07 Aug 2025
Summer has brought wonderful celebrations to the MSC mission in Mozambique, with a beautiful ceremony honouring Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in May, and a special Pentecost Vigil in June.
The parish of Santa Marta hosted both events, with all its customary enthusiasm and joy! Fr José Eduardo presided over a celebration of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at the end of May, the Month of Mary, and the ceremony was one of “great joy and faith”, “enriched by songs, prayers, and expressions of deep spirituality”.
The community gathered to pray together to Our Lady, “who welcomes us with tenderness and leads us to the Heart of her Son Jesus”. “This was a time of renewal of faith, trust and surrender,” writes the Facebook page for MSC Mozambique – a sentiment that resonates with us here as we prepare for our own Novena to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road at the end of August.
On Saturday, June 7th, the Pentecost Vigil Mass “brought together youth from the parishes of Vigararia East in the Diocese of Pemba”. Participants were joined by the MSC students on the mission, for an evening of “prayer, reflection, and brotherly sharing, in a true breath of the Spirit that renewed hearts and strengthened the fellowship and missionary fervor of the participants”.
The following morning, a Pentecost Mass brought an end to the celebrations, “where everyone gathered as a living Church invoked the Holy Spirit to illuminate and guide the path of youth and mission”.
These pictures shared on the Facebook page for MSC Mozambique perfectly embody the wonderful spirit of community and faith in the parish of Santa Marta and beyond, as we continue to keep our MSC brothers and the communities they serve in the Diocese of Pemba in our prayers.
Images via the Facebook page for MSC Mozambique