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Saturday, 11 May 2019 09:52
BRIAN GALLAGHER MSC, BOOK LAUNCH, COMMUNAL DISCERNMENT, SET ME FREE
BRIAN GALLAGHER MSC, BOOK LAUNCH, COMMUNAL DISCERNMENT, SET ME FREE May 2nd saw the launch of two books by Brian Gallagher MSC, Communal Wisdom and Set Me Free at the Study Centre of the Yarra Theological Union. The event was chaired by Peter Malone MSC who introduced the speakers…
Thursday, 09 May 2019 22:31
SISTER MARGARET SULLIVAN OLSH – A TRIBUTE
SISTER MARGARET SULLIVAN OLSH – A TRIBUTE Missionary Sister recognised for decades of service in Kiribati Sr Margaret Sullivan FDNSC (seated) with her sister, Denise, a Dominican Sister. Photo: Catholic Weekly/Alphonsus Fok. After a remarkable 65 years as a missionary in one of the world’s poorest island nations, Sr…
Wednesday, 08 May 2019 21:34
RIP JEAN VANIER, ONE OF THE GREATS OF OUR TIME
RIP JEAN VANIER, ONE OF THE GREATS OF OUR TIME. Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche, the international community for people with learning disabilities, has died in Paris at the age of 90. In a statement on L’Arche’s website, its leaders said: “Jean passed away peacefully today . . .…
Tuesday, 07 May 2019 22:31
MSC SISTERS CELEBRATE 90 YEARS IN AUSTRALIA.
MSC SISTERS CELEBRATE 90 YEARS IN AUSTRALIA. It was in May 1928 that Sister Liboria MSC, the American Provincial at the time, landed with a group of sisters in Australia. In the early years, they worked with the Salesian priests at their newly-founded college in Sunbury, Victoria. Eventually, they were…
Monday, 06 May 2019 23:22
MSC PERSONNEL: 'THERE WERE MOVEMENTS AT THE STATIONS...', (THANKS TO BANJO PATERSON FOR THE ADAPTED QUOTE!).
MSC PERSONNEL: 'THERE WERE MOVEMENTS AT THE STATIONS...', (THANKS TO BANJO PATERSON FOR THE ADAPTED QUOTE!). Some recent information on appointments. BILL BRADY MSC. Completing his term as Community Leader in Adelaide and moving to Randwick parish. EDMOND TRAVERS MSC. In recent years a spiritual director at the Sydney Archdiocesan…
Sunday, 05 May 2019 22:04
LES MURRAY, RIP, EMINENT POET – AN MSC CONNECTION
LES MURRAY, RIP, EMINENT POET – AN MSC CONNECTION Many of us hoped that Les Murray would win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He has died at 80. RIP. In 1985, on the occasion of MSC presence in Australia, there was a National Congress in major cities, A New Heart…
Sunday, 05 May 2019 09:25
CYCLONE KENNETH, DEVASTATION IN MOZAMBIQUE
CYCLONE KENNETH, DEVASTATION IN MOZAMBIQUE Perhaps visitors to this site are more alert to cyclones in Mozambique because of the recent MSC foundation there. it was in the diocese of Pemba which was the main target of the cyclone, the second to ravage Mozambique within a short time. MSC group…
Saturday, 04 May 2019 09:49
INTERFAITH SYMPATHY AFTER THE SRI LANKA KILLINGS, DARWIN CATHOLICS AND MUSLIMS, LETTER OF MALCOLM FYFE MSC, VICAR GENERAL
INTERFAITH SYMPATHY AFTER THE SRI LANKA KILLINGS, DARWIN CATHOLICS AND MUSLIMS, LETTER OF MALCOLM FYFE MSC, VICAR GENERAL In the aftermath of the Easter Sunday killings of so many Catholics in the Churches in Sri Lanka, the secretary of the Islamic Society of Darwin, Robiul Islam, wrote a letter of…
Thursday, 02 May 2019 22:35
CHEVALIER FAMILY JUSTICE AND PEACE, FIRST FRIDAY PRAYER
CHEVALIER FAMILY JUSTICE AND PEACE, FIRST FRIDAY PRAYER The members of the Chevalier Family, Lay MSC, OLSH Sisters, MSC Sisters, MSC Brothers and Priests, invite us to pray for and reflect on Heart Spirituality Justice Isses. JPIC (Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation) Fr. Jules Chevalier, MSC was convinced…
Wednesday, 01 May 2019 22:27
SOME SIGNIFICANT MAY DAYS FOR THE CHEVALIER FAMILY 2019
SOME SIGNIFICANT MAY DAYS FOR THE CHEVALIER FAMILY 2019 A reminder that the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in Randwick was opened in 1888, only a few years after the arrival of the first MSC in Sydney. The parish in those days extended to Botany. 1 May,…
Tuesday, 30 April 2019 22:43
MAY 1st, MAYDAY, WORKERS AND ST JOSEPH
MAY 1st, MAYDAY, WORKERS AND ST JOSEPH Jules Chevalier bequeathed Heart Spirituality, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, and a devotion to St Joseph to the Chevalier Family – Model and Patron of those who love the Sacred Heart. Here is some background and some different St Joseph pictures, San…
Monday, 29 April 2019 23:27
TOP END WEDDING, WURRUMIYANGA, BATHURST ISLAND, AND FR PAT MARA MSC
TOP END WEDDING, WURRUMIYANGA, BATHURST ISLAND, AND FR PAT MARA MSC No, this is not an announcement that Fr Pat Mara is getting married!! Rather, the film. Top End Wedding is opening around Australia on Thursday May 2nd. Pat has sent this report about the film-making and the involvement of…
Sunday, 28 April 2019 22:52
RIP MSC PRIESTS, PATRICK TEITAUA, PACIFIC UNION, AND WALTER DOWNS, AMERICAN PROVINCE.
RIP MSC PRIESTS, PATRICK TEITAUA, PACIFIC UNION, AND WALTER DOWNS, AMERICAN PROVINCE. We are shocked and saddened of the passing of our brother Fr Patrick Teitiaua MSC . He died at the young age of 53. Our prayers and condolences are with all the members of Patrick’s family and…
Friday, 26 April 2019 22:21
EASTER NEWS FROM MSC VIETNAM
EASTER NEWS FROM MSC VIETNAM HAPPY EASTER SEASON We would like to send our best greeting in this special Easter Season to all MSC confreres and around the world. “HAPPY EASTER”. May the risen Lord always in your mind and Heart everyday as we are sent to all people, especially…
Thursday, 25 April 2019 22:30
A VISIT TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY: NOEL MANSFIELD MSC
A VISIT TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY: NOEL MANSFIELD MSC This story is a continuation of Noel's previous posting on his visit to the Kimberley for his sister, Joan's celebration of her 90th birthday. On Tuesday, 15th, I travelled to Darwin via Kununurra. I was met at the airport by…
Wednesday, 24 April 2019 22:28
ACKNOWLEDGING JOHN CONROY MSC
ACKNOWLEDGING JOHN CONROY MSC Another acknowledging website post. John Conroy MSC turned 85 on Monday April 22nd. John was what was called in those years ‘a late vocation’. He entered the novitiate at age 24. He made his first profession on February 26th 1960. He was ordained on July 16th…
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 22:23
SRI LANKA, GOOD FRIDAY SUFFERING ON EASTER SUNDAY
SRI LANKA, GOOD FRIDAY SUFFERING ON EASTER SUNDAY After the sadness of the deaths of worshippers in Christchurch, now more than 300 children and adults dead in Sri Lanka. We pray in solidarity with those who mourn, with those who have been injured and the far too many who were…
Monday, 22 April 2019 22:18
CONTACTS FOR PURCHASING MSC MUSIC AND MSC RECENT BOOKS
CONTACTS FOR PURCHASING MSC MUSIC AND MSC RECENT BOOKS [Just before you note the MSC Music address, there is a clarification concerning the excerpts from Tony Arthur's reflection on Good Friday, published for the Triduum. The attribution of his central paragraph to Donald Senior CP, Jesus, a Gospel Portrait, 1992.]…
Sunday, 21 April 2019 08:26
EASTER BLESSINGS
EASTER BLESSINGS Catholic Easter Prayer Lord, the resurrection of Your Son has given us new life and renewed hope. Help us to live as new people in pursuit of the Christian ideal. Grant us wisdom to know what we must do, the will to want to do it, the…
Thursday, 18 April 2019 23:00
THE HOLY WEEK TRIDUUM – SOME HEART SPIRITUALITY
THE HOLY WEEK TRIDUUM – SOME HEART SPIRITUALITY WHY DID JESUS DIE ON THE CROSS? Excerpts from the article by Tony Arthur MSC in the latest issue of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, 2019/1. And with thanks to Patrick Sharpe MSC for sending the painting of the multicultural Last Supper.…
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…
