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Tuesday, 30 July 2024 21:33
Heart of Life Centre: Directors – Farewell and Welcome
Heart of Life Centre: Directors – Farewell and Welcome Heart of Life staff gathered to begin the semester but also for a ritual acceptance of Director, Clare Shearman’s resignation after two and a half years and welcome to interim Director, Alison McKenzie. Stephen Hackett paid tribute to Clare, presenting her…
Monday, 29 July 2024 22:23
International MSC news, Philippines province
International MSC news, Philippines province Cor Vitae Formators Training (Manila) Chris Chaplin, MSC, is in the Philippines to facilitate some sessions with the participants of Cor Vitae’s nine-month formation training. This year, there are a total of 14 MSC Sisters, FDNSC, and MSC priests participating. For July, Chris will…
Sunday, 28 July 2024 21:12
MSC Vietnam gathering and discernment, photos and reflections
MSC Vietnam gathering and discernment, photos and reflections With thanks for Bang for photos, Khoi for texts, Hoa for technical assistance We discern our identity as human persons and as Christians. We discern our identity as MSCs today. We are unique individuals, born and nourished in love, called to…
Sunday, 28 July 2024 09:15
Celebrating the episcopal ordination of Simon Mani MSC, Kiribati
Celebrating the episcopal ordination of Simon Mani MSC, Kiribati
Thursday, 25 July 2024 23:16
Celebrating Michael Sims MSC, 60 years ordained
Celebrating Michael Sims MSC, 60 years ordained Michael was ordained on the Feast of St James in 1964. The Melbourne community joined with him, the Little Sisters of the Poor and the residents at St Joseph’s Northcote for his anniversary Mass. During the Mass, Michael remembered his life and vocation,…
Wednesday, 24 July 2024 22:15
Opening Ritual 23 July 2024 - MSC VN Gathering
Opening Ritual 23 July 2024 - MSC VN Gathering It was a wonderful time for the MSC Vietnam to gather on the night of 23 July at K'Long Don Bosco Centre to commence their discernment together with a ritual in which Bob Irwin, who was the Australian Provincial when the…
Tuesday, 23 July 2024 23:35
Australian Province delegation for Simon Mani's Episcopal Ordination
Australian Province delegation for Simon Mani's Episcopal Ordination Steve Dives and Kimi Vunivesilevu Thanks to shared photos from Martin Everi MSC
Monday, 22 July 2024 22:18
Retreat for our Vietnamese students with John Mulrooney MSC
Retreat for our Vietnamese students with John Mulrooney MSC John Mulrooney writes from Vietnam. Our Vietnamese students have been on annual retreat for the past week in Da Lat and will finish tomorrow just in time to start the next gathering/discernment previously reported on the website. I have been journeying…
Sunday, 21 July 2024 23:08
MSC Pacific Islands Province – Silver Jubilee, Vito. Skills Training, Wanadoi
MSC Pacific Islands Province – Silver Jubilee, Vito. Skills Training, Wanadoi Vito Kelekele, MSC Provincial Superior, Silver Jubilee Today, we joyfully commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Profession as Missionaries of the Sacred Heart for Fr. Vito Kelekele, the Provincial Superior of our Congregation. The celebration takes place at the…
Friday, 19 July 2024 23:01
Looking forward to Episcopal Ordination, Simon Mani, July 27th. MSC Kiribati
Looking forward to Episcopal Ordination, Simon Mani, July 27th. MSC Kiribati MSC missionaries arrived in Kiribati only a few years after the arrival of MSC in Sydney. There have been strong links between Kiribati and Australia. ARRIVAL OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Among the people recruited in the 1870s as…
Thursday, 18 July 2024 22:14
Heart of Life Centre transition of Directors
Heart of Life Centre transition of Directors Clare Shearman, retiring director, writes On a personal note, I would like to thank the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart for the opportunity to serve as Director and Relations Manager since 2020. Both roles have given me a chance to observe the work…
Wednesday, 17 July 2024 23:15
A Significant MSC Gathering, Vietnam
A Significant MSC Gathering, Vietnam Khoi Nguyen msc This discernment gathering is one of the recommendations of the MSC Australian Chapter April 2023, that the MSC Vietnam Community is recommended to have such a gathering to discern their future together with the support and consideration for future decisions of the…
Tuesday, 16 July 2024 22:50
Around the Provinces
Around the Provinces Father General meets the Archbishop of Jakarta The Superior General, Mario Absalon Alvarado, MSC is in Indonesia for his June-July 2024 Visit. One of the purposes of his visit is to have a meeting with the Archbishop of Jakarta, H.E. Ignatius Cardinal Suharyo Hardjoatmojo. The meeting…
Monday, 15 July 2024 22:39
MSC South Sudan news: Alan Neville MSC, Endings and Beginnings.
MSC South Sudan news: Alan Neville MSC, Endings and Beginnings Sent by the MSC Mission Office Australia. Alan Neville is from the Irish Province. There is war and famine in neighbouring Sudan. South Sudan is a new country -but MSC and OLSH presence, including OLSH Sisters from Australia, has continued…
Sunday, 14 July 2024 22:23
A rare event for MSC Australia, a 60th birthday celebration, Alo Lamere MSC.
A rare event for MSC Australia, a 60th birthday celebration, Alo Lamere MSC. Last year the Province had three men turning 60. This year, just the one, Alo. And, sadly a few more years before the next one. Alo is from Indonesia and worked there in formation. He then spent…
Friday, 12 July 2024 19:13
Pope Francis to PNG, Interview with Superior General, Abzalon Tovar MSC
Pope Francis to PNG, Interview with Superior General, Abzalon Tovar MSC From Vatican News. Pope will find ‘strong and multicultural’ Church in Papua New Guinea As Pope Francis prepares to visit Papua New Guinea in September, the Superior General of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart shares the current challenges…
Thursday, 11 July 2024 23:18
Photos from Facebook, US MSC and Laity of the Chevalier Family
Photos from Facebook, US MSC and Laity of the Chevalier Family Actually, this one is from Peru, part of the Chevalier Bicentenary celebration A Facebook account can be swamped with all kinds of advertising and so many sites that are unsolicited. But every so often there is a surprise photo…
Wednesday, 10 July 2024 22:31
An outstanding OLSH, PNG Missionary story, 60 years. (1928-1990)
An outstanding OLSH, PNG Missionary story, 60 years. (1928-1990) Sr. Simona gained much respect by learning several local languages and was gifted with many talents: teacher, nurse, singer, welfare officer, designer of clothes, organizer of primitive hospitals and elementary schools, and educational services. She also co-founded the small mountain village…
Tuesday, 09 July 2024 22:24
Memories for Chevalier Family who worked In the Tiwi Islands, NAIDOC Week
Memories for Chevalier Family who worked In the Tiwi Islands, NAIDOC Week Our Lady of Peace and St. Therese - Wurrumiyanga, Tiwi Islands: 113th Anniversary of the First Mass Celebrated by Bishop Francis Gsell in Tiwi Islands. (Story and photos from the parish Facebook page.) Today we celebrated the 113th…
Monday, 08 July 2024 21:09
Life’s Healing Journey – St Mary’s Towers and beyond
Life’s Healing Journey – St Mary’s Towers and beyond Ed Travers, msc, has been gifting the Life’s Healing Journey retreat to the men of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd for many years. This year Ed was supported in facilitating the retreat by the seminary Spiritual Director, Fr John…
Sunday, 07 July 2024 21:35
The Chevalier Family Australia supports NAIDOC week
The Chevalier Family Australia supports NAIDOC week – we have a history with the people of the Northern Territory and the Torres Strait Islands for over a hundred years, MSC Brothers and Priests, OLSH Sisters, Lay Missionaries. Our main current connection is Wadeye. Memory of Deacon Boniface. Leo Wearden, current…
Saturday, 06 July 2024 09:20
Some Significant July Days for the Chevalier Family, 2024
Some Significant July Days for the Chevalier Family, 2024 July seems to have been a mission establishing month: MSC in Yule Island, PNG; MSC in Bangalore, India; MSC in Canada; MSC Sisters in Peru. It is also a month of memories of murdered MSCs, in Indonesia during World War II,…
Thursday, 04 July 2024 22:06
The Chevalier Family First Friday Program, 2024, July
The Chevalier Family First Friday Program, 2024, July The poster for July And a supplementary good thought and challenge
Wednesday, 03 July 2024 22:36
Next Sunday, July 7th, Remembering Blessed Peter To Rot
Next Sunday, July 7th, Remembering Blessed Peter To Rot If you would like to know more about Peter to Rot, there is a great deal on him our our website. Go to News, the Current News. Where it indicates to type in the inquiry, put Peter to Rot and…
Tuesday, 02 July 2024 22:08
Welcome Quy BUI and Tien Nguyen:
Welcome Quy BUI and Tien Nguyen: Peter Hendriks writes: Quy and Tien arrived in Australia last week for a two-week visit. They are here in preparation for the Safeguarding Audit that will take place later this year. As the Vietnam MSC Community is part of the Australian Province, it is…
Tuesday, 02 July 2024 08:58
Paris - a pre-Olympics glimpse, John Walker MSC
Paris - a pre-Olympics glimpse, John Walker MSC John writes: Feeling chuffed! Received notice that one of my favourite photos shot in Paris will be exhibited in Chicago in July. I was visiting friends in Paris at the end of my sabbatical in 2012, and one of my favourite vantage…
Sunday, 30 June 2024 22:03
Chevalier Family Stories, Photos
Chevalier Family Stories, Photos First OLSH Australia, Sister Shirley Gallagher celebrates 70 years of profession at Bentleigh The Laity of the Chevalier Family New group in South Africa New group in PNG Large group in Indonesia Jules Chevalier would be happy
Friday, 28 June 2024 22:20
MSC Ongoing Formation Commission. Heartfelt congratulations
MSC Ongoing Formation Commission Heartfelt congratulations to the eleven Trainees who completed the 14-week English Language Training in the Practice of Group Facilitation!! Online Graduation Ceremony June 14, 2024 On Friday June 14 the following participants graduated during an online ceremony; Fr. Celestin Bela MSC from the UAF working in…
Thursday, 27 June 2024 19:18
MSC Mission Office, end of financial year
MSC Mission Office, end of financial year The Office depends on donations – it’s the end of the financial year. Our challenges and opportunities in 2024 The year 2024 is not an easy one for anyone. We face the threats of war, labour shortage, materials supply disruption, loss of real…
Wednesday, 26 June 2024 22:37
Andre Claessens, Provincial Superior, Belgium
Andre Claessens, Provincial Superior, Belgium A ministry of service! After his term as First Councillor of our General Council, Andre returned to Belgium. But, as they say, there is no rest for the wicked! News from Belgium: a new team was confirmed by the chapter to support the Belgian Missionaries…
