Author: Sacred Heart
Weekly News: April 15, 2024
Triduum in Belarus Fr. Carlos Luis Suárez Codorniú, SCJ, superior general, and Fr. Levi dos Anjos Ferreira, SCJ, general councilor, spent Triduum with the Dehonian community in Belarus. “It was a singular experience for us, given the difficult moment that the country is going through,” wrote Fr. Levi on the general website, dehoniani.org. “However, the celebrations Read More…
Fr. Tom Lind, SCJ: 1932-2024
Click here to read Fr. Vien Nguyen’s full homily. Click here to view photos from the funeral. “He was a holy priest, a friend… and a pretty good golfer!” Originally from Minneapolis, MN, Fr. Thomas Lind, SCJ, died just days before his 92nd birthday. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Community in Pinellas Read More…
Triduum in Belarus
“Despite the difficulties of the political situation, the communities continue their journey with creativity and perseverance, making every effort to preserve their faith and, above all, to put into practice what they believe” -Fr. Levi dos Anjos Ferreira, SCJ Fr. Carlos Luis Suárez Codorniú, SCJ, superior general, and Fr. Levi dos Anjos Ferreira, SCJ, general Read More…
Weekly News: April 8
“May it be done to me according to your word” Reflecting on the Annunciation of the Lord (commemorated in the Church today, April 8), Fr. Leo John Dehon linked the day to his call at baptism: “I was baptized on March 24th in the poor church of La Capelle by the honorable and venerable Father Read More…
Weekly News: March 25, 2024
At the foot of the cross… “It is at the foot of the Cross that we must search for knowledge and wisdom. In the Heart of Jesus, we shall find the most inexhaustible and sublime lessons. Each beat of this Heart is an act of infinite justice, mercy, power, and wisdom. Let us unite ourselves Read More…
Weekly News: March 18, 2024
Congratulations! On Founder’s Day, four of SCJ seminarians received ministries: Frater Jacob Smith, SCJ (Lector), Frater Thuan Nguyen, SCJ (Acolyte), Frater Truc Tran, SCJ (Acolyte), and Frater Michael Wodarczyk, SCJ (Acolyte). The ceremony took place during Mass with the Sacred Heart Monastery community. The four students are pictured above with Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ. Click Read More…
Remembering our founder, Venerable Leo John Dehon
IMAGE ABOVE: students at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Houston, in their Dehonian shirts on Founder’s Day “’Go to the people’ was the way of life embraced by Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. Despite being born into a wealthy family, he chose to serve the working class and struggling Read More…
Weekly News: March 4, 2024
Happy anniversary Fr. Jan! On Thursday, March 7, the local community at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake will celebrate the 60th anniversary of priesthood ordination of Fr. Jan de Jong, SCJ, during the community’s 8:30 a.m. Mass. Anyone is welcome to attend the liturgy. “I was born and raised on a dairy farm in Ouder Read More…
Weekly News: February 26, 2024
Hello from Cameroon! Fr. Charles Brown, SCJ, is in Cameroon this month. Last week he wrote from the novitiate house, La Maison du Sacré-Cœur, in Ndoungue: “The conferences that I am giving on the New Testament and our Dehonian life are going very well, such fine young men! It is a true blessing to be Read More…
Weekly News: February 19, 2024
A Dehonian visit in Anaheim Representatives from St. Joseph’s Indian School attending workshops at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress this week stopped for a visit at the Dehonians’ booth in the conference exhibit hall. Staffing the booth were Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ, Br. Andy Gancarczyk, SCJ, Frater Hung Pham, SCJ and Fr. Son Nguyen, Read More…
