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Wednesday, 17 April 2019 22:55
CONGRATULATIONS, GREG McCANN MSC - 102 TODAY
CONGRATULATIONS, GREG McCANN MSC - 102 TODAY Honouring Greg McCann, a full life (and more), almost three quarters of a century of MSC life and ministry. A reminder of his appointments: 1946-1950: Chevalier College. 1950-1951: Kensington. 1951-1957: Sideia. 1958-1974: Trobriand Islands. 1975-1976: Hagita. 1977-1979: Japan. 1980-1983: Seminary. 1985-1986: Hagita. 1987-1988:…
Tuesday, 16 April 2019 22:40
ACKNOWLEDGING MARY SCARFE
ACKNOWLEDGING MARY SCARFE On our site we have been acknowledging MSC priests and brothers as they turn a significant age, and upwards. It is important to acknowledge the women who have been a significant presence in MSC life and ministry. With this in mind, we offer a tribute…
Monday, 15 April 2019 23:20
PAUL McCORMACK MSC, NEW CD NOW AVAILABLE, HYMNS FOR THE HARD ROAD
PAUL McCORMACK MSC, NEW CD NOW AVAILABLE, HYMNS FOR THE HARD ROAD Hymns for the Hard Road Paul McCormack M.S.C. Paul McCormack writes about his new CD: My CD is finally ready for distribution. It is the result of many years encouraging the boarders at…
Sunday, 14 April 2019 22:07
DOWNLANDS SENIOR STUDENTS COME SOUTH TO VISIT MSC HOUSES.
DOWNLANDS SENIOR STUDENTS COME SOUTH TO VISIT MSC HOUSES. In recent years some Downlands students have visited MSC communities in Sydney, Douglas Park and a visit to Chevalier College. Senior Leaders’ Pilgrimage Experience Mrs Anne McAtomney, Assistant Principal - Mission The annual Senior Leaders’ Pilgrimage and Formation Experience…
Friday, 12 April 2019 22:50
MSC BISHOPS IN PNG: LOUIS COUPPE, FIRST BISHOP, RABAUL
MSC BISHOPS IN PNG: LOUIS COUPPE, FIRST BISHOP, RABAUL. During this year we will be featuring articles on the MSC Bishops in PNG and the Pacific. This article by Hugh Laracy was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, (MUP), 1981 Louis Couppé (1850-1926), missionary archbishop, was born on…
Thursday, 11 April 2019 22:22
OLSH RANDWICK, PREPARING FOR THE 2020 PLENARY SYNOD
OLSH RANDWICK, PREPARING FOR THE 2020 PLENARY SYNOD Dioceses and parishes and particular groups have been involved in discussions to prepare submissions for the 2020 Plenary Synod. Here is an example from MSC parish ministry. Statement Summary of OLSH Group, Randwick, on the Plenary Council 2020: We think God is…
Thursday, 11 April 2019 07:34
ANNALS, 130 YEARS OLD
ANNALS, 130 YEARS OLD An article by the editor of Annals Australasia, Paul Stenhouse MSC, from Annals, remembering the history from 1889 to the present. ‘Wonder is dead, you say!/Wonder can never die. Not while within a shining pool/a man can see the sky’. Dame Mary…
Tuesday, 09 April 2019 22:43
NOEL MANSFIELD MSC, VISIT TO BROOME
NOEL MANSFIELD, VISIT TO BROOME Broome and the North, Jan-Feb 2019 My intention was to celebrate my birthday with my sister, Joan, and then be present for her 90th birthday in Broome on January 10th. But I have often been invited by Malcolm Fyfe to come to Darwin whenever I…
Monday, 08 April 2019 22:23
NEW MSC MISSION OFFICE DIRECTOR, ROGER PURCELL MSC
NEW MSC MISSION OFFICE DIRECTOR, ROGER PURCELL MSC With the sudden death of Adrian Meaney, many of us wondered who could succeed him. Adrian achieved a great deal with the Office, assisting many communities around the world. Projects director, Sean Donovan, and Donations manager, Sally Omar, provide continuity with their…
Sunday, 07 April 2019 22:40
ROCHUS TATAMAI MSC COMPANION OF THE ORDER OF THE STAR OF MELANESIA, CSM.
ROCHUS TATAMAI MSC COMPANION OF THE ORDER OF THE STAR OF MELANESIA, CSM. Rev. Bishop Rochus Joseph Tatamai, MSC, DD was invested with the Insignia of the ‘Companion of the Order of the Star of Melanesia’ (CSM), on 4thApril, 2019 at the Government House, Port Moresby. Bp Rochus received this…
Friday, 05 April 2019 23:21
VOCATION POSTERS - DO THEY COMMUNICATE? DO THEY ATTRACT?
VOCATION POSTERS - DO THEY COMMUNICATE? DO THEY ATTRACT? Here are some MSC posters from the US and the Philippines. The Philippines MSC have a Facebook site, often posting a range of posters. We can check with some definitions and descriptions Definition of vocation. 1a : a summons or strong…
Thursday, 04 April 2019 22:20
A FIRST FRIDAY REFLECTION. LENT, CONFESSION, WYD PANAMA 2019
A FIRST FRIDAY REFLECTION. LENT, CONFESSION, WYD PANAMA 2019. Pope Francis in sacramental action, Panama On the day Pope Francis visited young detainees in Panama, celebrated a penitential liturgy and heard their confessions, WYD participants across Panama City were also receiving the Sacrament of Penance. By Linda Bordoni On Friday,…
Wednesday, 03 April 2019 23:24
SOME MILESTONES
SOME MILESTONES NEVILLE DUNNE The number of members of the Australian Province has increased by one! For decades, Neville Dunne has worked in PNG, becoming a member of that Province, serving as Provincial Superior. He has retired from PNG to Kensington’s Sacred Heart Monastery and has returned to the Australian…
Tuesday, 02 April 2019 22:29
CARDINAL JOHN RIBAT VISITS THE US MSC PROVINCE
CARDINAL JOHN RIBAT VISITS THE US MSC PROVINCE CENTER VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA We thank Cardinal John Ribat, MSC and Fr Ben Fleming, MSC for their presence among us at Sacred Heart Villa for this past week. We are honored to have our first MSC Cardinal in our house. Fr Joe Gleixner…
Monday, 01 April 2019 23:09
MSC Music - An Invitation
MSC Music - An Invitation A FREE MSC Music e-Hymnal covering some favourites from Frank Andersen and James Maher for those parishes and schools that are members with OneLicense. Just add your OneLicense number on the booklet (download with link below) and don't forget to report your usage with…
Sunday, 31 March 2019 22:12
SOME SIGNIFICANT APRIL DAYS FOR THE CHEVALIER FAMILY, 2019
SOME SIGNIFICANT APRIL DAYS FOR THE CHEVALIER FAMILY, 2019 If you have visited Rome, have you been to Piazza Navona, not just as a tourist but to visit the first MSC Church there, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, and the headquarters of the Italian Province? The other entrance is…
Friday, 29 March 2019 23:35
WEEKEND GOING THROUGH PHOTO FILES
WEEKEND GOING THROUGH PHOTO FILES Looking at our photo files, we discover some pictures and stories that did not yet use - there may be some people and situations you know. Fred & Sue Stubenrauch’s farewell: The Douglas Park community farewelled Fred and Sue Stubenrauch on Saturday 8th December.…
Thursday, 28 March 2019 22:03
ACKNOWLEDGING PETER HARVEY JACKSON MSC
ACKNOWLEDGING PETER HARVEY JACKSON MSC In recent years we have been acknowledging Australian MSC on the occasion of a significant birthday, especially when they turn 80. Today is the 80th birthday of Peter Harvey Jackson, born in 1939. Peter went to primary school at OLSH College, Bowral, then to St…
Thursday, 28 March 2019 07:50
BISHOP PETRUS CANISIUS MANDAGI MSC, RECONCILIATION BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND CATHOLICS.
BISHOP PETRUS CANISIUS MANDAGI MSC, RECONCILIATION BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND CATHOLICS. Over the last two weeks we have been moved, have grieved, have felt great solidarity with New Zealand, with the horror of the massacre in Christchurch, the mourning for those who were killed at prayer, for their relatives and friends.…
Tuesday, 26 March 2019 22:02
WORKSHOP OF MSC MEN MORE RECENTLY ORDAINED
WORKSHOP OF MSC MEN MORE RECENTLY ORDAINED The photo shows from left: Peter Anthony (Randwick), Kimi Vunivesilevu (Kippax), Thang Nguyen (St Mary’s Towers Retreat Centre), Khoi Nguyen (Blackburn), Pat Mara (Nguiu), Krish Mathavan (Henley Beach), Frank Dineen, (facilitator) and Peter Hendriks (Nightcliff). (Tru absent in Vietnam.) The accompanying…
Monday, 25 March 2019 22:28
FOUNDATION DAY OF THE MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS, MSC SISTERS, MARCH 25th.
FOUNDATION DAY OF THE MISSIONARY SISTERS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS, MSC SISTERS, MARCH 25th. This year the Foundation Day, 25th March (1900), was celebrated at the Sisters’ House of Hospitality in Balwyn, Melbourne. The Sisters are based in Victoria – not so well-known in other states. OLSH…
Sunday, 24 March 2019 22:32
HINDMARSH PARISH, MSC SOON TO HAND BACK TO ADELAIDE ARCHDIOCESE
HINDMARSH PARISH, MSC SOON TO HAND BACK TO ADELAIDE ARCHDIOCESE Noel Mansfield MSC, part of Hindmarsh parish, has sent this report on a meeting about the handover. He titled it, People Renew Their Own Parish On Saturday, March 2nd, 2019, about one hundred parishioners gathered to discuss and decide on…
Saturday, 23 March 2019 07:41
MSC GROWTH IN WORLD PROVINCES
MSC GROWTH IN WORLD PROVINCES. Every so often this site ranges around the MSC society and various provinces, especially highlighting growth in professions and ordinations. This weekend we visit the Philippines, Brazil, PNG, Pacific Union – encouragement for future ministry and heart spirituality. Newly ordained Ronaldo Lobo, Philippines Renewing Vows…
Friday, 22 March 2019 07:23
CUSKELLY HOUSE, BLACKBURN, MSC FORMATION 10th ANNIVERSARY
CUSKELLY HOUSE, BLACKBURN, MSC FORMATION 10th ANNIVERSARY From 21 March 2009 to 21 March 2019 - 10th Anniversary of Cuskelly House. MSC ministry in the parish of St Thomas the Apostle in Blackburn began in 2008 with the arrival od Chris Murphy as PP - although parishioners had a longtime…
Wednesday, 20 March 2019 22:27
MSC MISSION EASTERN PAPUA, WORTH KNOWING
MSC MISSION EASTERN PAPUA, WORTH KNOWING. Recently, Chris McPhee, MSC Provincial visited PNG confreres, not so many Australians there these days. PNG MSC province and confreres ministering there. We noticed that this week, March 19th, saw the 80th anniversary of the death of Fr Hubert Tomlinson MSC – at the…
Tuesday, 19 March 2019 22:05
NEW BOOK, SET ME FREE, BRIAN GALLAGHER MSC
NEW BOOK, SET ME FREE, BRIAN GALLAGHER MSC At the end of last year, Coventry Press published a revised and enlarged version of Brian's Communal Discernment. They have followed up with a new book based on Brian's doctoral thesis which was awarded last year. Brian continues his longtime dedicatioin…
Monday, 18 March 2019 22:26
RIP, DEACON BONIFACE PERDJERT, WADEYE.
RIP, DEACON BONIFACE PERDJERT, WADEYE. Malcolm Fyfe MSC, Vicar General, Diocese of Dawin, has written: I write with sadness to inform you that Deacon Boniface Perdjert died about 1 pm today surrounded by family members, after having spent the last 3 weeks or so in the Royal Darwin Hospital. Many…
Sunday, 17 March 2019 22:19
INTRODUCING PETER ANTONY MSC, FROM INDIA TO RANDWICK
INTRODUCING PETER ANTONY MSC, FROM INDIA TO RANDWICK Fr Peter Antony is the new Assistant Priest. We learn about him in this interview from the Randwick parish bulletin, with thanks to Tony McNamara and Debra Lawrence, Tell us about your family Both my parents are in their 60s. My father,…
Thursday, 14 March 2019 22:59
INTERVIEW WITH CARDINAL JOHN RIBAT MSC
INTERVIEW WITH CARDINAL JOHN RIBAT MSC crdinal Ribat stressed his country is facing one major problem that can't wait for a solution: climate change. “It is really the biggest issue for us. We cannot keep quiet about it. We have to come out with it,” he said, noting that the…
Wednesday, 13 March 2019 22:35
JUBILEE DINNER AT KENSINGTON, PHOTO MEMENTOS
JUBILEE DINNER AT KENSINGTON, PHOTO MEMENTOS While there were several men celebrating profession anniversaries at the Mass and dinner at Kensington, the Golden Jubilee was that of Henk Bosman. He celebrated with his brother, John, who preached the homily, and other members of his family and with the Kensington…
