QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Sisters Marjorie Genada and Lea Galvan, both members of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (DOLSH) congregation, made their Final Profession of the Vows of Chastity, Obedience and Poverty during a Mass on 27 December 2008 at the chapel in Hartzer House in Quezon City, Philippines.
Cubao Bishop Honesto [...]

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines – Instead of having a celebration among themselves in the formation center, the MSC college formands organized a Christmas party on 20 December 2008 for the poor children living in a dumpsite in Soong, Lapu-lapu City. And instead of exchanging gifts among themselves, the MSC college formands distributed gifts to the impoverished [...]

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines – Frs Marcito “Mac” Macainan, MSC and Nic Gran, MSC celebrated the 40th anniversary of their sacerdotal ordination on 14 December 2008 in Surigao City.
Both Frs Mac and Nic were ordained in Melbourne, Australia on 14 December 1968. In their time, Filipino MSC seminarians studied Theology in the MSC theological center in [...]

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines – Fr Mark McDonald, the MSC Superior General, presided over the Grand Centennial Mass on 12 December 2008 at the Surigao Cathedral.
Archbishops Edward Joseph Adams (Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines) and Carmelo Morelos (Zamboanga, emeritus) as well as Bishops Ireneo Amantillo (Tandag, emeritus), Mylo Hubert Vergara (San Jose), Nereo Odchimar (Tandag), Antonieto [...]

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines – The founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart now has a street named after him in the City of Surigao.
The Surigao City government renamed Magallanes Street to Jules Chevalier Street in honor of the MSC founder.
The street was unveiled by Surigao City Mayor Alfonso Casurra who said that the renaming [...]

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines – The Cultural Presentation held in the evening of 11 December 2008 at the Surigao City Gym proved to be one of the biggest events during the grand celebration of the Centenary of MSC Presence and Mission in the Philippines.
The two-hour presentation was a mix of dances, songs, plays, mimes and videos. [...]

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines – Surigao City government officials and MSC superiors gathered on 11 December 2008 in Canlanipa for a ceremony to dedicate a street in honor of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
The street leading to the MSC Shrine in Canlanipa, Surigao City is now known as “MSC Street.”
Surigao City Mayor Alfonso Casurra presented [...]

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines – Three MSC Centennial Trees were planted by government and church leaders on 11 December 2008 at the MSC Shrine in Canlanipa, Surigao City. The tree-planting ceremony was part of the grand celebration of the Centenary of the MSC presence and mission in the Philippines.
The trees are locally known as mangkono and [...]

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines – The Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams came to Surigao City to take part in the grand celebration of the Centenary of the MSC Presence and Mission in the Philippines.
He arrived in Surigao City by plane from Manila at noontime on 11 December 2008. Surigao City Mayor Alfonso [...]

PILAR, Cebu – An important street in the town of Pilar in the Camotes Islands of Cebu was named after Fr Jules Chevalier, the founder of the MSC congregation. The inauguration and blessing of the three-kilometer stretch was held on 08 December 2008, the anniversary of the foundation of the MSC congregation and of the [...]