Fáilte! Welcome!
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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 Latin: 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.
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We 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.
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Safeguarding Statement
The Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) is fully committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults and responding to related allegations with compassion and in accordance with established guidelines.
We ask that all complaints of abuse against personnel connected with the Irish Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, employees or volunteers – be reported immediately to the relevant MSC Child Safeguarding Designated Person and/or directly to the local police and statutory authorities.
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Please don't ever feel sorry for me. It makes me feel like people are looking down on me, as if I was something stuck on their shoe. It is like being pitied. When someone pities me I feel like I am powerless. Jesus never felt sorry for anyone..jpg)
It was a bitterly cold evening on January the 29th, but the Justice and Peace group of Tamworth were undaunted. Kit, Barbara, Stephen and Fr. Michael were determined to go ahead with their sleep out to raise awareness of the challenges faced by homeless people in the UK. It was one of a number of events put on as part of the Week of Action on Homelessness organised by a number of Christian charities.
The human family of God has been endowed with great gifts and talents and has a history of very impressive achievements. However the human family is also capable of great suffering and failures. The human condition is essentially very vulnerable, weak and limited. In our first reading today we meet Job. In his present psychological state he is a typical example of how miserable a human life can become. That is why when God intervenes in our lives and history it is always to bring about healing and compassionate service.
