NEWS & MEDIA
Rugby’s Anonymous Disciple
This Holy Week and throughout Easter we look at the what it really means to be a follower of Christ. A lot has been written on the subject, but I think an article in today's Irish Times really sums...
World Youth Day 2013 Faith and Celebration
Following World Youth Day in Rio 2013 some of the young people with the MSC Vocations team reflect on the week's highlights. Kieran Torbuck One of my favourite experiences of the World Youth Day (WYD) so far had to be the visit to the Sugar Loaf Mountain. Despite the...
Pope Francis wants a mess after WYD 2013
We all suspected something different was happening when the newly elected Pope first knelt down and asked for the people's prayers before he gave his first blessing. It seems however that Pope Francis has exceeded those expectations and as his papacy continues he...
Fr. Alan meets Francis in World Youth Day
Okay, so the title is a little misleading, but the event itself is spectacular! MSC Vocations is over in Rio for World Youth Day 2013. The weather is perfect! We're right next to Copacabana Beach! Pope Francis is en route! The atmosphere is AMAZING! Over the week you...
Celtic Volunteer in South Africa
Kevin Murphy is an electrician from Scotland. He arrived in the Holy Family Centre at the beginning of July. In addition to teaching the older teenagers about basic construction skills Kevin will introduce the kids to the wonder of Celtic FC! He'll also be running...
Walking the Way – Camino de Santiago
How to describe our first few days on the Camino de Santiago. Well it rained. Then it rained some more and then for good measure it kept on raining. Being from Ireland there's very little I haven't seen when it comes to precipitation, but I saw every type possible...
Buen Camino!
Tomorrow we're off along the Camino, beginning the first week of a 500 mile journey that finishes at the shrine of St. James in Santiago de Compostella. The Camino, or the Way as it is sometimes known, has been walked by pilgrims from around Europe for well over a...
Pope Francis’ message to MSCs
"You are authentic disciples of Jesus Christ," said Pope Francis when he was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Speaking about the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, he spoke of their ministry, saying "only a priest in love with the Lord can renew a parish. But at the...
Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
A Novena is a very special time of reflection. It is a time of intense personal prayer and petition. It is also a time of communal prayer with many hundreds of others who join with us, in person at one of the centres where the novena is being prayed and celebrated, or...
World Youth Day at Brightlights Festival
A Catholic youth festival! In England! Surely such a thing is a contradiction in terms. It'll probably be dull. There'll be Mass on all day. Who'd want to go? It's a pretty typical response from some people when they hear about the Brightlights Youth Festival - long,...
Vocations Ireland Summer Seminar
Yesterday was all about engagement. It's more than just a buzz word. It's about looking at how we as a Church in general and as vocations directors in particular outreach to young people. Sixty vocations directors from a wide variety of religious congregations...