NEWS & MEDIA
“Men of the heart”: MSCs volunteer at COVID-19 treatment centre in Vietnam
At the beginning of September, four MSCs in Vietnam requested permission to volunteer as assistants at a COVID-19 treatment centre in Saigon City. As reported by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart...
Food Security Frontliners: MSC COVID Response in the Philippines
In response to the continuing needs of people affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the Philippines, the community at the MSC Centre for the Poor initiative have established a new campaign which...
2021 Masses for deceased MSCs and Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
This year’s annual Masses for deceased MSCs and Daughters of the Lady of the Sacred Heart will take place around the country in November, as we remember those who have gone before us in the light of...
Fr Alan in South Sudan – Vaccine Status: Denied.
"It’s official. Last week a journalist from the Irish Times tweeted that vaccines distributed throughout Africa would not be recognised by the countries of the European Union. This was initially...
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...
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 Lady. Our Novena of Masses runs for nine days and will take place from...
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 provide COVID relief aid around the world. • Read a special message...
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 of the pandemic in early 2020, millions of people in the Philippines...
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...