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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…
Monday, 09 September 2019 22:50
RIP, SISTER JACQUELYN BENDER MSC
RIP, SISTER JACQUELYN BENDER MSC TRIBUTE BY PROVINCIAL SUPERIOR, MARY DRUM MSC “From Him we come, in Him we are enfolded, to Him we return.” (Julian of Norwich) Sr. Jacquelyn MSC – Jacquelyn Claire Bender Born: 6th August 1935 in Ipswich, Qld First Profession: 9th September, 1956…
Sunday, 08 September 2019 22:50
MSC MEDIA, BOOK LAUNCH, SCREEN PRIESTS
MSC MEDIA, BOOK LAUNCH, SCREEN PRIESTS Australian Catholic Bishops Conference NEW BOOK EXPLORES PRIESTLY CINEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS An Australian Catholic priest who has been reviewing films for more than 50 years has just launched a new book about the cinematic coverage of Catholic priests since 1900. Richard Leonard SJ,…
Saturday, 07 September 2019 10:38
MSC MAGAZINE, AUSTRALIA – NEW EDITION
MSC MAGAZINE, AUSTRALIA – NEW EDITION The print magazine, MSC, began publishing in 2018. It features articles and photos and some Province information. The present edition is Spring 2019. Visitors to the site who would like to receive copies by mail, please contact the executive assistant to the Provincial at: …
Thursday, 05 September 2019 22:25
THE CHEVALIER FAMILY FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE IN THE WORLD, FIRST FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2019
THE CHEVALIER FAMILY FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE IN THE WORLD, FIRST FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2019 Each month, the Chevalier Family for Justice (MSC, OLSH, MSC Sisters, Lay MSC) promote an issue for prayer and action for each month and provide us with a poster. Our Spirituality of the Heart has a…
Wednesday, 04 September 2019 22:22
MSC COURAGEOUS STATEMENT, PHILIPPINE PROVINCE
MSC COURAGEOUS STATEMENT, PHILIPPINE PROVINCE We, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart – Philippine Province, meeting in a Provincial Conference, are convinced of Pope Francis’ advice to view reality from the “periphery” and not from the center in the light of the Gospel (EG, 51). We are inspired by our Founder,…
Tuesday, 03 September 2019 22:30
NEW DIRECTOR OF MSC EDUCATION, MARK McGINNITY.
NEW DIRECTOR OF MSC EDUCATION, MARK McGINNITY. This appointment was announced earlier in the year - it is now published in the MSC Magazine, Spring 2019 It is with great pleasure that the Provincial and Council announce the appointment of Mr Mark McGinnity to the position of Director of MSC…
Monday, 02 September 2019 23:08
THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM, A NECESSARY AND COMPELLING EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM, A NECESSARY AND COMPELLING EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE This post is immediately relevant for Australian visitors to this site. We hope that it will of interest and concern to visitors from beyond Australia Racism often surfaces in Australian life. Two films about the experience of professional indigenous AFL…
Sunday, 01 September 2019 22:59
SOME SIGNIFICANT SEPTEMBER DAYS FOR THE CHEVALIER FAMILY 2019
SOME SIGNIFICANT SEPTEMBER DAYS FOR THE CHEVALIER FAMILY 2019 This month there are quite a number of significant dates for both Jules Chevalier and Marie-Louise Hartzer - the date for the naming of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the blessing of the statue at Issoudun, the profession of final…
Friday, 30 August 2019 23:07
STORIES AND PHOTOS OUT AND ABOUT.
STORIES AND PHOTOS OUT AND ABOUT. Sometimes we catch a story, sometimes a photo. Here is something of a roundup. APPOINTMENTS Tan Nguyen MSC has taken up residence and ministry at Monivae College. Paul McCormack MSC is on his way to Henley Beach. IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY Confirmation at Wadeye…
Thursday, 29 August 2019 22:16
BROTHER HERMAN KOOYMAN MSC IN DARWIN
BROTHER HERMAN KOOYMAN MSC IN DARWIN Brother Herman Kooyman MSC lives in Darwin. He has had surgery on his legs and lives in care. Today is his 83rd birthday. Visitors to our site might like to hear about him, his scooter and mobility and his creative work. From the Deputy…
