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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...
Looking to the future at Our Lady of Victory, Tsakane
Great plans are in place for the community of Our Lady of Victory in Tsakane, South Africa. Under the leadership of parish priest Fr Martin Morrissey MSC, the purchase of a new building for the...
Heartwarming Christmas gifts from MSC Missions
Christmas is the season of giving, and what better way to celebrate than with a gift that gives back to the people who need it most? Our wonderful selection of Christmas keepsakes make the perfect...
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...
Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2018
Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 2018 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...
Celebrating old friends and new: World Meeting of Families 2018
After a whirlwind week of WMOF celebrations in Dublin, this weekend’s Papal visit was the crowning glory on a truly wonderful occasion. Saturday’s Festival of Families was a triumph, featuring a joyous, vibrant programme of music, song, and prayer. “One of the most...
MSC Missions hit the ground running at WMOF 2018!
Festivities for this year’s World Meeting of Families kicked off on Tuesday, August 21st – and our Vocations Director, Fr Alan Neville MSC, has been at the heart of the action all week long! Preparations began in earnest on Sunday, as Fr Alan joined Maura, Cini, and...
Congratulations to the MSC Missions Office in the Philippines!
Congratulations to the MSC Missions Office in the Philippines, who were recently awarded Social Welfare and Development Agencies Certification from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Manila “in recognition of their efforts to contribute to the...
Gospel Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time | August 19th
Reflection: In Dialogue with Questions of the Day: Jesus Christ the Bread of Life. Redemption. Murmuring. A Sign to be Contradicted. Gospel (John 6:51-58). My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 1. While the discourse on Jesus as the Bread of Life in...