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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

Death of Fr Allen Browne MSC

Allen-BrowneIt is with deep sadness that we report the death of Fr Allen Browne MSC, a member of the community at the Western Road, Cork.  He had spent most of his life as a missionary in Papua New Guinea.

Fr Allen died peacefully in his sleep in Cork University Hospital on the morning of Saturday 10th July 2010.  He was 91 years of age.

His Requiem Mass took place in the Sacred Heart Church on the Western Road, Cork on Monday 12th July after which Fr Allen was buried at St Oliver's cemetary.

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Missionaries Celebrate 400 Years of Priesthood

jubileesNine priests from the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are celebrating their Diamond, Golden, Ruby, and Silver Jubilees of their ordinations and between them they have devoted four hundred years to their vocations – many of them serving in the foreign missions in Africa and South America.

Celebrations took place on July 2nd, with family and friends and a concelebrated Mass at the MSC community at Western Road, Cork.

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New website for South Africa
website-iconThe MSC Region of Southern Africa has launched a new website which can be accessed at the following address: http://www.mscsa.org.za

The members of the Region hope you will enjoy browsing the site and find it very interesting and user friendly.

Please note the change from the old website address which was www.misacor.org.za.
 

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Speakers announced for Knock novena
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