By Fr. John Kavcak, MSC (St. Therese Parish-Palm Springs, CA) Dr. Seuss birthday in preschool!
We congratulate Brs. Tadeo Camaitoga MSC (Fiji), Babetara Anetoka MSC (Kiribati) and Fetaraisa Popese MSC (Samoa) on their first profession of vows as Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. This joyous occasion was held at Chevalier Training Centre Chapel in Wainadoi, Fiji on December 8th, which is both the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the…
Fr. Césaire Souissa Mounda, MSC, was born on Oct. 24, 1980, in Figuil North Cameroon, Africa. His father, Munda Dieudonné was a Police Commissioner. He died on Oct. 22, 2001. His mother is Asta Antoinette. Fr. Césaire was the third of seven children. He completed primary school and then entered the high school seminary at…
It is with our deepest sorrow that we inform you of the death of our brother and friend, Fr. Cesaire Souissa Mounda, MSC. Fr. Cesaire, age 38, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 25th. Fr. Cesaire was ordained on June 29, 2013. He was a member of the Francophone African Union based…
Today is the feast day of the seven MSC martyrs. Blessed Fathers Antonio Arribas, Abundio Martín, José Vergara, Josep-Oriol Issern and Brothers Gumersindo Gómez, Jésus Moreno and José del Almo were beatified in May 2017 and are the first members of our Congregation to be declared blessed. These seven Missionaries of the Sacred Heart lived…
By Fr. Mike Miller, MSC Secretary General – Rome, Italy. On Saturday, Oct 13, seven members of the General House community and an MSC guest spent a day of community fun starting with a three-hour high-speed train ride, 300 kph, to Milan Italy. We first visited the Duomo, Milan’s Cathedral, where St. Ambrose preached, and…
We are delighted to welcome Father Herman Pongatung, MSC, who arrived to the United States from Indonesia last month. Father Herman professed his first vows on January 9, 1986 and was ordained on January 9, 1993. He is working in Watertown, New York as Parochial Vicar at St. Patrick and St. Anthony Parishes. Welcome Father Herman!
By Fr. Mike Miller, MSC, Secretary General – Roma, Italy On a pleasant blue-sky Sunday, October 14, I had the privilege of attending the canonization of seven new saints, among them St. Pope Paul VI and St. Oscar Romero, at a 10:15 Mass in St. Peter’s Piazza, with thousands of pilgrims from all over the…