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Saturday, 12 October 2019 09:36
IN MEMORIAM: JOHN RATE MSC – access to tributes and to Requiem Mass streaming.
IN MEMORIAM: JOHN RATE MSC – access to tributes and to Requiem Mass streaming. It is a week since John was buried at St Mary’s Towers, Douglas Park. There have been so many tributes that it is beyond the capacity of our website to carry them all and we are…
Thursday, 10 October 2019 22:27
UPDATE ON THE MSC PACIFIC UNION, FROM THE GENERAL CONFERENCE
UPDATE ON THE MSC PACIFIC UNION, FROM THE GENERAL CONFERENCE In the final sessions of the General Conference, the members looked at the different areas of the world, the developments, the recessions. Here is our first of several focal areas, the Pacific Union.…
Wednesday, 09 October 2019 22:31
MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE IN KOREA/ KOREAN STYLE AND STYLES.
MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE IN KOREA/ KOREAN STYLE AND STYLES. The MSC Korea Province hosted the 25th MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE, September 24 - October 6, 2019. Present were the General Administration; 20 Provincial Superiors, 3 Union Superiors, Moderators, Translators and Secretaries. On Sept. 28 and 29.they had their cultural immersion activities…
Tuesday, 08 October 2019 22:27
CHEVALIER COLLEGE OUTBACK EXCURSION and AN MSC VISIT IN DARWIN
CHEVALIER COLLEGE OUTBACK EXCURSION and AN MSC VISIT IN DARWIN. Pancakes for breakfast and mass at ST Paul’s Parish it was wonderful to reconnect with Fr Peter Hendriks MSC and be welcomed into a lovely community with morning tea. A trip to Royal Flying Doctor service and the battle of…
Tuesday, 08 October 2019 13:22
STATEMENT - APPEARANCE MOSS VALE COURT
STATEMENT - APPEARANCE MOSS VALE COURT MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART, TREAND HOUSE, 1A WALTHAM ST, COOGEE, 2014. Phone (2) 9665 8999. Fax (2) 9664 2962 Statement – Appearance Moss Vale Court 8 October 2019 The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Australia released the following statement in relation to…
Monday, 07 October 2019 22:34
RIP, FR JOHN ANEO MSC, FORMER PROVINCIAL SUPERIOR, PNG, 23rd September 2019
RIP, FR JOHN ANEO MSC, FORMER PROVINCIAL SUPERIOR, PNG, 23rd September 2019 CV of Fr. John Aneo MSC. with great thanks to Fr Roger MSC, Provincial Secretary, PNG, for this information. Educational Background His primary education were all done and completed at Kimadan Primary School, Kavieng that was…
Sunday, 06 October 2019 21:55
PAUL CASTLEY MSC, A NEW BOOK TO READ AND RECOMMEND, A TIME TO HOPE
PAUL CASTLEY MSC, A NEW BOOK TO READ AND RECOMMEND, A TIME TO HOPE A Time to Hope Finding Encouragement in Prayer and Ministry This book and others published by MSC by Coventry Press can be purchased on their website. Their website description reads: "At a time in the life…
Saturday, 05 October 2019 07:50
JOHN RATE MSC, FUNERAL MASS, HENLEY BEACH
JOHN RATE MSC, FUNERAL MASS, HENLEY BEACH Funeral Homily for John Rate: Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church Henley Beach Jesus quoted the passage from Isaiah (the first reading) at the beginning of his ministry to proclaim his message to the people of his hometown, Nazareth. It described his…
Thursday, 03 October 2019 22:27
THE CHEVALIER FAMILY FIRST FRIDAY JUSTICE CONCERN/INTENTION
THE CHEVALIER FAMILY FIRST FRIDAY JUSTICE CONCERN/ INTENTION The MSC Sisters write: Our spiritual founder, Fr. Jules Chevalier, MSC was convinced that devotion to the Sacred Heart was the remedy for all the evils of his time. We call this devotion today the "Spirituality of the Heart", a way…
Wednesday, 02 October 2019 22:32
MORE HIGHLIGHTS: 2019 MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE, BUSAN.
MORE HIGHLIGHTS: 2019 MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE, BUSAN. SECOND WEEK: LEADERSHIP TEAM GENERAL REPORT GENERAL SUPERIORS’ REPORT THE TOPICS INITIAL FORMATION, Accompaniment. Vocation Promotion. COMMUNICATION ONGOING FORMATION ON THE LAITY JUSTICE AND PEACE GENERAL BURSAR ON SAFEGUARDING At the beginning of 2019, it has been a constant theme, all over…
Tuesday, 01 October 2019 22:19
SISTER TRISH RUSH MSC, HER 100 YEARS.
SISTER TRISH RUSH MSC, HER 100 YEARS. Trish with her MSC Sisters Our dear Trish (Sr. Patricia Rush) reached the grand age of 100 years last Tuesday September 24th. Her MSC Sisters and family members celebrated this milestone with her at St Catherine’s Aged Care Facility Balwyn where Trish resides. …
Monday, 30 September 2019 22:37
SOME SIGNIFICANT OCTOBER DAYS FOR THE CHEVALIER FAMILY, 2019
SOME SIGNFICANT OCTOBER DAYS FOR THE CHEVALIER FAMILY, 2019 Death of Fr Jules Chevalier, see October 21st. Death of Fr Hubert Linckens, see October 5th. 1 October, 1905 The MSC Generalate transfers from Belgium to Rome, Piazza Navona, the site of the first MSC house in Rome. No longer…
Sunday, 29 September 2019 23:06
MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE, BUSAN, SOME MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE, BUSAN, SOME MEETING HIGHLIGHTS With thanks to Jommy Burgos MSC, Conference Secretary. The writing on the wall - in the best sense DAY 02 (Wednesday, September 25, 2019): New Directions in Leadership. There is a need to challenge the membership to move from the comfort zone and…
Friday, 27 September 2019 22:29
Lay Gathering and Commissioning of the Australian National Council of the Laity of the Chevalier Family, 13th – 15th September
Lay Gathering and Commissioning of the Australian National Council of the Laity of the Chevalier Family, 13th – 15th September Many Hearts United as One Report by Alison McKenzie. After many months of diligent and prayerful work by a steering committee composed of lay and professed members of the FDNSC…
Thursday, 26 September 2019 22:59
SOCIAL JUSTICE SUNDAY, 2019, AUSTRALIA
SOCIAL JUSTICE SUNDAY, 2019, AUSTRALIA Pope Francis constantly alerts us to Justice issues in our world. Since the 1940s, the Australian Bishops have annually published a call to justice statement. Australia's bishops have launched their annual Social Justice Statement, in which they invite us to reflect on how the…
Wednesday, 25 September 2019 22:30
25TH MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA
25TH MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA From Jommy Burgos MSC, Secretary of the Conference. DAY 01 (Tuesday, September 23, 2019: First day, started with a para-liturgy inviting all participants to a solemn presence of God. Conscious too of being present to one another. Fr. Mario Absalon Alvarado Tovar, MSC,…
Tuesday, 24 September 2019 22:31
BEN FLEMING MSC, THREE JOBS (OR MORE) IN ONE, PORT MORESBY
BEN FLEMING MSC, THREE JOBS (OR MORE) IN ONE, PORT MORESBY Ben writes: One month here now as Administrator of St Mary’s Cathedral. Following in the footsteps of great MSC. But I think I’m the first MSC to be appointed back here in about thirty years or more. [This means…
Monday, 23 September 2019 22:32
MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE, 2019, BUSAN, KOREA.
MSC GENERAL CONFERENCE, 2019, BUSAN, KOREA. Every two years there is an MSC General Conference (a General Chapter every six years). This has been an event for almost 50 years. It is an opportunity to take stock of the life, spirituality and ministry of the Congregation. It is also…
Monday, 23 September 2019 08:33
JOHN RATE MSC, MAY HE REST IN PEACE
JOHN RATE MSC, MAY HE REST IN PEACE As visitors to our site would have been reading about John in hospital, news came through that he died during last night. Steve Dives sent the following message: It is with great sadness that I advise that our dear brother John Rate…
Sunday, 22 September 2019 22:15
MESSAGE FROM HENLEY BEACH, JOHN RATE MSC, HEALTH, CONCERN AND PRAYER
MESSAGE FROM HENLEY BEACH, JOHN RATE MSC, HEALTH, CONCERN AND PRAYER I thought I would send an update on Father John. John remains in hospital and his current situation is considered grave. That said, he has weathered the past few days when his kidney went into failure and it was…
Friday, 20 September 2019 22:31
MSC-OLSH IINVOLVEMENT WITH ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
MSC-OLSH INVOLVEMENT WITH ABORIGINAL PEOPLE From the OLSH Parish Bulletin, Randwick (Fr Peter's Back Page) . Peter Hearn MSC has been PP of Randwick for many years. He spent a number of years in the Northern Territory. The MSC-OLSH involvement with Aboriginal people and the acquiring of land for them…
Thursday, 19 September 2019 23:00
FOR YOUR COLLECTION OF OLSH IMAGES.
FOR YOUR COLLECTION OF OLSH IMAGES. A number of visitors to our site say that they have been collecting images of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. Here are some more images of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. The above image is named as: A…
Wednesday, 18 September 2019 22:26
LIFE IN OLSH PARISH RANDWICK FINDING TRUE JOY AND BLESSINGS IN LIFE: A MIGRANT STORY
LIFE IN OLSH PARISH RANDWICK FINDING TRUE JOY AND BLESSINGS IN LIFE: A MIGRANT STORY From the OLSH Randwick Parish Bulletin, her story by Jana Rajnoch. In 1982 the Rajnoch family – my parents, Zdenka and Jan, my two brothers Paul and Lukas and myself at a young age…
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 21:52
PAUL STENHOUSE MSC, NEW BOOK, ISLAM: CONTEXT AND COMPLEXITY
PAUL STENHOUSE MSC, NEW BOOK, ISLAM: CONTEXT AND COMPLEXITY James Murray writes about this book: For anyone requiring deep background re the most fraught problems of this millennium (and a carryover from the first) the answer is in Islam: Context and Complexity. As always with such background of real value,…
Monday, 16 September 2019 22:42
SOME RECENT MSC APPOINTMENTS AND RETIREMENTS
SOME RECENT MSC APPOINTMENTS AND RETIREMENTS A list of appointments in the Province, but some acknowledgements of some veterans and their service and news of the retirements. Paul Cashen has been appointed Administrator of Hindmarsh-Findon until the end of 2019 and Administrator of OLSH in Henley Beach parish from January…
Sunday, 15 September 2019 21:39
Eulogy: Sr Marina O'Donnell fdnsc
Eulogy: Sr Marina O'Donnell fdnsc As with so many eulogies of our OLSH sisters, looking back on long lives and ministries, there is so much history, especially of service in PNG. Throughout her long life, in the congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred and before, Sr…
Friday, 13 September 2019 22:50
LETTER FROM VIETNAM, BOB IRWIN MSC
LETTER FROM VIETNAM, BOB IRWIN MSC New symbol in student house chapel.........for beginning of school year Greetings from Saigon, and happy Mid Autumn festival to you. You may not have realized that we are now in the middle of the eight lunar month, hence the festival. It is sometimes…
Thursday, 12 September 2019 22:06
DARAMALAN COLLEGE, CANBERRA, HEART SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL CONCERN
DARAMALAN COLLEGE, CANBERRA, HEART SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL CONCERN From the Daramalan College website: The foundation for a Spirituality of the Heart can be found in our own personal experience of God’s love. In the First Letter of St John (4/15) we find a basis for this ”We ourselves have known and…
Wednesday, 11 September 2019 23:09
AN INSIGHT INTO THE WORK OF PRISON MINISTRY: PETER CARROLL MSC
AN INSIGHT INTO THE WORK OF PRISON MINISTRY: PETER CARROLL MSC. The work of Catholic prison chaplains was celebrated at a conference in Melbourne last week. From left: Alison Burt (Executive Secretary, Bishops Commission for Social Justice), Paul Zammit (Master of Ceremonies), Fr Peter Carroll MSC (Chair, Australian Catholic Prisoners…
Tuesday, 10 September 2019 22:30
EXPLORING NORTH VIETNAM By Hoang Huy Nguyen MSC
EXPLORING NORTH VIETNAM By Hoang Huy Nguyen MSC - Community leader of the MSC in Vietnam From the MSC Magazine Hoang with the Bishop of Thai Binh province June 3th - 12th June, 2019, Chris and Hoang made a trip to North and Central Vietnam. The purpose of our trip…
