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Missionaries of God's Love
We are called the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - missionaries of God's love revealed in the human heart of Christ.  For many we are perhaps better known by our initials, MSC. These come from our name in ImageLatin: Missionarii Sacratissimi Cordis. We are part of an international congregation of vowed male Religious founded in 1854 by Jules Chevalier, a young French priest.

A mission without limits
Our Founder saw the Heart of Christ as the source of God's saving love for the whole world.  Our mission is to make that compassionate love known everywhere and to everyone, without conditions.

A worldwide family
In the Irish Province we number about 140 men ministering and witnessing to God’s love in Ireland, Great Britain, Southern USA, Southern Africa, Venezuela and Southern Russia.The worldwide family of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart numbers approximately 2000 and is currently working in 54 countries in all five continents.

ImageWe want to live like Jesus
who loved with a human heart;
we want to love through him
and with him
and proclaim his love to the world.
MSC Constitutions 
 

Latest MSC News

New events announced for Galway Spirituality Centre

Croi-NuaThe MSC Spirituality Centre in Galway city, Croi Nua (New Heart) has recently announced a series of new events for the coming months.  They include the second part of an Enneagram workshop to be held in March and a new Lenten Lecture series in preparation for Easter 2010 - "Finding Easter Hope in Lenten Times".

These come on the back of a very successful Autumn lecture series based on the theme "The courage to believe" which attracted between 60-95 persons to each lecture.

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Foundation Day Letter from the Superior General

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Tuesday 8th December is the Foundation Day of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.  On the day of the promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854 the young Fr Jules Chevalier and his early companions founded our "Little Society".

155 years later our present Superior General, Fr Mark McDonald MSC addresses a letter to the whole Congregation.

In it he writes, "We should all be proud and thankful that we have been given the grace to follow in the footsteps of Fr. Jules Chevalier and the privilege of sharing his vision of God’s love with the world. As we celebrate today, let us remember these 155 years of history and recommit ourselves to living and sharing our charism in today’s world."

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Death of Fr Leo Hill MSC

leo-hill-smWe are deeply saddened to announce the death of Fr Leo Hill MSC of the Australian Province who was visiting the MSC community in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

Fr Leo was ordained in 1958 and celebrated his golden jubilee earlier this year.  His ministry included many years on the Parish Mission team of the Australian Province and a period as an MSC Superior.  He also served as a Parish Priest in Darwin in the north of Australia.

He  was hugely popular and much loved. His funeral will be held on Thursday, 10th December at 10am in the parish church of Ss. Alban and Stephen, St Albans followed by burial at Hatfield Road Cemetery. All are welcome.

 

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