Centenary of the Death of Mother. Marie Louise Hartzer

The Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart celebrate the centenary of the death of Mother Mary Louise Hartzer. Marie Louise was born in Wissembourg on 27th August, 1837. Wissembourg is in Alsace, then a French Province near the border of Germany. Her father was Antoine Mestmann, a Dutch medical doctor from Amsterdam. Her mother was Elizabeth Derendinger, from Alsace. Her mother’s family were prosperous brewers and property owners in Wissembourg and Hageuenau. The family were in comfortable circumstances, and she received a liberal education at a private school for girls. She had two younger sisters.

Some of the events of Marie Louise’s life:
1884 - 5 Sisters including Marie Louise, professed in September,
In 1885, 5 sisters were sent to Australia
1895 - Arrival of first 9 sisters in Kiribati
24 Sisters died in the missions, during Marie Louise’s time in charge. Their average length of stay was 6 years.
1902 Marie Louise established a house in Belgium (Thuin) because of the anti-clerical laws in France
By 1906, M. Louis had moved the sisters, administration and novices to Belgium
1907 Jan - Fr. Chevalier expelled from his Presbytery. His property was sold on April 30. Fr. Chevalier died in October, aged 83
1908 - Feb 22, Marie Louise dies at Thuin, (Belgium) aged 71

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Fr.Julius Kumar msc online!

Many of you must be wondering as to what happened to Julius in Rome. He is safe and sound. He is very much in touch with the members of the Union. He has begun his course in the Salesian University. As an outcome of his just-began studies, he invests a little time in sharing his thoughts in his own blog JECOM. This blog is a little advanced in outlook and presents videos and songs also. He also writes reflections and meditations in his blog. Though he is out of Kombayanpatti, his heart and mind is still there, ha ha ha...

Please find the link to his blog:

http://jecom.wordpress.com/
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New Blog! CHEVALIER NOTES

It is a blessing to all of us in the Union that Rev. Fr. Dennis Murphy is with us as part of the Union. He is the Senior-most person in the Union. His guidance and support is very much felt in the Union as well as personally. One great service among the many that he is putting himself in, is to bring out the issues in the form of Chevalier Notes. In Chevalier Notes, he tries to bring out a spirituality based on the charism of our Founder Fr. Jules Chevalier to be practised in our own situation. He takes all the initiative to motivate the members of the Union in giving them the Spiritual Input whenever he brings out the Notes. It is my ardent desire to put them online for a wider circle, to be available for people around the globe. He is a great scholar, and his ability to spiritually motivate everyone in the Union is appreciated universally by the MSC family. We wish him good luck and pray continually for his health.

Please find the link to the Chevalier Notes:

http://dennismurphy.blogspot.com/
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New Indonesian Provincial: Fr. Johanis Mangkey

Most of us met Father Johanis Mangkey. He came to India on a visit to meet us all in Fr. Malcolm's time. Very nice man and often found to be very quiet. When I was in Rome, i could see how busy he was and felt: no wonder, Fr. Michael (the then Father General) wanted him there. He was certainly a very efficient man. He is made the new Indonesian Provincial on the ninth of February, 2008. He has also written a book "A Model for the Mission of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in the light of the spirituality of the Heart." I have been hunting to get a good photo of Fr. Mangkey. I do not know for sure where Frs, Yonas Tandayu and Vianney Untu have gone - must be very busy with their own work. I will contact them soon and get them to write to us.

Meanwhile, we congratulate Fr. Johanis Mangkey for accepting this difficult task (He's just come out of the Generalate!) and wish all the members of the Province a great moment in their history.
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Happy Lent!

Lent is an old English word meaning 'lengthen'. Lent is observed in spring, when the days begin to get longer. They are called Lent because that is the Old English word for spring, the season of the year during which they fall. This is something unique to English. In almost all other languages its name is a derivative of the Latin term Quadragesima, or "the forty days." We start our Lent today with the Ash Wednesday. Let us pray that this Lent of ours be meaningful and grace filled. Let us dedicate all our efforts of this Lent to the unity and peace of our Union. In 'Strong and Constant' Fr. Anderson reflects that 'through your pain, you will discover me'. We should never stop at discovering that we are going through pain alone, we also have the responsibility to discover God in that pain. Lent is a good time to do that.

Please find the message of Pope in Lent in the following link:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/lent/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20071030_lent-2008_en.html

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Generalate's Website Update

Fr. Luis Carlos Araujo Moraes

Fr. Luis Carlos Araujo Moraes MSC is our General Secretary at the Generalate. He has put in a lot of work in redesigning the website of our Generalate with the help of Fr. Stephen Cuyos MSC. He has written to all the provinces, proprovinces and unions already about the importance of communication within our Congregation.

It is indeed a pressing need within MSC that we have good communication with each other. Already this concept of communication has been targetted within our Union often in recent times, that we need to forsee and put our hands together in bringing unity within us. One way of bringing unity in the Union is that we respect the other by sharing the necessary information of the mission and life of the Union and never take anyone for granted.
Internet, as Fr. Luis Carlos Araujo Moraes MSC observes, is not a possibility for everyone around the world, but it is certainly the trend today, a sign of the time. My sole intention of creating this blog also carries a similar venture: to bring people together.

Fr. Stephen Cuyos
Please find the link to the Letter of Fr. Luis Carlos Araujo Moraes MSC
http://misacor.org/en/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,27/Itemid,45/

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New Website for the Province of Dominican Republic

Please Note that the Province of Dominican Republic put together a new website for the Province

http://www.misacordom.org/

All the information will be in Spanish, one might need a translator to get the news from this website.

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