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Thursday, 17 August 2023 22:31
Fr Gerard Dowling, 50 years on radio, Family Counsellor - Congratulations
Fr Gerard Dowling, 50 years on radio, Family Counsellor - Congratulations We offer our congratulations to Gerard Dowling. On September 2nd he will have been on radio 3UZ (with its various names, now RSN) for 50 years, a record for any broadcaster. View from the window of the Federation Room,…
Wednesday, 16 August 2023 22:40
An anniversary for our Province Website
An anniversary for our Province Website (Pictures from the computer screen that has posted for the last six years) Today it is 13 years since this present phase of our site began. There had previously been entries between 2006-2009 (all available through the Search engine). There was updating in…
Wednesday, 16 August 2023 10:06
Abzalon’s letter to MSC Vietnam for the 20 years’ celebration.
Abzalon’s letter to MSC Vietnam for the 20 years’ celebration. With thanks to Bob Irwin for photos – but we will post them on the weekend so that visitors have more time to look at them. Meanwhile, Superior General, Abzalon’s letter. Rome, August 10th 2023 To the superior…
Monday, 14 August 2023 22:22
15th of the month – Jules Chevalier bicentenary reminder. How better than to celebrate his heritage with 20 years MSC Vietnam!
15th of the month – Jules Chevalier bicentenary reminder. How better than to celebrate his heritage with 20 years MSC Vietnam! Later today, MSC Vietnam will have the culmination of a year’s preparation to acknowledge and celebrate the MSC foundation, August 15th 2003. And the wonderful growth in these…
Sunday, 13 August 2023 23:01
From the General Bulletin, News of Hope - Some Highlights
From the General Bulletin, News of Hope - Some Highlights New Country. New MSC Presence. New MSC Formation House. Kenya. It is with great joy and hope that we announce that at the beginning of August 2023 a new MSC presence will start in Nairobi, Kenya (East Africa). It is…
Saturday, 12 August 2023 09:28
This week’s cheerful news of Greg McCann’s celebration – and most heartening news from Vietnam, official recognition.
This week’s cheerful news of Greg McCann’s celebration – and most heartening news from Vietnam, official recognition. The Vietnamese Government has approved the establishment of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in Ho Chi Minh City. We can now openly and publicly live and minister as Missionaries of the Sacred…
Friday, 11 August 2023 23:19
Apologies
Apologies The computer malfunctioned for the photos for the Vietnam-Greg McCann post. It will be rectified later, Saturday.
Thursday, 10 August 2023 22:15
Issues of this week, remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki - reflection by Claude Mostowik MSC
Issues of this week, remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki - reflection by Claude Mostowik MSC Andre Claessens MSC, General Councillor, writes: August 9th we celebrate the memory of the Jewish Carmelite Edith Stein or Saint Therese of the Cross (Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1942 – canonized in 1998 by S. John Paul II) and…
Wednesday, 09 August 2023 22:38
Preparing for the General Chapter – Pope Francis on an important perspective
Preparing for the General Chapter – Pope Francis on an important perspective “Spiritual worldliness” a great danger to Church and its priests (and all of us) Spiritual worldliness is one of the most dangerous temptations facing priests and the Church because it “reduces spirituality to appearance” while disconnecting it from…
Tuesday, 08 August 2023 22:12
An alert: one week until the 20th anniversary celebration of MSC in Vietnam
An alert: one week until the 20th anniversary celebration of MSC in Vietnam In the meantime some ministries and renewal of vows The installation of the Ministry of Lectors and Acolytes! On 5th August 2023, Hoang Nguyen, MSC - community leaders conferred two scholastic students to the Ministry of Acolyte…
Monday, 07 August 2023 21:43
Mary MacKillop, Australia’s Saint, her feast day, August 8th
Mary MacKillop, Australia’s Saint, her feast day, August 8th Images of Mary, the woman who was the nun and foundress. In his general audience talk, Pope Francis called her “an extraordinary religious sister,” who dedicated her life to “the intellectual and religious formation of the poor in rural Australia.” “Wisely…
Sunday, 06 August 2023 22:16
RIP, Frank Smith CSsR.
RIP, Frank Smith CSsR. We are very sad to hear of the death of Frank Smith. Chris Monaghan CP, President of YTU writes: Michael Kelly just informed me that Fr Frank Smith CSsR died peacefully last night (2 August) at 8:35 pm in Berengarra an aged care facility at the back…
Friday, 04 August 2023 22:47
Congratulations. Greg McCann 60 years professed today – and celebrating MSC Brothers.
Congratulations. Greg McCann 60 years professed today – and celebrating MSC Brothers. August 5th was one of the days for the profession of MSC Brothers in the past. Greg has had ministries in schools, both cooking and teaching, and spent years in China teaching English as a second language. August…
Thursday, 03 August 2023 22:39
The Chevalier Family message for the First Friday – and the 2023 theme of Laudato si.
The Chevalier Family message for the First Friday – and the 2023 theme of Laudato si. And noting that this weekend we have the 78th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and then Nagasaki. The popularity of the film Oppenheimer at the moment has drawn…
Wednesday, 02 August 2023 22:37
MSC Alive – growth around the congregation
MSC Alive – growth around the congregation In India MSC Indian Union was indeed on joyous mode during the celebration of First Profession of Brothers Jaswin &Vijay kumar and the Final Profession of Brothers Karthik and Sesu Raj on 2nd June 2023 In the Philippines We welcome officially our…
Tuesday, 01 August 2023 22:13
CRA, Catholic Religious Australia, Religious Congregations Book published: Our Stories, Our Lives, Our Mission,
CRA, Catholic Religious Australia, Religious Congregations Book published: Our Stories, Our Lives, Our Mission, a celebration of the gift we offer Church & society - copies available from CRA Office. CRA President, Fr Peter Jones OSA. The forthcoming launch of Our Stories , Our Lives, Our Mission at the 2023…
Monday, 31 July 2023 20:31
Some Significant Days for the Chevalier Family, August 2023
Some Significant Days for the Chevalier Family, August 2023 Baining Martyrs NOTE: this is an amplified version of Significant Days, combining the list made originally by Cor Novum, Issoudun, now with the addition of dates from Father Jan Bovenmars MSC’s book, Jules Chevalier, Daily Readings. His book was…
Sunday, 30 July 2023 22:34
A pilgrimage to Lourdes – you might enjoy The Miracle Club.
A pilgrimage to Lourdes – you might enjoy The Miracle Club. This Irish film is screening at the moment, an entertainment for most audiences – but a special for Catholic audiences. This is an Irish tale set in 1967 Dublin. As the title indicates, miracles, there is more than…
Friday, 28 July 2023 23:04
MSC Formation, Cuskelly House, Blackburn
MSC Formation, Cuskelly House, Blackburn Daniel and Trieu for MSC Vocations' promotion Yesterday we featured formation in our Indonesian Province. Today, we present our local formation group, During the mid-year break, Trieu and Daniel were involved in Final Vows preparation with sessions with Khoi, Philip Malone, Alo Lamere, Peter Carroll,…
Thursday, 27 July 2023 22:09
MSC growth in members: the Indonesian Province
MSC growth in members: the Indonesian Province As we prepare for the coming General Chapter, we think of the Society worldwide and our mission in the 21st Century. Once upon a time, Australia was the largest province. For many years, it has been Indonesia. Here are some recent photos…
Wednesday, 26 July 2023 23:49
Continuing Zoom preparations for the General Chapter.
Continuing Zoom preparations for the General Chapter. The third Zoom link-up for delegates to the Chapter took place in early July. There will be a further link-up in early August. The fifth online pre-Chapter session of the General Chapter began with an introduction by Fr. Chris Chaplin, msc. He explained…
Tuesday, 25 July 2023 22:41
Celebrating Albert Yelds MSC, 70 years ordained, senior confrere, aged 98.
Celebrating Albert Yelds MSC, 70 years ordained, senior confrere, aged 98. Last Sunday, Albert Yelds turned 98, the age doyen of the province. Today Albert celebrates the 70th anniversary of his ordination – 70 years! We acknowledge the life and ministry of Albert Yelds. Despite serious illness during his scholastic…
Monday, 24 July 2023 22:15
MSC Australia, Voice of Justice, Justice and Peace, Claude Mostowik
MSC Australia, Voice of Justice, Justice and Peace, Claude Mostowik A letter on Peace from Claude, President of Pax Christi, to Archbishop Philip Freire of Melbourne. July 5th 2023 Dear Archbishop Freier, I am writing to you on behalf of Pax Christi Australia which is the Australian section of…
Sunday, 23 July 2023 22:33
Greetings! From Jerusalem. Bob Irwin.
Greetings! From Jerusalem. Bob Irwin. Thought it was about time I dropped a note to you just so you know I am still alive and flourishing, despite the heat here in Israel…despite the heat and lots of exercise, I am not losing any weight because food is SO GOOD wherever…
Friday, 21 July 2023 22:38
July Province photos and stories
July Province photos and stories Thanks to Hoa MSC for the compilation One way to celebrate a birthday, Stephen at his first Provincial Council meeting Bob Irwin and his course in Israel Ted McCormack and his birthday cake – 90. Quiet moments at Kensington, Cardinal John Ribat, Phil Hicks, Ben…
Thursday, 20 July 2023 23:05
MSC entries on Wikipedia. An appeal.
MSC entries on Wikipedia. An appeal. At the recent Provincial Chapter, there was a proposal that we prepare entries on MSC confreres for uploading to Wikipedia. There are a few entries at the moment, Dr Rumble, Paul Stenhouse. Our Colleges and parishes do have entries. This is the entry for…
Wednesday, 19 July 2023 23:14
Afterlife for Provincials
Afterlife for Provincials It looks like: in the first month, move to the MSC country estate, St Mary’s Towers, and be welcomed by the Douglas Park community. The community: Peter Harvey-Jackson, Dominic Gleeson, Chris McPhee, Josef Senjuk, Frank Dineen, Long, Paul Brennan, Len Helm, absent Tru – and, behind the…
Tuesday, 18 July 2023 22:09
RIP. Leonardo ‘Bogey’ Cabrera MSC, Philippines
RIP. Leonardo ‘Bogey’ Cabrera MSC, Philippines News from MSC Generalate We sadly inform the passing of our dear confrere, our former provincial superior, Fr. Leonardo "Bogey" Cabrera, MSC. Early this morning, at around 8:17, Fr. Bogey breathed his last. Fr. Bogey, MSC offered his life as a religious MSC…
Monday, 17 July 2023 22:27
The Issoudun Pilgrimage for the Lay Staff in MSC Schools in Australia
The Issoudun Pilgrimage for the Lay Staff in MSC Schools in Australia We posted an initial report last week. Now a follow-up. One of the many banners that was carried in procession through Issoudun at various celebrations. The art work ‘Tree of Jesse’ in the chapel. The chapel of…
Sunday, 16 July 2023 22:44
Acknowledging John Franzmann MSC
Acknowledging John Franzmann MSC John Franzmann turns 85 today. He has been a Missionary of the Sacred Heart for 65 years and a priest for 58 years. John is a Queenslander and went to secondary school at Downlands College, Toowoomba. He made his first profession on February 26th 1958. Studies…
