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Monday, 25 January 2021 22:08
January 25th-26th. Australia Day/ Invasion Day/ Discussion/ Argument/ Resolution/ Hope
January 25th-26th. Australia Day/ Invasion Day/ Discussion/ Argument/ Resolution/ Hope Images more powerful than words. Some perspectives. What do we think? What do we feel? What do we do?
Sunday, 24 January 2021 22:23
January 25th-26th. Australia’s untold/ not known history – High Ground
January 25th-26th. Australia’s untold/ not known history – High Ground We need stories told, filmed. High Ground is released in cinemas around Australia this week. A number of years ago, 2001, director Stephen Maxwell Johnson made a film with an aboriginal theme, Yolngu Boy. High Ground or ambitious film.…
Friday, 22 January 2021 23:01
MSC Media and Publications, 2020 Report
MSC Media and Publications, 2020 Report It’s the 21st century. This report for the General Administration has previously been titled, Bibliography. However, while we still rely on print media, we are continually reminded that we are people of social media. It means that this report takes on social media…
Thursday, 21 January 2021 22:12
Helena Kalippa-Rioli RIP - MSC Tributes
Helena Kalippa-Rioli RIP - MSC Tributes From Fr Malcolm Fyfe MSC, Vicar General, Diocese of Darwin. Some reflections on the death of an iconic Tiwi Islander. Preamble: On Friday last, January 15, a great number of people were in mourning as Helena Kalippa-Rioli was farewelled at Darwin’s St Mary’s…
Wednesday, 20 January 2021 22:18
Joe Biden’s Catholicism
Joe Biden’s Catholicism Paul Collins | 18 January 2021 From John Menadue’s Policy Publication, Pearls and Irritation. Joe Biden has been inaugurated as the 46th US President. He succeeds Donald Trump, with the hope on succeeds. Journalist and broadcaster, Paul Collins (with whom we share decades of MSC…
Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:24
MSC Erskineville parish 2021
MSC Erskineville parish 2021 Tan Nguyen MSC has arrived to take up the role of parish priest. Tan spent many years in the Tiwi Islands, at Melville Island. In recent years he has been stationed at Monivae College and in parish supply from Henley Beach. Peter Guy MSC has finished…
Monday, 18 January 2021 22:21
2 OLSH Stories – Australia and Kiribati
2 OLSH Stories – Australia and Kiribati OLSH Elmore A wonderful celebration of the spiritual presence and friendship that Elmore has shared with the OLSH Sisters for 91 years. Approximately 100 people came together to wish the Sisters well as they move to Melbourne. People travelled from some distance to…
Sunday, 17 January 2021 22:16
Photo record, Farewell Mass for Peter Hendriks MSC, St Paul's Nightcliff
Photo record, Farewell Mass for Peter Hendriks MSC, St Paul's Nightcliff A celebratory Mass at St Paul's Nightcliff was held on Sunday January 10th to farewell Peter Hendriks after his recent years as Parish Priest. Present, Bishop Charles Gauci, Bishop of Darwin Vicar General of the Diocese, Malcolm Fyfe MSC…
Friday, 15 January 2021 23:42
MSC Australian Province Annual Report for 2020
MSC Australian Province Annual Report for 2020 Each year, the General Administration asks for an account of life in the Province2020, so: 2020 the year that was, and that wasn’t! 2020 was the year of the pandemic, of lockdown, of unprecedented, of unpredictable, of uncharted waters… It was a year…
Thursday, 14 January 2021 22:17
Photo record of Centenary Mass for the death of the Eileen O’Connor, St Brigid's Coogee.
Photo record of Centenary Mass for the death of the Eileen O’Connor, St Brigid's Coogee. Presider: Bishop Brady Concelebrant: Bishop Walker MC: Philip Hicks MSC, Parish Priest, St Brigid's. MSCs present: Chris McPhee, Frank Dineen, Bob Irwin, Mark Hanns and Trieu Nguyen. Musicians: Joseph and Bernadette Sullivan First reader: Sr…
Wednesday, 13 January 2021 22:10
More MSC international professions and ordinations
More MSC international professions and ordinations Brazil, Central America, Korea After the news yesterday from Vietnam, here is news of more MSC events. PERPETUAL PROFESSION of our FOUR CONFRERES from MSC Rio Province On January 10, 2021, Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, four of our young confreres…
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 22:12
Message from MSC Vietnam: Acceptance Celebration (Jan 9th, 2021)
Message from MSC Vietnam: Acceptance Celebration (Jan 9th, 2021) In every year, normally, Chris McPhee, MSC, Fr. Provincial from Australia province, comes to Vietnam to preside this celebration. But because of Covid-19 pandemic, he couldn’t come, and also because of that, Uncle Bob, MSC, Uncle Đẹp Lão, couldn’t come as…
Monday, 11 January 2021 22:24
Acknowledging Paul Brennan MSC, 85.
Acknowledging Paul Brennan MSC, 85. Paul was born on January 12th 1936. He came from southern NSW. He did his secondary studies at Chevalier College, Captain of the School, 1953, as well as Dux of the College (and winning the Cooper Scholarship for his Honours Greek results in the Leaving…
Sunday, 10 January 2021 22:24
OLSH Novitiate, Villa Verius, Yule Island, MSC Mission Office Project
OLSH Novitiate, Villa Verius, Yule Island, MSC Mission Office Project We are writing to express our sincere gratitude for your generosity towards us. We are very grateful to say that we have received four tanks to fill enough rainwater for our basic needs. As soon as they arrived, we helped…
Friday, 08 January 2021 23:11
Kevin Guthrie, eulogy, photos – wake, funeral, burial.
Kevin Guthrie, eulogy, photos – wake, funeral, burial. Eulogy by Des Guthrie. Photos by Trieu Nguyen MSC Funeral Mass, Our Lady of the Rosary, Kensington. Our brother, Kevin Francis Guthrie, was born on 20th August 1936, in Temora, to Ned and Mary Guthrie. Kevin was fifth in line in a…
Thursday, 07 January 2021 22:22
January 10th, 2021. Centenary of the death of Eileen O’Connor, foundress of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor.
January 10th, 2021. Centenary of the death of Eileen O’Connor, foundress of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor. We join the Sisters in celebrating, remembering the life of Eileen O’Connor, her commitment and work. As Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, we also celebrate her collaboration with Fr Ted McGrath MSC.…
Wednesday, 06 January 2021 22:17
A Peter Hendriks MSC Story, Our New MSC Deputy Provincial
A Peter Hendriks MSC Story, Our New MSC Deputy Provincial This is a brief interview with Peter Hendriks from The Catholic Weekly. At the time of this interview his ministry was Vocation work. Since this interview back in 2015 Peter was transferred from Monivae College to being parish priest of…
Tuesday, 05 January 2021 22:17
MSC Magazine, To be on earth the Heart of God, Summer 2020
MSC Magazine, Be on earth the Heart of God, Summer 2020 You’re right, that isn’t a photo of the cover of the Magazine (in fact, photo below; it is accessible on the Home Page of the site and under ‘Current News’ or link here; hard copies from Treand House, 1a…
Monday, 04 January 2021 22:25
A letter from Joe Ensing MSC, Eastern Papua
A letter from Joe Ensing MSC, Eastern Papua [We received this letter from the now ‘Deputy Emeritus’, Steve Dives, who is now involved full-time as Community Leader of the Kensington Campus, the Monastery, Chevalier Resource Centre, St Joseph’s.] This is a standard letter to take the opportunity of…
Sunday, 03 January 2021 22:24
Some significant January days for the Chevalier Family, 2021
Some significant January days for the Chevalier Family, 2021 MSC Pioneers: Archbishop Andre Navarre MSC, January 16th Archbishop Louis Couppe MSC, See January 15th and January 31st Fr Hubert Linckens MSC, January 29th 1 January, Motherhood of God 6.January,: Feast of the Epiphany - one of Chevalier's favourite…
Friday, 01 January 2021 22:25
Some New Year Cheer
Some New Year Cheer This list of humour was sent by Chris Chaplin from the General House in Rome (and his email address refers to Consigliere Generale Terzo – which those of us who know The Godfather would associate with advisers to the Mafia heads!). Italy is in heavy lockdown…
Thursday, 31 December 2020 22:14
January 1st, 2021. New Year Blessings.
January 1st. 2021. New Year Blessings. The liturgy for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of Jesus, begins with the Blessing from the Book of Numbers. Paul to the Galatians reveals that God sent Jesus as his blessing – and we are all heirs of that Blessing. May this be the…
Monday, 28 December 2020 08:34
RIP, Kevin Guthrie MSC
RIP, Kevin Guthrie MSC Steve Dives writes: It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of our dear Brother Kevin Guthrie msc. Kevin died peacefully this morning at Sacred Heart Hospice Darlinghurst at 5.30am after his struggle with cancer. He deteriorated rapidly in the last few…
Thursday, 24 December 2020 22:12
Christmas greetings and blessings for our visitors.
Christmas greetings and blessings for our visitors. A Bethlehem painting by Suzanne Nurra. A reflection (excerpt from Andy Hamilton SJ, Eureka Street) The images and language of Christmas have grown particularly weary. As it has become a public rather than a religious celebration, the words associated with it have been…
Wednesday, 23 December 2020 22:27
Some end of year good news from MSC around the world
Some end of year good news from MSC around the world Ordinations Africa Profession. Asia And our novices in the Philippines, Filipinos and Vietnamese And from the PNG Mission Office
Tuesday, 22 December 2020 22:24
FROM THE PROVINCIAL’S DESK - Christmas Summer 2020/21
FROM THE PROVINCIAL’S DESK - Christmas Summer 2020/21 At last Christmas is here... and then we’ll begin again - a New Year - 2021! But what a year? What – a – year! What a year it has been. What has it been for you, for us, and for…
Monday, 21 December 2020 22:13
Remembering Austin Sheridan MSC, John Northey MSC. RIP on the 50th anniversaries of their deaths.
Remembering Austin Sheridan MSC, John Northey MSC. RIP on the 50th anniversaries of their deaths. 50th anniversaries, Golden jubilees, offer an occasion for remembrance and some thanksgiving. Some of us remember the occasions themselves – and would like to hand on to those younger some memories. December sees the 50th…
Sunday, 20 December 2020 22:25
Solidarity for Fiji, for the MSC Pacific Union. Cyclone Yasa
Solidarity for Fiji, for the MSC Pacific Union. Cyclone Yasa Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa was the strongest tropical cyclone in the South Pacific since Winston in 2016 as well as the fourth most intense tropical cyclone on record in the basin. The system was the second tropical disturbance, as well…
Friday, 18 December 2020 22:23
Looking back on 2020 with a smile
Looking back on 2020 with a smile It has been a hard year with coronavirus, infections, deaths, the pressures of lockdown - and uncertainty about new waves and future waves. So some moments of the gift of humour and mirth. The prospect of Christmas A variation on the…
Thursday, 17 December 2020 22:13
The Spanish Flu – and the Making of a True Hero. A Catholic issue, anointing. An OLSH Randwick connection.
The Spanish Flu – and the Making of a True Hero. A Catholic issue, anointing. An OLSH Randwick connection. In our pandemic 2020, we go back to the experiences of the Spanish Flu a century ago. With thanks to the editors OLSH Randwick Bulletin. The Spanish Flu, known as the…
