NEWS & MEDIA
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...
South Sudan: Graduate Housing Update
We were delighted to receive some images this morning from our friends in the Loreto Schools Rumbek. Progress on the building of the graduate housing is coming along very nicely and this is all...
Light up a Memory Mass 2017 – An Evening of Reflection and Remembrance
On Saturday night, 25th November, we gathered at the Sacred Heart Church to celebrate our annual Light up a Memory Mass. ?️ We were joined on the night by friends and family both locally and...
A Sincere Thank You from South Sudan
This summer, the MSC reached out to support the Loretto Sisters in Rumbek, South Sudan, where they have made huge strides in creating a better life for residents with life saving medical care and...
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...
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...
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...
MSC 50 Years in Venezuela
The summer of 2017 marked 50 years since the first MSC mission began in Venezuela. Today, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are the only Irish priests working in this turbulent region, where social and political turmoil mean that daily life is fraught with danger...
Reflections on Venezuela: Fr Joseph McGee MSC
The summer of 2017 marked 50 years since our MSCs first reached out to help the people of Venezuela in 1967. To commemorate our Golden Jubilee Fr Joseph McGee MSC, during his time as Irish Provincial Leader, visited our Venezuelan missions in June of 2017. Here, he...
Being Extraordinary at the Brightlights Festival
Now going for over 20 years, the Brightlights Festival is an opportunity for young Catholics to come together – to have fun, listen to inspiring and engaging speakers, take part in interesting workshops, and hear some great bands and musical talent. All of this, with...
Golden Jubilee celebrations in Venezuela
Throughout the month of June 2017, the MSC community in Venezuela have joined together in celebration of 50 years of MSC ministry in the region. Since 1967, when four Irish Missionaries of the Sacred Heart began the first MSC mission in Maracaibo, our missionaries...
Love, Fun, Life, and Liveliness with MSC Volunteering
Joy O'Donnell, a nurse from Mayo, shares some of her experiences with the MSC Volunteering Project in the Holy Family Centre, South Africa. "So, our adventure began just over three weeks ago, from Dublin to Limpopo, where we met the wonderful Holy Family – and that is...
Helping disadvantaged youths to reach goals at Berea-Albion Academy
During the summer of 2017, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart reached out to support students at Berea-Albion Football Club and Academy, South Africa, where disadvantaged youths are given hope and encouragement as they strive for a better future. Cougar Park in...
MSCs welcome Cardinal Schönborn to Cork
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were delighted to welcome His Eminence Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP to the Sacred Heart Church, Cork, on Friday, 14th June 2017. Cardinal Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna and editorial secretary for the Catechism of the Catholic...
Gospel Reflection for the 15th Sunday of the Year
Reflection: The word of God inspires eager longing and hope. The Gospel (Matthew 13:1-23) A sower went out to sow. "In today’s Gospel reading, after an introduction, there are three (or even four) sections, all united in theme. First, there is the introduction, giving...
Celebrating 395 Years of MSC Priesthood
Congratulations are in order for eight of our MSC priests, who celebrated their Jubilees of Ordination at the Sacred Heart Church, Cork, on June 30th, 2017. Between them, Fr Charles Conroy, Fr Pat O’Sullivan, Fr John McCarthy (RIP), Fr Seán Horgan, Fr Bill Collins, Fr...