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Building blocks for the future as the MSC ecobrick project tackles plastic waste in the Philippines
The MSC community in Manila, capital of the Philippines, have been working on an ongoing project where discarded plastic bottles are repurposed and made into “ecobricks”, finding new life as fences, planter boxes, outdoor furniture, altar decorations, and even chapel...
The MSC Message: Summer 2024
Welcome to the Summer 2024 edition of the MSC Message! • Read a special greeting from Fr John Fitzgerald MSC, Director of the MSC Missions Office. • Read all about the ordination of Fr Gabriel Shikongo MSC, which took place in Swakopmund, Namibia, as he celebrates his...
Celebrating milestones at the MSC Missions Office
The month of June saw great celebrations in the MSC Missions Office in Cork, as we marked the outstanding dedication and loyalty of our Missions Office team with long-service awards for six of our staff members. Our Missions Office on the Western Road, Cork, is manned...
Fr Gabriel Shikongo First Anniversary as MSC
Image Source: NBC All of us here in the MSC Community are sending our warmest congratulations as he is nearing his first anniversary on becoming a fully ordained MSC. This is a piece that NBC Digital News did on his ordination....
“Feeding our Future”: The MSC Centre for the Poor completes stage one of their feeding programme for children in the Philippines
The MSC Centre for the Poor in the Philippines has launched the first phase of a feeding programme for vulnerable children in Libis Baesa, a highly populated region in the city of Calcoon. The feeding programme will run for several months, with this first stage haven...
Fr Alan in South Sudan: Holy Week in a Heatwave
Phone calls from home have bemoaned the state of the weather with a familiar regularity. Ireland, they say, is a great country, if only you could roof it. While a strong argument could be made for such a national feat of engineering, I believe that the constant rain,...
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Fr Alan’s missionary work in South Sudan
In November 2020, during the covid pandemic, Fr Alan left the MSC Missions in Cork to aid the missionaries in South Sudan, since then he has documented his vocation….
Did you know…
A donation of €10.00 helps to feed a family of four for two weeks in the Philippines.
A donation of €20.00 helps to send a child to school in Guatemala.
A donation of €50.00 helps to provide clean water for a family in Venezuela.