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A 2019 Christmas Blessing from Fr Michael
Dear Friends, As we prepare to bid farewell to another year, I wanted to take a moment to pause in reflection and gratitude for the blessings that 2019 brought, and of course, for your friendship to...
“Thank you for your great generosity of heart!”: A message from Yaoundé, Cameroon
It is with great joy that we recently received an update from our MSC brothers at the Sacred Heart Bilingual College in Lada II, a small village situated 25km from Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon....
Gospel Reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent | December 15th
Gospel Reflection Jesus Christ, the cause of our joy. Are you the one who is to come, or have we got to wait for someone else? The Gospel (Matthew 11:2-11) In that Gospel passage, John, the...
Praying together: 2019 Pastoral Assembly in Mozambique
At the end of October, the 2019 pastoral assembly took place over a period of three days in the missionary area of Melquibi, Mozambique. Over 70...
An evening of remembrance at the MSC Light Up a Memory Mass 2019
The evening of Saturday, November 30th, saw the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road in Cork filled with the light of hundreds of candles, each flame marking the memory of a treasured loved one...
Ongoing cyclone aid in Mozambique
MSC missionaries in Mozambique are continuing their ongoing work in providing relief to families who were affected by the ferocious cyclones that tore across the country earlier this year. In...
A joyous Children’s Liturgy at the Holy Family Care Centre
It is a pleasure to share these wonderful pictures from a recent Children’s Liturgy at the Holy Family Care Centre in Ofcolaco, South Africa, which took place at the end of September. Founded in...
A “revolution of tenderness” for Our Lady of Fatima de Meluco, Mozambique
At the end of September, our MSC mission in Mozambique had their first youth meeting in the community of Our Lady of Fatima de Meluco, bringing together young people from the region in a celebration...
Gospel Reflection for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time | November 10th
Gospel Reflection He is God, not of the dead, but of the living. Reflection & Dialogue: The Resurrection of the Dead and Life Everlasting The Gospel (Luke 20:27-38) The Nicene Creed ends with...
Gospel Reflection for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time | September 15th
Gospel Reflection Reflection & Dialogue: Searching for the lost sheep and the prodigal son today The Gospel (Luke 15:1-32) There will be rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner. It was once easy to identify “lost sheep” and have a ministry to them. They were...
Celebrating a blessed 2019 Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Our 2019 Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart took place from Saturday, August 31st to Sunday, September 8th, at the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road, Cork. A number of MSCs celebrated our daily Novena Masses over the nine-day period, including Fr Michael...
A new MSC College Formation House & Profession Day in the Philippines
At the end of July, the Philippine Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart unveiled their newly renovated MSC house in Surigao City, which now takes the form of the new MSC College Formation House. The launch of the new MSC Formation House also saw the formal...
A “blessed” visit to Mitepo, Mozambique
We were very pleased to see these wonderful photographs from our MSC mission in Mozambique, when the community of Our Lady of Fatima paid a visit to the village of Mitepo at the end of July. It was especially nice to see so many children and young people join the...
A visit from Sr Jenny Christie FDNSC
We were delighted to welcome Sr Jenny Christie FDNSC to Cork this August, as she kindly took the time to visit the MSC Missions Office during her trip to Ireland. Sr Jenny originally hails from Australia, and now resides in Rome in her role as International...
Gospel Reflection for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time | August 18th
Gospel Reflection I am not here to bring peace, but rather division. Reflection & Dialogue: The Church in dialogue with division. The Gospel (Luke 12:49-53) Reflection Today’s readings give us rich material for reflection. We, present-day Christians, are heirs to...
Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2019
Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2019 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 first MSC community retreat takes place on the Mozambique mission
In July, the MSC community in Mozambique celebrated their first retreat together, with the community of Our Lady of Fatima in Meluco. The Mozambique mission began in March 2018, when MSC missionaries from Brazil began ministering in the Pemba diocese, an extremely...
Irish MSCs return to Venezuela
Two of our MSCs from the Irish Province returned to Venezuela in July, to minister to struggling families and communities who are currently trapped in the midst of the country’s extreme social, economic, political, and humanitarian crisis. Fr Christy Coleman MSC Fr...
Blessings to the first MSC African bishop Toussaint Iluku Bolumbu on his ordination
Congratulations and very best wishes to Bishop Toussaint Iluku Bolumbu MSC, who was ordained bishop of the diocese of Bokungu-Ikela in the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 21st. His ordination took place in Bokungo, celebrated by Bishop Fridolin Ambongo Besungo,...