CUIABA, Brazil – Frs Reynante Ga and Gabriel Galido are the two Filipino MSCs who are presently doing mission in the Pro-province of Curitiba in Brazil. They are assigned in separate parishes – Fr Galido in Juina and Fr Ga in Cuiaba. One has to travel around thirteen hours by bus to get to the [...]

TAGUIG CITY, Philippines – Shoveling sand and gravel, mixing cement, carrying hollow blocks and buckets of water, cleaning rusty iron bars, applying paints on walls, cleaning dirt – sounds like hard labor, but not for the MSC priests, seminarians and students who helped squatters build their own homes.
In partnership with the Gawad Kalinga Community Development [...]

MANILA, Philippines – The Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) received the Best Website trophy and four special citations in the 30th Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) held on 29 October 2008 at the GSIS Theater in Pasay City.
Initiated by the late Jaime L. Cardinal Sin in 1978, the CMMA is considered as one of the [...]

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Fr Jesus “Jess” Dumaual, MSC was invited to speak as a reactor in a forum at St. Theresa’s College in Cebu City on 28 October 2008. The theme of the forum centered on “The Role and Significance of Young Intellectuals in Genuine Social Change” and it was organized by the National [...]

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – A Desktop Publishing workshop for MSC scholastics was held on 25 October 2008 at the MSC Scholasticate in Quezon City. The facilitator was Fr Stephen Cuyos, MSC, who works full time in media ministry at the Communication Foundation for Asia in Manila.
The MSC Scholasticate community produces and publishes one official [...]

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – The MSC “Transition Group” is composed of MSC priests and brothers who are more than 5 years in the ordained ministry (or at least six years in perpetual profession for religious brothers) but have not yet reached midlife. Twelve members of the “Transition Group” gathered from 22 to 24 October 2008 [...]

MALOLOS, Bulacan – The newly-built Chevalier Memorial Wall was inaugurated and blessed on 21 October 2008 by Fr Tito Maratas, the Superior of the MSC Philippine Province. Made of marble and granite, the Wall stands as a testament to the dedication and missionary service of MSCs in the Philippines.
The Chevalier Memorial Wall is located within [...]

Today is the anniversary of the death of the founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC), Fr Jules Chevalier. He was born on 15 March 1824 in the small French town of Richelieu, about 200 kilometers southwest of Paris. He entered the seminary when he was 17 years old and was ordained priest [...]

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – Midlife can be a very challenging period for a religious or a priest. It could mean the need for them to reorder priorities, change perspectives, and deepen their spiritual life. The recognition of this fact has led the Philippine Province of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) to initiate a [...]

Twelve MSC confreres celebrate their birthday and four confreres commemorate their ordination anniversary this month. The birthday celebrants are Frs Benedict Ko (Oct 05 ), Fil Pelingon (Oct 08), Dan Ceballos (Oct 08), Nic Gran (Oct 11), Jay-Ar Babor (Oct 15), Jones Paqueo (Oct 15), Alvin Lao (Oct 16), Tino de Guzman (Oct 16), Rey [...]