Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

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MSC COLOMBIA

MSC from the USA began working in the parish of Santa Margarita Maria, which is located in a poor, working class section of Bogotá, in 1969. Because the families in the area were very poor and schoolbooks were expensive, one of the MSC's first projects at the parish was establishing a library with all the textbooks children needed for school and where children could come to study. Since then, the MSC in Colombia have been involved in a variety of pastoral activities such as youth programs, teaching, family enrichment programs and social services. For instance, the MSC have a long history of volunteering at Fundación Vida Nueva (New Life Foundation), which works with prostitutes and their children to help them break the cycle of prostitution. MSC seminarians teach catechism classes to the children there.

At the MSC community house, which is located in a poor section of Bogotá, the MSC provide meals 2-3 times a day, every day, to everyone who comes to the door asking for food. A couple of years ago, the MSC also founded the Fundación Justicia en la Verdad (Truth and Justice Foundation) which builds houses and provides educational assistance for poor families in Bogotá and other regions of Colombia. Last year, through the Truth and Justice Foundation, the MSC were able to provide 43 families in Bogotá with the very first place they could call "home".

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved everywhere!