NEWS & MEDIA
Youth 2000 Scotland Sharing Good News in the Highlands
A Youth 2000 Retreat is always going to be special, but the last regional gathering in Craig Lodge in the Scottish Highlands was wonderful. This is the home of Mary’s Meals, the dynamic charity that...
World Day of the Poor 2017
Pope Francis has announced that the first World Day of the Poor will be observed this coming winter, on Sunday, 19th November 2017. The Holy Father published a special message on Tuesday, June 13th,...
Scripture Reflection for the Feast of Corpus Christi
Fr Martin writes... "The words of Christ given as heading to today’s Gospel call for reflection at two levels: the message of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist in our own lives and in the society...
MSC May Fundraiser: Grand Total
We are delighted to announce that the MSC Plant, Book & Cake Sale run by the Sacred Heart Parish in Cork has raised a grand total of €3,821.82 in aid of the Holy Family Care Centre in South...
Camino 2017: Walking in the Footsteps of Millions in Runners
There’s something special about getting up before dawn each morning, finding your boots (or runners – we’ll get to that later), and heading off with fellow pilgrims in a gentle procession across the...
A Minute for Peace with Pope Francis
In honour of the anniversary of the 2014 prayer meeting for peace, a minute of prayer for peace will take place worldwide on Thursday, 08th June 2017 at 1.00pm. June 8th, 2017 marks the third...
“A Joy for all the World”: Official Hymn for the WMOF 2018
The official hymn for the World Meeting of Families 2018, "A Joy of Love for all the World", has been released ahead of next summer’s event. Irish composer Ephrem Feeley found inspiration for the...
A New MSC Church in Waterval, South Africa
Locals in the community of Waterval, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, have been working together with the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart to raise funds for a new church in their parish of...
Message from Pope Francis for World Communications Day 2017
Sunday, 28th May 2017 marked the 51st World Communications Day. In today’s world, where communicating a message of hope and love is more important than ever throughout these turbulent times, the...
Jumping Around at the Brightlights Festival
You can see that they are sceptical. The arms are folded and the legs are crossed. No one can do militant disinterest like two hundred and fifty teenagers in a marquee on Friday morning. They are having none of this Jesus carry on. It’s a little surprising an hour...
Festival of Mercy in the Big City
It's June, so that means it's time for the Spirit in the City Festival in the centre of London. It's based in the parish of Notre Dame de France, home of the wonderful Marist Fathers and their passionate team of laity. Over four days of music, cinema, outreach, and...
Walking the Camino in the Wet
It wasn’t looking good. Anytime I checked the weather app it said rain. When I checked back a few minutes later, hoping against hope, it was only getting worse. The threat of thunder and lightning is certainly not the ideal circumstances for a 114km walk along the...
Surfs Up!
There are moments in your life when you’re certain you’ve made a terrible mistake. You don’t need anyone to tell you. You just know. I had one of those experiences earlier this year on a Saturday morning when I looked out the window of the Missionaries of the Sacred...
Samuel Groups in Cork and Dublin
"It was fantastic" "The group was really supportive and easy going" "I loved being able to look at the big questions in life with others who were thinking about the same things" Okay. So, what's next? I'm not really sure. Things are so busy and I've got so much...
Celebrating Joy on Mission Sunday
In 2015 we have been called in a special way to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life. It’s an opportunity to give thanks for the men and women who have worked so selflessly to serve the people of God at home and abroad. It has led the priests and brothers of the...
NET Team Makes a Wonderful Mess
During the Rio World Youth Day celebrations two years ago Pope Francis called for a new culture of evangelisation in our Church. He said that the greatest evangelisers of young people were other young people. He called them to go out, be courageous, spread the Good...
The Promised Land: Youth 2000 Festival
Every year well over a thousand young people gather in Walsingham for the Youth 2000 Festival at the end of August. It's an amazing gathering of people from all over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales for five days of music, prayer, workshops, and especially great...
Pop Up Church on the Camino
Buen Camino!' It's a familiar phrase that pilgrims say as they meet one another on the Way. It's both a greeting and a blessing for those who walk to Santiago de Compostella across the north of Spain. There is a strange sense of community out here, where people of all...
Living Faith and Joy at MSC Youth Festival
It's a hard knock life really. This summer a group of thirteen young people and four adult leaders had the opportunity to leave behind the clouds and rain for a five day youth festival in Croatia with the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. There we joined other MSCs...