Covid-19, a letter from the MSC Generalate.
We have had a number of covid-19 infections and death around the congregation. At the moment, the Australian government is trying to assist PNG for vaccinations as infections rise. Over the weekend, there was news that the Philippines had the highest increase in infections in South East Asia.
Dear MSC confreres
As you all know, it has been several weeks, or even months, since we have made these brief updates on the situation of COVID within the MSC Family. Unfortunately, we cannot say that it is because the situation seems to be any better, even in some parts of the world it is much worse than before.
Several weeks ago, Fr. André Mayor of the Issoudun MSC Community, and recently Fr. Joe Hegglin of the Slovakia MSC Community both passed away due to COVID. Our deepest condolences go to the MSC Province of France.
In many countries (apologies if we miss mentioning any country): Indonesia, Mexico, Senegal, Mozambique, Philippines, USA, Brazil, Spain... there have been several confreres affected by this situation. We particularly want to ask your prayers for a confrere in Brazil who is in a critical condition. As it has been for so many people, it was complicated for him to get a vacancy in the intensive care unit.
Currently, the situation in Brazil is extremely difficult and dramatic. The situation in Europe is still challenging, and in countries like Papua New Guinea or Mozambique, among others, the number of cases is increasing significantly.
Dear Confreres, we know that the world system of access to health and vaccination is metaphorically speaking like air-travel: some go in business class, others in economy, and others can't even get a ticket or go to the airport. We are not judging anything, but we are being made aware of how complex the system is. Indeed, we are called to transform it, so we kindly ask you to value the opportunities we have at our disposal and so that we may help in the transformation of this system.
May St. Joseph inspire us to remain committed to the protection of life. Let us continue to be united in prayer and solidarity.
MSC General Leadership Team
