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Tuesday, 22 February 2022 22:29
MSC stories, the Pacific, Japan, Wurrumiyanga.
MSC stories, the Pacific, Japan, Wurrumiyanga Col Sinclair, Suva and Kiribati PRS Academic Year begins today. The Pre-Novitiate programme has also begun. Br Colin (Director of the Pre-Novitiate) gives first day class with two participants from Fiji and three participants from Kiribati who are attending the class on Zoom.…
Monday, 21 February 2022 22:24
Directors of Ministries and Provincial Council Meetings at St Mary's Tower
Directors of Ministries and Provincial Council Meetings at St Mary's Tower There was a gathering recently of the Directors of Ministries and the Provincial Council. The first day was a facilitated by Anne McAtomney, the Chevalier Institute Director, whereby she led a day of formation for the Directors and…
Sunday, 20 February 2022 22:14
Welcome to Long/ Long Tran.
Welcome to Long/ Long Tran Long arrived in Australia last month and we featured his welcome by Frank Dineen and Trieu at Mascot (and then his rapid doomestication washing up at Douglas Park). Long comes from a town 100 kms from Hanoi. He is 34 this year and has…
Friday, 18 February 2022 22:16
80 Years – remembering John McGrath MSC, Bathurst Island, warning Darwin.
80 Years – remembering John McGrath MSC, Bathurst Island, warning Darwin. And Ed Bennett MSC, Melville Island From John P McD Smith, ‘I Saw the Bombers’, Alice Springs News, February 22nd 2022. Bathurst Island lies 50 miles north of Darwin and on that fateful morning Father John McGrath, the priest…
Thursday, 17 February 2022 22:05
Martin Daubney, Chancellor of Australian Catholic University.
Martin Daubney, Chancellor of Australian Catholic University. The Honourable Martin Daubney AM was installed as Australian Catholic University's fifth Chancellor at an installation mass at St Stephen's Cathedral in Brisbane on Friday 11 February. Martin Daubney was a student at Downlands College in the 1970s, spent two pre-novitiate years…
Wednesday, 16 February 2022 22:27
MSC Education and Chevalier Institute
MSC Education and Chevalier Institute The Australian Province has had a strong history in Catholic education. 2021 saw the 90th anniversary of Downlands, 75th anniversary of Chevalier. This years is the 60th anniversary of Daramalan. Monivae will be 70 in two years time. Monivae College School Board had a Retreat…
Tuesday, 15 February 2022 22:28
Welcome to Australia, Hua MSC/ Hoa Tran
Welcome to Australia, Hua MSC/ Hoa Tran Hua has arrived from Vietnam to take up his theology studies at the Yarra Theological Union. Next week Hua will turn 30. He became an aspirant in 2010, made his novitiate in the Philippines, first vows in 2018. He took time off at…
Monday, 14 February 2022 22:17
Trieu Nguyen, after covid, isolation, negative test, flight to Vietnam after almost four years.
Trieu Nguyen, after covid, isolation, negative test, flight to Vietnam after almost four years. A photo record. Trieu with family, religious friends, MSC Community Some of religious people who were born and grew up in my parish. This is a special mass for vocation. In the photo also is Trọng…
Sunday, 13 February 2022 22:33
Monday memories – and some nostalgia…
Monday memories – and some nostalgia… Actually, it was Sunday February 13th 1972, beginning of the pre-Novitiate year: Peter Curry, Des Holm, John Mulrooney and Leo Wearden, They are still the largest group who have stayed as MSC in the history of the Pre-novitiate, 1969-1983. The 1969 group has three…
Friday, 11 February 2022 22:23
MSC Vows – from PNG to Brazil via Venezuela
MSC Vows – from PNG to Brazil via Venezuela As our congregation grows around the world. Some images from PNG Venezuela Congratulations to Miguel Ibarra and Yordy Blanco: Celebrations for the MSC Missionary Community of Venezuela The beginning of 2022 has brought great joy for the…
Thursday, 10 February 2022 22:32
Acknowledging Pat Power, retired auxiliary bishop, Canberra, 80.
Acknowledging Pat Power, retired auxiliary bishop, Canberra, 80. Pat Power is a Chevalier College Old Boy, friend of the MSC, especially in Canberra. He turns 80, 11th February. From the Wikipedia entry: Patrick Power grew up in Queanbeyan and was educated at St Christopher's School and St Edmund's College in…
Wednesday, 09 February 2022 22:29
Never too late. Bob Irwin and Roy O’Neill are still graduating: MSC Ongoing Formation Facilitator’s Training.
Never too late. Bob Irwin and Roy O’Neill are still graduating: MSC Ongoing Formation Facilitator’s Training. Bob writes: This is a first! Roy O’Neill and I and another 7 or so MSC around the world. Whilst I was at MONIVAE last year and a member of the Melbourne community! I…
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 22:13
RIP, 2 OLSH Sisters, Eileen van der Lee and Pauline Pitman.
RIP, 2 OLSH Sisters, Eileen van der Lee and Pauline Pitman. Our condolences to the Sisters, the 3rd and 4th deaths this year. Reading the Eulogies, we discover the talents and ministries – and get a strong sense of what it was like in PNG and the NT ‘in…
Monday, 07 February 2022 22:15
Some stories about Monivae Collegians
Some stories about Monivae Collegians Congratulations to Julie Weber-O'Bryan who recently won an award in the Northern Territory Human Rights Awards. Julie was the Monivae boarding house mistress through the 1980s and much loved by students from that era. Julie married John O'Bryan former MSC and Monivae teacher and boarding…
Sunday, 06 February 2022 22:32
Condolences to the Philippines Province, Fr Ad van Hest MSC, RIP.
Condolences to the Philippines Province, Fr Ad van Hest MSC, RIP. The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Philippine Province mourns the passing of our confrere, Fr. Adrianus van Hest, MSC, and prays for his eternal repose in the Heart of our Lord. Fr. Ad was born on January 19, 1941…
Friday, 04 February 2022 21:25
Omicron strikes. Chevalier College 75 years, delayed reunion, celebration, then cancelled. Regrets.
Omicron strikes. Chevalier College 75 years, delayed reunion, celebration, then cancelled. Regrets. The intention was to post the following on the occasion of the celebration. We now post it as a memento of Chevalier College and its 75 years. Photos from the 2021 celebration, Feast of the Sacred Heart (with…
Thursday, 03 February 2022 22:10
First Friday, February 2022,
First Friday, February 2022, The Chevalier Family Justice has sent this poster and theme for this month. Here is the full poster with theme, prayer and action.
Wednesday, 02 February 2022 22:42
Acknowledging Philip Malone MSC, 80
Acknowledging Philip Malone MSC, 80 Philip celebrates his 80th birthday in the Kew Community on February 3rd. He made his first profession on February 26th 1960, did his studies at the Sacred Heart Monastery, Canberra, ANU, and Croydon, ordained in Sydney on July 16th 1966. He taught for many…
Tuesday, 01 February 2022 22:14
January 2022 Professions in Vietnam
January 2022 Professions in Vietnam Hoàng brings us the good news that last Saturday week four MSC made their final profession, and two men were accepted as candidates into the pre-novitiate formation program. Providentially, despite covid, some isolation our website photographer, Trieu, was able to get a ticket and…
Monday, 31 January 2022 22:08
Some Significant February Days for the Chevalier Family 2022
Some Significant February Days for the Chevalier Family 2022 2 February, 1892 The title of Saint Joseph "Friend of the Sacred Heart" is changed to "Saint Joseph, patron and model of those of love the Sacred Heart". 5 February, 1900 Canonical Erection of the Congregation of MSC Sisters and approbation…
Sunday, 30 January 2022 22:43
Naughton House, a Novitiate House, Blessing
Naughton House, a Novitiate House, Blessing Members of the Melbourne Community gathered at 71 Central Rd Blackburn (which has served in recent years for student residence). The occasion was the Blessing of the house (which belongs to the parish) as a Novitiate House. Chris McPhee blessed the house, assisted by…
Friday, 28 January 2022 22:33
Daramalan College, 60 years, 1962-2022
Daramalan College, 60 years, 1962-2022 Daramalan College was founded in 1962 in the suburb of Dickson in the Australian Capital Territory by the Priests and Brothers of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC). Initial enrolments comprised 240 boys in Grades 5 & 6 and Form 1. The name “Daramalan”…
Thursday, 27 January 2022 22:18
Hubert Linckens MSC, 2022, centenary of his death.
Hubert Linckens MSC, 2022, centenary of his death. January 29th 1861 is his birth date, 5th October 2022 his death. There will be more during the year for the MSC Sisters. Our Founder Father Hubert Linckens, a Missionary of the Sacred Heart was entrusted with the task of beginning…
Wednesday, 26 January 2022 22:06
Australian Catholics/ Jesuit Communications Annual Film Award
Australian Catholics/ Jesuit Communications Annual Film Award This award to an Australian film was instituted in 1979 by OCIC (International Catholic Organization for Cinema) Australia. Until 2020, it was awarded by the Bishops Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. In August 2020, the Bishops closed this office. The reviews continue…
Tuesday, 25 January 2022 22:19
Australia Day – through Miriam Rose Ungenmerr, Daly River, Nauiyu
Australia Day – through Miriam Rose Ungenmerr, Daly River, Nauiyu During her acceptance speech as Senior Australian of the year 2021, Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann emphasised the critical significance of connecting the cultural groups of Australia. "We learned to speak your English fluently, walked on a one-way street to learn the…
Monday, 24 January 2022 22:16
Some recent appointments and some Asian travel to family
Some recent appointments and some Asian travel to family Krish Mathavan, parish priest of Moonah-Lutana, is in Singapore, able to visit family after more than two years. Thang Nhu Nguyen, Coogee-based, is to work two days a week at the Prince of Wales Hospital. Pat Mara has been appointed…
Sunday, 23 January 2022 22:49
NT Ministry memories: Patricia Mary O'Brien, 01.09.43 - 01.17.22 RIP
NT Ministry memories: Patricia Mary O'Brien, 01.09.43 - 01.17.22 RIP Malcolm Fyfe MSC, Vicar General of Darwin, writes: I have known Pat and Tony since the start of 1978 when I first came to Darwin. They had come a year earlier as Lay-Missionaries to Bathurst Island with their 3…
Friday, 21 January 2022 22:23
The Australian Province, 2022, Who and where?
The Australian Province, 2022, Who and where? In coming weeks, we will post information on who is in each community and/or ministry. We begin with St Joseph’s Home, Kensington, shared with the OLSH Sisters on their property. Three of our confreres, Albert Yelds, Reg Pritchard, Jos Beelen are our seniors,…
Thursday, 20 January 2022 22:11
Acknowledging Brian Gallagher MSC, 85.
Acknowledging Brian Gallagher MSC, 85 January 21st, congratulations to Brian Gallagher at 85. Brian was a late vocation in those past days (over 20) and had studied for a Masters of Science (his first msc!). He made his profession on May 7th 1962, so 60 years professed this year. He…
Wednesday, 19 January 2022 22:17
RIP: Sr Margaret Sullivan fdnsc (5.4.1932 - 9.1.2022)
RIP: Sr Margaret Sullivan fdnsc (5.4.1932 - 9.1.2022) Sympathy to our OLSH Sisters. Margaret with her Dominican sister, Denise. Eulogy: We heard these words from the Gospel of Luke on the Feast of John the Baptist, Sunday 9th January, the day our much-loved Sister, Margaret, beloved of God came face…
