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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

MSC Novitiate in South Africa

Novices-2-SA-smOn the 14th Aug. 2009 the 2009-2010 African MSC Novitiate opened with 5 candidates and their 2 formators from six different countries.  Now the Novitiate is a little over half way through and the Novices are about to begin their 30 day silent retreat following the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola.

The Novitiate is located in Chevalier House, in Midrand, half-way between Pretoria and Johannesburg in South Africa. Despite the global financial crisis there is a mass of road expansion and industrial development all around. Day and night the preparations continue for the World Cup due in June 2010.

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Mother’s Day Cards Launched

mothers day card1We have launched a range of cards for Mother’s Day that falls on 14 March. There are three cards in the range – all with images of roses. MSC are the first religious congregation in Ireland to produce such a card.

The card contains prayers for mothers and includes a remembrance in a Triduum of Masses that will be celebrated in Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork on 13-15 March.

Fr. Michael O’Connell, Director at the MSC Mission Support Centre said that Mother’s Day is a very special occasion within families, and it was felt appropriate to give praise for all mothers including “the many who gave their sons to the missions over the years”.

The cards are available at the Mission Support Centre, Leebrook House, Western Road, or through the post. The suggested donation is €10 towards MSC missionary work.

 
Death of Fr. Jack Shanahan MSC

fr. jack shanahanThe death has taken place of Fr. Jack Shanahan who was the oldest member of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Ireland. Fr. Jack was born in 1911 in Castletownbere, Co. Cork, the eldest of two boys and three girls.

He received his primary education at Castletownbere National School and then travelled to Sacred Heart College, Western Road, Cork for his post primary education.  His home town is almost one hundred miles from Cork city.  As a young student at Sacred Heart College, Fr. Jack began his studies after a two-part journey from Castletownbere to Bantry by boat, and then by train to Cork city.   Mid-term breaks were not a feature of the educational system at that time.

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