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Tuesday, 26 July 2022 22:11
Francis and Canada’s First Nation peoples. Contrition, Confession, Reconciliation, Atonement… and a reminder to the Australian Church and preparation for the referendum.
Francis and Canada’s First Nation peoples. Contrition, Confession, Reconciliation, Atonement… and a reminder to the Australian Church and preparation for the referendum. One picture worth 1000 words, And we remember John Paul II's visit to Alice Springs, 1986
Monday, 25 July 2022 22:21
Campion College, new Resident Hall, in honour of Paul Stenhouse MSC
Campion College, new Resident Hall, in honour of Paul Stenhouse MSC While names like Magdalen College evoke the spires and cloisters of Oxford and the academic gowns passing to and fro, Australia’s first liberal Arts college is hoping the name Stenhouse Hall becomes synonymous with academic excellence in this country.…
Sunday, 24 July 2022 22:22
Downlands building, coming down, going up
Downlands building, coming down, going up Bob Irwin, who has been at Downlands this year while Vince Carroll is on Bathurst Island, sent these photos. The story with Downlands is that it is building new facilities as it prepares to begin taking in Prep to Year 3 in 2023 to…
Friday, 22 July 2022 23:12
Stories from around the MSC World
Stories from around the MSC World MSC Indonesia Ongoing Formation meeting. Chris Chaplin joined the group USA Mission Office Jim Miller wwrites: The USA MSC are now establishing our own Mission Office, which we will try to model on the Australian Office listed in this post. We are limiting…
Thursday, 21 July 2022 22:09
RIP, Jack Cantwell
RIP, Jack Cantwell We akcnowledge the deaths of men who have shared part of their lives with us Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Peter Hendriks writes: Jack Cantwell R.I.P: I received a message from Kerry Thomas, Jack’s nephew, informing us that Jack died peacefully last night. He was 92 years…
Wednesday, 20 July 2022 22:26
In praise of the elders, Tony Young MSC, 60 years ordained
In praise of the elders, Tony Young MSC, 60 years ordained Tony has spent the best part of 60 years of priestly ministry in PNG, especially in Nimowa and Eastern Papua. He established Hope Academy for online learning. We have featured the Academy over the years. But with covid these…
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 22:39
A PS to the Plenary Synod.
A PS to the Plenary Synod. (Acknowledging Columban Missionaries for the illustration) Many important decisions, as with First Nation issues and the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Disappointment as to articulating women and men in the Church, equality and ministry. At the time, Pope Francis met with editors…
Monday, 18 July 2022 22:15
In praise of our elders (Sirach 44). Our MSC 60 years ordained group.
In praise of our elders (Sirach 44). Our MSC 60 years ordained group. Albert Chan, with Harry Chan OFM, already celebrating the 60 years. Celebrations like this are becoming more significant with our numbers in the province. Recent counting indicates that there are 46 members of the province 80…
Sunday, 17 July 2022 22:58
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart statue, OLSH Kensington
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart statue, OLSH Kensington Peter Henrdriks writes: Earlier I informed you of a request we received from Javier Trapero from Spain inquiring about the OLSH statue below. All the information came in from Sydney, Wadeye, Melbourne, Adelaide and Africa and we can say: o …
Friday, 15 July 2022 23:19
The Mission of the Australian MSC Mission Office.
The Mission of the Australian MSC Mission Office. Established by Adrian Meaney MSC with an ever-increasing overseas outreach, continuing with the present director, Roger Purcell MSC, Sean Donovan and his staff. Outreach to the Pacific, to Vietnam, to African countries and links with the Mission offices in the Philippines and…
Thursday, 14 July 2022 22:02
New book: Christ-figures: there on our screens. Peter Malone MSC
New book: Christ-figures: there on our screens. Peter Malone MSC How do we find Christ in films that are not directly about Jesus of Nazareth? This has been one of the recurring challenges to Peter Malone who has spent more than fifty years as a reviewer of films with a…
Wednesday, 13 July 2022 22:14
Leaving Bathurst Island- Wurruminyanga – 2022, Vince Carroll MSC.
Leaving Bathurst Island- Wurruminyanga – 2022, Vince Carroll MSC. Its been a great privilege for me to have worked for a few short months on B.I., following in the footsteps of some mighty MSC – such as + Gsell, McGrath, Pye, Howley and Fallon. Our first Australian and iconic mission!…
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 11:55
Managing a computerless day. How?
Managing a computerless day. How? And why do computers break down on weekends? Not functioning Sunday. Off to Business Works first thing Monday. Diagnosis? Prognosis? Booked into computer rehab. So, what to do on computerless days? No email, no checking sites, no Facebook (thwarting addiction to checking Like and Love…
Friday, 08 July 2022 23:09
Some photos from this last week.
Some photos from this last week. Chung recently arrived from Vietnam visits Sydney for the first time and is glimpsed promoting the Opera House. Delegates and members gathered for the Plenary meetings. Philippa Murphy OLSH, Vincent Long OFM Conv, Chris McPhee MSC, Gerard Brady CFC Table number 5. Provincial…
Thursday, 07 July 2022 22:18
RIP. Therese McNamara OLSH.
RIP. Therese McNamara OLSH. 9/10/1938 – 21/6/2022 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” These words from the Gospel of John were chosen by Terie for her Funeral Mass a few weeks ago. They speak of Terie’s absolute trust and deep faith in God. On…
Wednesday, 06 July 2022 22:19
Celebrating Blessed Peter to Rot and memories of Rabaul, mission, war.
Celebrating Blessed Peter to Rot and memories of Rabaul, mission, war. This famous portrait of Blessed Peter To Rot -Catechist and Martyr was painted by a talented Korean natural Artist in Naju, Gwangju City South Korea. He is talented because to paint the colour of the melanesian body skin he…
Tuesday, 05 July 2022 21:55
Acknowledging Frank Andersen MSC, 80
Acknowledging Frank Andersen MSC, 80 Frank Andersen MSC, a North Queenslander, turns 80 today. He made his first profession on February 26th 1961. During his seminary years, he taught at Daramalan College, Canberra, and continued there after his ordination in August 1968. He spent over ten years teaching in the…
Monday, 04 July 2022 21:57
An Invitation. Annual Gathering of Lay Chevalier Family
An Invitation. Annual Gathering of Lay Chevalier Family Spirituality of the Heart, Laudato Si and Uluru Statement from the Heart “TIME TO SEE, TIME TO CHOOSE, TIME TO ACT” An opportunity to explore the challenge of Laudato Si and Uluru Statement from the Heart through the lens of Spirituality of…
Sunday, 03 July 2022 22:07
This week: NAIDOC Week/ National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, Catholic Plenary Council Meeting.
This week: NAIDOC Week/ National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee, Catholic Plenary Council Meeting. In the spirit of the Uluru Statement of the Heart and of a Synodal Australian Church. "Two apparently disparate events in coming days: the Catholic Plenary Council and NAIDOC Week. The weeks are moments in…
Friday, 01 July 2022 22:20
Jesus who loves with a human heart Nearest to the Father’s heart and makes him known.
Jesus who loves with a human heart Nearest to the Father’s heart and makes him known. What if we said that the feast of the Sacred Heart is the feast of Jesus who loves with a human heart, a feeling Jesus? It was intended to put this post on the…
Thursday, 30 June 2022 22:45
The Chevalier Family First Friday theme - Use of Social Media. Awareness
The Chevalier Family First Friday theme - Use of Social Media Awareness
Wednesday, 29 June 2022 23:05
Some Significant July Days for the Chevalier Family, 2022
Some Significant July Days for the Chevalier Family, 2022 July seems to have been a mission establishing month: MSC in Yule Island, PNG; MSC in Bangalore, India; MSC in Canada; MSC Sisters in Peru. It is also a month of memories of murdered MSCs, in Indonesia during World War II,…
Tuesday, 28 June 2022 22:10
Clean Water Vietnam Project, Roger and the Mission Office
Clean Water Vietnam Project, Roger and the Mission Office But, all courtesies are offered to visitors to Vietnam. Roger Purcell, director of the MSC Mission Office, visits Vietnam for a clean water project. Surveying the project And Transport laid on
Monday, 27 June 2022 22:14
End of an era at Henley Beach
End of an era at Henley Beach After nearly 110 years of ministry in the western suburbs of Adelaide, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart will withdraw from Henley Beach parish at the end of the year. Jenny Brinkworth Southern Cross Announced in a joint statement from the MSC…
Sunday, 26 June 2022 18:59
More Sacred Heart Day – MSC Vietnam
More Sacred Heart Day – MSC Vietnam Lay MSC and community And visitor, Roger Purcell from the MSC Mission Office
Friday, 24 June 2022 23:49
Sacred Heart Day, Heart of Life, Kensington Monastery, Blackburn parish
Sacred Heart Day, Heart of Life, Kensington Monastery, Blackburn parish You have the weekend to look at all these photos. Thanks to Clare Sherman and Hoa Tran – and, in Sydney, Peter Hendriks. Lunch at Heart of Life From Clare Shearman: “A feast for a feast day” was the…
Thursday, 23 June 2022 16:47
Happy Feast of the Sacred Heart 2022
Happy Feast of the Sacred Heart 2022 A greeting from the Generalate and from the Australian MSC And here is some communal spirit with Heart. Celebration at Chevalier College 2002
Wednesday, 22 June 2022 20:31
Reviving a custom, our Colleges’ students visiting NSW MSC Communities.
Reviving a custom, our Colleges’ students visiting NSW MSC Communities. Members of ‘Treand House’ from Downlands in front of a portrait of Peter Treand. Before Covid and lockdown, our colleges used to have a kind of pilgrimage to Treand House, Kensington Monastery, St Mary’s Towers. After the lockdown hiatus,…
Tuesday, 21 June 2022 22:01
Rev Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. From Auxiliary to Bishop of Tarma, Peru.
Rev Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. From Auxiliary to Bishop of Tarma, Peru. Fr. Timoteo Solórzano Rojas was born on 24 January 1969 in Chucos, diocese of Huari. After completing his primary and secondary studies in Huantar, he entered the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and carried out…
Monday, 20 June 2022 22:13
Action in the Pacific. Not conflict but opportunity – Chevalier Training Centre
Action in the Pacific. Not conflict but opportunity – Chevalier Training Centre. A new term has begun at the Chevalier Training Centre in Fiji, where every year, up to 75 underprivileged boys and young men are given the opportunity to learn the skills they need to find employment and strengthen…
