NEWS & MEDIA
Celebrating with the Loreto Sisters: 10 Years in Rumbek
Early this April, the Loreto schools in Maker Kuei swapped their times tables for dancing and textbooks for cake as they celebrated their 10th anniversary in style! The week-long celebration...
“Sister India” – The story of Sr Loreto Houlihan
"Sister India" recounts the story of Sr Loreto Houlihan, a 91-year-old Irish missionary, who has spent 70 years teaching in India. A new documentary by Irish filmmaker Myles O’Reilly,...
The Life of Sr Loreto Houlihan
Who is Sr Loreto Houlihan? Born into a large family in 1927, Peg Houlihan grew up in hard times, especially in the 1930s with a worldwide depression and an economic war between Ireland and Britain....
Gospel Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter | 15th April 2018
Reflection: Walk in the Light. Sin, repentance, forgiveness of sin. Gospel (Luke 24:35-48). So you see how it is written that Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead and that...
World Meeting of Families 2018
What is the World Meeting of Families (WMOF)? The World Meeting of Families started in 1994, when Pope St John Paul II asked the Pontifical Council for the Family (now part of the Dicastery for...
RIP Fr Mark McDonald MSC
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are very sad to announce the passing of Fr Mark McDonald, our former Superior General. Fr Mark McDonald passed away on April 2, 2018 at the Sacred Heart...
MSC Easter Draw 2018 – Winners
MSC Easter Draw 2018 Prize Winners: 1st Prize: €2,000 Cruise Travel Voucher E. Byrne Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 2nd Prize: €1,500 Sun Holiday Voucher U. Cunningham Inchicore, Dublin 12 3rd...
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Our dear friends in Loreto School, Rumbek, have again been in touch to keep us updated on the life changing improvements they have been able to make as a result of your generous donations to our...
Resurrection is New Life | Easter Sunday Reflection
RESURRECTION IS NEW LIFE Jesus died. He didn't seem to die, he didn't play dead, he died. As a human being He breathed his last on the Cross and died. On Holy Saturday his dead body lay in the tomb....
The MSC Message: Winter 2017
The winter edition of the MSC Message has arrived! Get the latest news from the mission fields with updates from our ongoing projects in Venezuela as we celebrate our Golden Jubilee: 50 years in Venezuela. Read about the MSC Audience with Pope Francis and...
The MSC presents “Light up a Memory Mass” 2017
November is the month of the Holy Souls, a special time when we remember those who have gone before us. The Light Up a Memory Mass is a beautiful celebration of the lives of our dearly departed, as we join together to pray by candlelight in an evening of...
Gospel Reflection for Thirty-Third Sunday of Year | 19th November 2017
Reflection: Watch. Keep awake. The End of the Liturgical Year; the End of Life and of the World. Prepared to render an account. The Gospel (Matthew 25:14-30). You have been faithful in small things; come and join in your master’s happiness. The parable of the...
The tales and adventures of the MSC Youth Team 2017-2018
The MSC Youth Team 2017-2018 have hit the ground running and have been doing some fantastic work around the community. They’ve been super busy but have even managed to venture across the water to the UK to share some joy and the message of the Sacred Heart over there....
The Foundations for a Better Future
On Monday last, 06th November, we were delighted to welcome Sr Orla Treacy to the MSC Office to discuss the outstanding work she has been doing in Rumbek, South Sudan. Sr Orla Treacy is a Loreta Sister who was missioned to South Sudan in 2006. She is the...
Congratulations Sr. Orla Treacy!
The 2017 Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award was awarded to Sr Orla Treacy, a Loreto Sister working in South Sudan. Sr Orla, from Bray, Co Wicklow, was presented with the award by Cllr Niall Kelleher, Mayor of Killarney Municipal Authority on Saturday...
Irish Provincial Superior meets Pope Francis
During, what was described by Irish Provincial Superior Fr Carl Tranter MSC as, "a very warm and informal Papal Audience", our new Provincial Leader had the honor of personally meeting Pope Francis himself. Fr Carl commented on how the MSC brotherhood...
My journey as an MSC by Sathish Clement Raj A
The following piece was written by Sathish Clement Raj A, a 28 year old MSC from Bangalore, India. In his own words, Sathish tells of his family life, education, his journey with the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and what being a member of the MSC community means...
Gospel Reflection for Sunday 05th November
DON'T JUST TALK THE TALK Do as they say, not as they do. That is what Jesus said about the religious leaders of his time. Could he say that about leaders in the Church today? Could he say that about Christians today? Speaking as a cleric, a religious brother...
Sangeetha’s Story
Sangeetha Raj is a married father of two from Bangalore, India. In this piece, Sangeetha shares with us, in his own words, his experience as a Sacristan at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church in Bangalore and detail of how the MSC Fathers have helped him and his...