NEWS & MEDIA
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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)...
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...
Reflections: The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Living Life to the Full Are we living our lives, or are we sleepwalking through life? God has given us the gift of life and desires us to make the most of it. Yet how often are we just going through the motions? Or do we feel like the dried bones of the first reading?...
Message from Archbishop Eamon Martin for St Patrick’s Day 2017
On this Feast of our Patron Saint, I send warm greetings from the Cathedral City of Saint Patrick in Armagh to Irish people everywhere. Today unites the Irish at home with our relatives and friends who live abroad and with the hundreds of thousands of others who are...
Reflections: The Third Sunday of Lent
Gospel Reflection for the Third Sunday of Lent The Gospel (4:5-42). A spring of water welling up to eternal life. This is a rather lengthy reading containing different themes. Central themes are the Samaritan woman, the well, and the water. In Jesus’ day, there was...
Nightfever
As a worldwide initiative, the idea behind Nightfever is a simple one: open doors and open hearts. On designated nights, Mass is held in a city centre church, and afterwards, the church is filled with candlelight and prayerful music. Volunteers invite passers-by on...
The MSC Welcome a New Provincial Superior
The Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are pleased to announce the election of Fr Carl Tranter MSC as their next Provincial Superior. He will take over from the present Provincial, Fr Joseph McGee MSC, in September of this year, immediately after...
MSC Provincial Chapter 2017
“To be on Earth the Heart of Christ” This year’s Provincial Chapter takes place between March 5th and 12th at the Emmaus Retreat Centre in Swords, Co. Dublin. The theme of this year’s Chapter is “To be on Earth the Heart of Christ”. As we gather for the Provincial...
Message from Pope Francis for Lent 2017
The Word is a gift. Other persons are a gift. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Lent is a new beginning, a path leading to the certain goal of Easter, Christ’s victory over death. This season urgently calls us to conversion. Christians are asked to return to God “with all...
Reflections: The First Sunday of Lent
First Sunday of Lent In the desert, Jesus is confronted with many temptations. Hunger and thirst, and the emptiness and quietness of the desert strip away all that stands between Jesus and his deepest self. Just before Jesus was driven out into the desert, his Father...
Welcome to our all-new MSC website!
This spring, we are delighted to unveil a new look for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. With a new design, a new logo, and a new and improved website, we’re looking to the future as we continue our work in building a better world for all of God’s people. ...
New-look logo for the MSC
The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are delighted to introduce a fresh new look and design. Along with the launch of our new website, we are delighted to reveal our new logo, which is a more modern representation of our traditional values and beliefs. We’ve developed...