Our students, preparing to follow in the footsteps of Fr. Dehon

Each year we ask our students in formation to introduce themselves. This year’s group includes six candidates, six professed seminarians, and four novices. They are men from a wide variety of cultural, educational and work backgrounds. Yet they all speak of their shared call to the spirituality found in the Priests of the Sacred Heart Read More…


Weekly News: September 23, 2019

Celebrating ministry; remembering a martyr Fr. Jim Walters, SCJ, was the main celebrant and homilist at the September 18th bilingual Mass at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. The liturgy was dedicated to the memory of Blessed Juan María de la Cruz Garcia Mendez, SCJ. A martyr during the Spanish Civil War, Juan María Read More…


Remembering a martyr; celebrating new ministry

Fr. Jim Walters, SCJ (pictured at the top of the page), was the main celebrant and homilist at today’s bilingual Mass at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. The Mass was dedicated to the memory of Blessed Juan María de la Cruz Garcia Mendez, SCJ. A martyr during the Spanish Civil War, Juan María Read More…


Weekly News: September 16, 2019

Novices past and present Before the First Friday gathering at Sacred Heart Monastery in September, Fr. Byron Haaland, SCJ, novice master, posed for a quick photo with this year’s novitiate class (Thien Nguyen, Thuan Nguyen, Truc Van Tran and Hung Pham) and last year’s class, who professed first vows on August 15 (John Huan Nguyen Read More…


In the hospital, the words of his father echoed in his mind

“I found my way through the Eucharist. It anchored me. It gave me strength. I thought of my father’s words: ‘Remember to pray!’” -Frater Henry Nguyen, SCJ SCJ seminarian Frater Henry Nguyen reflects on his summer CPE experience, working as a chaplain-intern at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System in San Antonio: “Con có cầu nguyện Read More…


Weekly News: September 9, 2019

Come and See Fr. Quang Nguyen, SCJ, province vocation director, poses above with participants in last weekend’s “Come and See.” The weekend is an opportunity for young men discerning a vocation to religious life to literally “come and see” the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). The visitors joined the formation community and novices for Read More…


Leaving our comfort zones to serve God

“God needs our hands today, our voices, so that others may experience God’s love. Everything is about our brothers and sisters, our neighbors. ‘Out of the sacristy!’ said Fr. Dehon. It is the invitation to leave our comfort zones and go where God calls us.” -Br. Diego Diaz, SCJ I was born in northern Argentina, Read More…


Weekly news: August 26, 2019

Back to school! Today, August 26, is the first day of classes for students at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. On Wednesday, Fr. Raúl Goméz-Ruiz, SDS, will be installed by Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, as the new SHSST president-rector during the Opening Eucharist at 4:30 p.m. Click here to visit the school in Read More…


Weekly News: August 19, 2019

Four enter novitiate On August 14, Thien Nguyen, Thuan Nguyen, Truc Van Tran and Hung Pham entered the novitiate during a ceremony at the Sacred Heart Novitiate chapel. Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, provincial superior, received the new novices. Fr. Byron Haaland, SCJ, is novice master, and Fr. Andrzej Sudol, SCJ, is associate novice master. “In Read More…


Two profess vows!

Click here to view photos from the ceremony After a year of novitiate, John Huan Nguyen and Hubert Senam Kodjovi Liassidji professed their first vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). The profession ceremony took place on August 15, in the main chapel at Sacred Heart Monastery / Sacred Heart Seminary and School Read More…