ROME, Italy – The MSC general administration wishes all the missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus a very happy new year 2009. May everyone in the congregation continue the mission of Jesus in the spirit of the Founder Jules Chevalier with a renewed spirit in the bright new year.

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines - The MSC Philippine Province celebrated the centenary of its presence and mission in the archipelago on 11-12 December 2008 in Surigao City, Philippines.

"We have come to know and believe in the love God has for us," are words that will be forever etched on every heart touched by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) as they served faith communities in difficult places, traveled on rough roads to reach remote chapels, walked through undiscovered paths to initiate livelihood projects for the poor, and crossed unpredictable waters to fulfill their mission - "to make the Sacred Heart of Jesus be known and loved everywhere".

SUVA, Fiji – On December 19 2008 the General Superior Father Mark McDonald MSC with his council in Rome renominated Father Simon Mani MSC as the Union Superior of the Pacific Union for a period of three years. This followed his consultation with the members of the Union during his visit to the Pacific Islands in the third week of October 2008.