Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (Philippine Province)

This year’s Chevalier Family Formands’ Big Day, an annual gathering of formands from the three Chevalier family congregations, 34 participants gathered in Bataan for a day of celebration, sharing and other activities. It...

Every year different groupings of the on-going formation program of the members of the MSC Philippine province meet for a sharing of faith and life in the ministry. This year twelve of the YRM (Young Religious Missionaries), those who are 5 years in the ministry, met on July 6 – 10, 2009 at St. ...

Fr. Ric Guieb Penaranda, MSC passed away at the Visayas Community Medical Center, Cebu City in the early morning of October 26, 2009 where he was confined due to complicated condition of his health. Fr. Ric was born on April 3, 1967 in Surigao City, Surigao. His father Senen C...

CALOOCAN CITY, Philippines - Fr Rudy Abao, MSC celebrated the 50th Anniversary of his Religious Profession of Vows as a Missionary of the Sacred Heart (MSC) on 14 April 2009 at the Sta. Quiteria Parish in Caloocan City. On that same day he also celebrated his 70th birth anniversary...

CEBU CITY, Philippines - The University of San Carlos-College of Arts and Sciences in Cebu City held its Honors’ Day to recognize outstanding students who excel in their studies—academic, sports, inter-school competitions. Th...

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...

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...

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...

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines - Fr Mark McDonald, the MSC Superior General, presided over the Grand Centennial Mass on 12 December 2008 at the Surigao Cathedral...

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...

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...

CEBU CITY, Philippines - On Saturdays, the MSC collegians usually do general manualia in the morning and apostolate in the afternoon. But 29 November 2008 became an exemption when Fr. Mark McDonald, the MSC General Supeirior, came to visit the MSC College Formation Center in Banawa, Cebu City...

Dear brothers in our MSC Congregation, Greetings to all of you and best wishes as we celebrate the 154th anniversary of the foundation of our Congregation on December 8, feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary...

PILAR, Cebu - The St. Francis Xavier Parish in Pilar, Cebu celebrated the fiesta in honor of its patron saint on 03 December 2008. The theme of the celebration was “Growing together in the grace as the Body of Christ”. The concelebrated 9:30AM fiesta Mass was presided by Fr. Jimmy Duero, MSC. Fi...