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Gospel Reflection for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time | January 20th
Gospel Reflection Reflection & Dialogue with Questions of the Day: Wedding vision with reality The Gospel (John 2:1-11): This was the first of the signs given by Jesus: it was at Cana in...
Fr Michael visits Venezuela: News from Caracas
On the first leg of his trip to Venezuela, Fr Michael has been visiting the city of Caracas, where the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart have two houses, the Casa Misionere and the parish house in...
MSC Pilgrimages 2019
A journey that begins with a single purpose often ends with much more… As January gets into its stride, we look ahead to a year full of promise and new opportunities – and the 2019 MSC pilgrimages...
Fr Michael visits Venezuela
On Thursday, January 3rd, Fr Michael O'Connell, Director of the MSC Missions Office in Cork, embarked on a three-week visit to Venezuela, where he will visit MSC parishes and spend time with the...
A Christmas Blessing from Fr Michael
Dear Friends, Another year has flown by! 2018 is almost at an end, and from international celebrations at the World Meeting of Families to my own adventure on the Camino walk, it has been a year to...
Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 MSC Christmas Raffle!
MSC Christmas Raffle 2018 Prize Winners: 1st Prize: Shopping voucher to the value of €1,000 K. Taaffe Shannon Harbour, Birr, Co. Offaly 2nd Prize: Twelve Days of Christmas Hamper to the value of...
Gospel Reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent | December 16th
Gospel Reflection The Bible in Dialogue with Questions of the Day: Rejoice Greatly. The Lord is Near. Joy inspired evangelisation. The Gospel (Luke 3:10-18): What must we do? We are in the period of...
Ringing in the good news in Marx, Russia
We recently received a lovely message from Bishop Clemens Pickel in Saratov, Russia, where the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart provided funding for the repair and transport of a local church organ....
Christmas Blessings: The Holy Family Entrustment Book
This Christmas, give the great gift of prayer with a Holy Family Entrustment Book from the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Every year, we see piles of presents stack up under Christmas trees in...
From student to teacher: Kasparina’s Story
Kasparina Renwarin is a teacher and a former student at Siwa Lima St Joseph’s Technical School in Langgur, Indonesia. Built in 1970, the school is run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart with the aim of educating young people in the region so “they can do...
Guardian Angel Gifts
“Ever this day, be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide…” We all draw comfort from our guardian angel, a peaceful presence on our shoulder that guides and guards us always. [gallery columns="1" size="medium" type="square" link="none"...
Gospel Reflection for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time | October 7th
It is not good for man/woman to be alone Gospel Reflection: Mark 10:2-16 God has created us as relational. It is not good for us to be alone. This is an important message for us in this very individualistic age. Jesus is asked if divorce is OK. His response is to...
MSC Missions: Venezuela in Crisis
In the summer of 2017, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart marked their Golden Jubilee in Venezuela, 50 years after our missionaries first started their work in this troubled country. Today, Venezuela is deep in the worst political, social, economic, and humanitarian...
MSC Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2018
Each year, the coming of September sees a flurry of activity at the MSC Missions Office as we prepare for our annual pilgrimage to Lourdes. This year’s pilgrimage took place from September 17th to 22nd, and as ever, it was a wonderful journey for all involved. MSCs Fr...
MSCs battle floods in Kerala, India
In August, much of the state of Kerala, India, was submerged following devastating floods with the highest recorded rainfall in almost 100 years. Indian Union Secretary Fr Syam Kumar MSC writes to tell us about the terrible destruction caused at the Sacred Heart...
Gospel Reflection for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | September 16th
Gospel Reflection In Dialogue with Questions of the Day: When the Church is weak, then she is strong. In our own day, the Church, particularly in Europe and the English-speaking world, is undergoing a crisis, especially because of faulty Church administration,...
New beginnings at the Sacred Heart College, Cameroon
September marks back-to-school season for students all over the world, and the Sacred Heart College in the village of Lada II in Cameroon is no exception! This year, not only are the Sacred Heart family preparing for a new term of hard work and study, they're also...
WMOF 2018: Fr Alan Neville MSC talks to Vatican News
Fr Alan Neville MSC spoke with Lydia O’Kane, Vatican News correspondent, at the Festival of Families in Croke Park on Saturday, August 25th. Reflecting on the sheer joy of this momentous occasion, Fr Alan speaks of the importance of acceptance, togetherness, and...
Gospel Reflection for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time | September 2nd
THE LAW PROTECTS THE LITTLE ONES In today's Gospel reading, Jesus is accused of being a law-breaker. On many occasions the religious elite accused Jesus of breaking the law of Moses. Jesus points out that they have misunderstood the law and its purpose. The highest...