NEWS & MEDIA
Sowing the Seeds of Knowledge in South Sudan
Over the past six months, the Loreto Rumbek community has been working in tandem with Misean Cara and the local community of Maker Kuei on their new Seeds of Knowledge project. This project focused...
Perseverance and Pride: Salome’s Story
Having graduated from the Loreto Secondary School in Rumbek, South Sudan, Salome Piath Gum began work in the Loreto Primary School as part of the Loreto Graduate Programme. In this role, she is...
MSC Missions in the Philippines: Mayon Mission Outreach Programme
Since February, the MSC Mission Office in the Philippines have been working to bring aid to families affected by the eruption of Mount Mayon. Between January 13th and February 1st 2018, the volcano...
Dedication and Diligence: Marius’ Story
Marius Rahayaan is a 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...
Gospel Reflection for Pentecost Sunday | May 20th
Reflection: The Holy Spirit and Dialogue with the Modern Age Gospel (John 15:26-27; 16:12-16). The Spirit of truth will lead you to complete truth. In recent decades, in Catholic spirituality and...
Courage and Confidence: Elizabeth’s Story
Elizabeth Aghar Mark is a graduate of the Loreto Secondary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. She has remained with the Loreto community as part of their graduate programme, where the care, guidance,...
Thank you from Saratov, Russia
At the end of April, the MSC Missions Office in Cork received a lovely letter from Fr Ondrej Slavik in Saratov, Russia. Fr Ondrej got in touch to extend his thanks to the mission friends of the...
Opening the door to the MSC Graduate House & Women’s Shelter in Rumbek
We are delighted to hear that the first group of Loreto graduates have moved into the MSC Graduate House & Women’s Shelter! Last summer, we asked our mission friends in the Irish Province to...
Gospel Reflection for Sunday, May 6th
Reflection: God Loves Our readings today turn things upside down a bit. In our first reading, we see Cornelius and his household receiving the Holy Spirit first and then being baptized. The second...
Loreto Schools celebrate 10 years in South Sudan
Our dear friend, Sr Orla Treacy, and the Loreto Sisters are celebrating 10 years of incredible, yet extremely challenging work in the Loreto Schools, Rumbek. In February 2006, Sr Orla Treacy stepped off a plane in Sudan ready to set up a girls’ boarding school in a...
Finding a Safe Haven at the Loreto School, Rumbek
The following piece is an article we recently received from Sr Orla Treacy (Principal) and the Loreto Sisters who are working tirelessly at the Loreto School Rumbek, South Sudan. Susan* does not know her actual age, but she thinks she is around 23 years old....
Gospel Reflection for Third Sunday of Year | 21 January 2018
Reflection: Change of heart and believe in the Gospel Gospel (Mark 1:14-20). Repent, and believe the Good News. There is material for personal reflection and dialogue with any period in history in this Gospel reading. Jesus’ call in the Gospel to repent,...
Closing 2017 with Open Doors and Hearts
Sr Orla was in contact with us this new year to update us on the ongoing struggles facing the Loreto School Rumbek and their local community in South Sudan. December was a violent month in Maker Kuei (Mah-kher Kew-way). What started as cattle raids became overt...
World Youth Day 2019 Panama
From the 22nd to the 27th of January 2019 World Youth Day is going to take place in Panama in Central America and the MSC Vocations Team is going to be there. If you want to be part of the largest youth event on the planet read on ... What is World Youth Day?...
Love is all you need with MSC Volunteering
Anita, a youth worker and teacher from outside Athlone, shares some of her adventures with MSC Volunteering ... "With our final week fast approaching I am taking the time to reflect and share my volunteering experience with you. Holy Family is an amazing place,...
Cherishing Every Moment with MSC Volunteering
Laura, part of the 2017 MSC Volunteering Team, is a primary school teacher from Co. Tipperary ... "I am on the home stretch here in Ofcolaco at the Holy Family Centre. The last few weeks have went so fast. As the time passes, I realise how important it is to...
MSC Christmas Raffle 2017 – Winners
MSC Christmas Raffle 2017 Prize Winners: 1st Prize: Shopping voucher to the Value of €1,000 J. Higgins Harlesden, London, England 2nd Prize: Twelve Days of Christmas Hamper to the value of €500 M. Daly Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare 3rd Prize: Supreme Christmas Hamper to...
Your donations have helped change lives at the Holy Family Care Centre
We were overjoyed to receive contact from our dear friend Sr Sally Duigan at the Holy Family Care Centre in South Africa who kindly provided us with some updates as to how our most recent fundraising donations have been put to use. "Holy Family Care Centre; the...
Gospel Reflection for Third Sunday of Advent | 17th December 2017
Reflection & Dialogue: Joy of Christian believing, and loathing on its rejection Gospel (John 1:6-8, 19-28). There stands among you – unknown to you – the one who is coming after me. This third Sunday in Advent has been traditionally known in the Latin...