NEWS & MEDIA
“A beautiful encounter with God”: MSCs celebrating Lent in Ecuador
As we approach the blessed season of Easter, we are glad to share these beautiful pictures of Lenten celebrations at the parish of St John the Evangelist in Palmira, Ecuador. Here, Fr Marcelo...
EASTER DRAW RESULTS 2026
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR 2026 MSC EASTER DRAW WINNERS! 1st Prize: €2,000 A. Kiernan, Portarlington, County. Laois 2nd Prize: €1,500 P. McAdam, Monaghan Town. 3rd Prize: €1,000 P....
A walk down Memory Lane… March 2026
This year, we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the MSC Missions Office on the Western Road, Cork, and as part of our anniversary commemorations, we’re looking back on old issues of our...
Full hands and full hearts: Caring for twins and triplets in rural South Sudan
It’s a joy to be able to share the most recent photo updates we’ve received from the Mary Ward Primary Health Care Clinic in Maker Kuei, South Sudan, where the Loreto Sisters are running a...
A video message from Fr Alan in South Sudan
Our own Fr Alan Neville MSC has been in touch from Rumbek, South Sudan, with a special message for our mission friends and benefactors here in the Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred...
MSCs sharing joy in Ecuador
While we are now well into spring, time, distance, and technical difficulties mean that we have just received these wonderful Christmas pictures from our MSC brothers in Ecuador, and they are a joy...
A bright new year in the Philippines for the MSC Centre for the Poor
It’s always a joy to share updates from the MSC Centre for the Poor in the Philippines, where sustainability and hope are at the heart of everything they do. One of the current programmes running at...
A walk down Memory Lane… February 2026
This month, we’re looking back at an issue of the MSC Message from 20 years ago, in 2006. Blessings from the Sacred Heart Church The newsletter welcomed newly appointed parish priest at the time,...
Powering a parish in the Equatorial forest of Cameroon
As we settle into the new year, we’re sharing news of one of our latest mission projects, which will fund solar panels for a very poor mission station in Cameroon.Solar panels will provide safe,...
A bright new year in the Philippines for the MSC Centre for the Poor
It’s always a joy to share updates from the MSC Centre for the Poor in the Philippines, where sustainability and hope are at the heart of everything they do. One of the current programmes running at the centre focuses on urban gardening, growing vegetables to...
A walk down Memory Lane… February 2026
This month, we’re looking back at an issue of the MSC Message from 20 years ago, in 2006. Blessings from the Sacred Heart Church The newsletter welcomed newly appointed parish priest at the time, our very own Fr John Fitzgerald MSC, who has come full circle and is now...
Powering a parish in the Equatorial forest of Cameroon
As we settle into the new year, we’re sharing news of one of our latest mission projects, which will fund solar panels for a very poor mission station in Cameroon.Solar panels will provide safe, reliable electricity for this very remote parish in the Equatorial forest...
FATIMA PILGRIMAGE
A walk down Memory Lane… January 2026
This year, our MSC Missions Office on the Western Road, Cork, marks 60 years in operation. Together, we’re celebrating 60 years of prayer, of fundraising (in countless creative shapes and forms!), of local and global outreach, of friendship, of unity, of faith, of...
Celebrating the new OLSH Kiribati Province Mission in the Pacific Islands
Congratulations and blessings to the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the Pacific Islands! The OLSH Sisters have officially marked the beginning of the Kiribati Province Mission in Tonga, an island located in the South Pacific Ocean. In a Facebook post by...
MSC World Projects 2026:Supporting a new generation of MSCs on their journey of faith and love
The MSC seminary in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, currently supports 15 MSC students in the initial stages on their formation path. This involves a wide and varied curriculum alongside a dedicated formation lifestyle, incorporating academic studies, spiritual and religious...
MSC World Projects 2026:MSC ministry with indigenous communities in rural Ecuador
In the Chimborazo Province of Ecuador, two MSC priests, Fr Marcelo Campoverde and Fr Jose Baak, minister to families and communities across two mission areas. This includes over 13,500 people across 22 rural communities in the indigenous parish of San Francisco de...
MSC World Projects 2026:OLSH Global Outreach 2026
OLSH youth ministry deep in the Amazon region of BrazilThe Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart are hard at work in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, an extremely remote area of the Amazon region in Brazil. Their work here is challenging, not least because of the...
MSC World Projects 2026:Sowing Seeds for the future in Cameroon
The MSC community in Cameroon is growing steadily, with a postnotiviate programme training MSCs in their theological studies and preparing them for missionary life. In this academic year, the programme is hosting 27 students and their three formators, which includes...