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19 October 2025 at St. Peter’s Basilica Life: Childhood, vocation and mission as a catechist Peter To Rot was born in 1912 in the small village of Rakunai, Papua New Guinea, a land surrounded by tropical forests, volcanoes and islands. He was the son of Angelo Tu Puia, the village chief, and Maria La Tumul,…
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The Birth of the Namibian Province In May 1927, six Sisters arrived from Germany in Lüderitzburg, Namibia, then known as Southwest Africa. They carried a zealous mission spirit into the arid, thorny, dusty, rainy, and hot landscape of Namibia. The initial focus involved learning the African language, teaching in schools, managing hospitals, and visiting the…
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RUPERTSWOOD 1928-1931 Mother Liboria arrived in Sydney, Australia on May 3, 1928, from the USA and five sisters arrived at Port Melbourne, Australia from Hiltrup, Germany on May 21, 1928. Their original intention was to establish a place of welcome and recuperation for their sisters from the PNG mission. However, their first challenging ministry, at…
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In the early 1900’s the eastern coast of the USA had many small towns that had become home to a multitude of immigrants from various European countries. Each Catholic ethnic group built its own church and school with priests and sisters from their respective countries to assist the immigrants in their adaptation to life in…
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We sisters were taken from Anelaua Island, PNG by the American troops at the end of June 1944 (while the war in the Pacific was still going on) and brought to the camp in Brisbane, Australia. That meant being saved from great danger to life. We spent some weeks together (here in Australia) with many…
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There are many stories of the early beginnings of MSC missionary life in New Pomarenia (today known as New Britain Island of Papua New Guinea), the first mission after Germany. On November 1, 1902, the sisters arrived in Vunapope. It was in a way like stepping into a whole new world which would then become…
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The German Province, the first of what are now seven provinces of the Missionary Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, is integral to the development of the MSC international congregation. The General Leadership, which made all the significant decisions for the MSC Sisters in Germany as well as world-wide, was in Hiltrup until…
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Please join in our opening prayer celebrating 125 Years of International MSC Mission: TO BE ON EARTH THE HEART OF GOD… God of Love and Compassion, We pray in deep gratitude for Fr. Hubert Linckens, MSC and our Congregation. We pray with thanksgiving for all our MSC Sisters who have gone before us. Their…
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On the Feast of the Epiphany, Sr. Marie Clark was missioned to Province Latina where she will embrace a mission among our Peruvian MSC Sisters. For several years Sr. Marie has taught English as a Second Language in the Reading area and for the past three years has been zooming with women who live in…
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