NEWS & MEDIA
A Heart to Serve, a Home to Heal
We were very pleased recently to receive some very positive student updates from the Loreto School, Rumbek. Mary Adut, pictured below on the left wearing blue, graduated from Loreto in 2013 before...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Pastoral Work in the Community: Cloverhill Prison, Dublin (Jaime)
Br Jaime Rosique MSC chose to spent his pastoral work placement in Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, alongside his fellow MSC brother Domenico Rosa. Here, he reflects on the lessons he learned during his three weeks in Cloverhill. “Each of these people has a story, a load on...
Give the gift of prayer: The Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Blue Book
Give the gift of eternal prayer with an enrolment in the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Blue Book. What is the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Blue Book? The Blue Book is an everlasting gift of perpetual enrolment in the prayers of our MSC priests. Each prayer certificate...
Pastoral Work in the Community: L’Arche Cork
Newly professed MSC brother Giacomo Gelardi spent some time working with the community at L'Arche Cork during the course of his novitiate year. Here, he shares his thoughts on the experience. My life-giving experience at L’Arche “Le Cheile”, Cork L’Arche “Le Cheile”...
Gospel Reflection for the 22nd Sunday of the Year
Reflection: "Get behind me, Satan!" The Gospel (Matthew 16:21-27) Poor old Peter. He was doing so well. Last week, he got top marks from Jesus when he answered the “Who do you say that I am?” question. Today, he gets slapped down by Jesus for trying to talk him out of...
Give the gift of prayer: The Golden Book of the Sacred Heart
An everlasting gift, the Golden Book of the Sacred Heart offers remembrance in the Masses and prayers of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart for all time. What is the Golden Book of the Sacred Heart? The Golden Book is a perpetual enrolment in the prayers of our MSC...
First Professions at Myross Wood House
On Tuesday, August 15th, five MSC novices took the next step on their missionary journey as they made their First Professions in Myross Wood House, Co. Cork. On this special occasion, the community of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart joined together with the...
A Letter to the MSC from the Venezuelan Community in Ireland
In August 2017, the Venezuelan Community in Ireland reached out to Fr Joseph McGee MSC, who at the time was the Irish Provincial Leader, to thank the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart for our ongoing ministry in Venezuela, and to ask for our continued prayers as this...
Gospel Reflection for the 20th Sunday of the Year
Reflection: All are welcome within the Church, but in keeping with the terms of the covenant. The Gospel (Matthew 15:21-28) A house of prayer for all people In the first reading of today’s Mass, there was mention of a new age for the people of God, with an opening to...
The MSC Message: Summer 2017
The summer edition of the MSC Message is here! • Enjoy MSC news from at home and abroad. • Catch up on the latest news from the mission fields, with updates from our ongoing projects in South Africa, the Philippines, and South Sudan. • Read a summer message from Fr...
Sharing the Good News with The Commission
The Commission was a project that came from a group of people with a passion for university mission in the UK. Originally piloted in Richmond 2016 (then Student Leadership Training), The Commission was a huge success among the seventy students who attended. They went...