred Heart Church on Western Road with Music, Song and Poetry on our Live Stream at 7pm.
A Virtual Discernment Evening for men (18 years +) exploring Diocesan Priesthood
A number of Dioceses (in the Cashel Province) including Cork and Ross are hosting: A Virtual Discernment Evening for men (18 years +) exploring Diocesan Priesthood on Tuesday 23rd March 2021 on Zoom from 7-30pm to 9pm. The registration email is info@vocations.ie
Lenten Services 2021
As we begin our Lenten season and journey this year, we do so after already a long year of limitations and lockdowns. It feels like we have already given up so much. It has been hard. Yet these coming weeks can be a precious time to open our hearts to the Lord who...
As Easy as Baking a Cake – Fr Alan Neville MSC
The biggest dilemma at the start of the month was figuring how to fit the words ‘Celebrating Religious Life’ across a cake. It was for the second of February, the World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life, when the Church acknowledges in a special the contribution of...
Congratulations to Miguel Ibarra MSC on his First Profession
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Miguel Ibarra MSC and his fellow novices, Erik Bryan de Mattos MSC and Witalo Souza de Jesus MSC on their First Profession on Tuesday night. Miguel is a member of our MSC Region in Venezuela and has just completed his...
Mock Exams and Real Life in South Sudan- Fr Alan.
Life is filled with key moments that help shape us into the person we are today. Many are unique to our story and depend on our different circumstances, but some are shared and have become part of our culture. I would argue that in Ireland one of the biggest, most...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2021: Typhoon victims in the Philippines
In the middle of November 2020, the Philippines was hit by Typhoon Vamco (known locally as Typhoon Ulysses), which left in its wake loss of life, severe flooding and damage amounting to millions of euro. Typhoon Vamco was the most powerful typhoon to hit the country...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2021: Educating disadvantaged youths in the Congo
Last year, our World Projects Appeal introduced you to the children of the Yetsi region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Bishop Toussaint Iluku MSC was raising funds to build a school in an area of extreme poverty and hardship. The Democratic Republic of...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2021: Holy Family Centre South Africa
Founded in 2002, the Holy Family Care Centre in South Africa has been run by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart with the support of the MSC for almost 20 years, under the leadership of Sr Sally Duigan FDNSC. The Holy Family facility provides invaluable care...
MSC World Projects Appeal 2021: Transforming lives in Brazil
The Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) first began their work in Brazil, in the city of Alfenas, 100 years ago. Today, they continue to help local communities all over the country, wherever and whenever they are needed most. Community cars for pastoral...