Dehonian Spirituality Newsletter Archives

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Dehonian Spirituality is a weekly e-publication. Mailed most Fridays, it includes prayers and reflections based in the spirituality of Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). Previous issues are linked below:

04-24-2020 – “Establishment of the Cameroon Mission
04-17-2020 – “Earth Day”
04-10-2020 – “Good Friday: The Passion of Christ”
04-03-2020 – “Jesus’ Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem”
03-27-2020 – “Consolation”
03-20-2020 – “The Annunciation of Our Lord”
03-13-2020 – “Dehonian Vocations Day”

02-28-2020 – “Christ as the New Adam”
02-21-2020 – “Lenten Sacrifice”
02-14-2020 – “Fr. Dehon, Apostle of Social Action”
02-07-2020 – “Severity and Compassion: First SCJ Novitiate”
01-31-2020 – “Presentation of Jesus in the Temple”
01-24-2020 – “The Educational Efforts of John Bosco and Leo John Dehon; Catholic Schools Week”
01-17-2020 – “The Spiritual Legacy of Fr. Dehon”
01-10-2020 – “‘The People’ in the Socio-Political Thought of Fr. Dehon”
01-03-2020 – “Symbolic Gifts of the Magi”
12-27-2020 – “John, the Beloved Disciple”
12-20-2020 – “The Spiritual Testament of Fr. Dehon”
12-13-2020 – “International Migrants Day”
12-06-2020 – “Priestly Heart of Jesus”
11-29-2020 – “Foundation of SCJ Ministry in Indonesia”
11-22-2020 – “Church of Christ the King”
11-15-2020 – “Memory of Dominic Wessel, SCJ “
11-08-2020 – “St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Patron of Immigrants”
11-01-2019 – “Death of Fr. Rasset”
10-25-2019 – “30-Day Ignatian Retreat”
10-18-2019 – “World Mission Sunday”
10-11-2019 – “Apostolate of Reparation”
10-04-2019 – “Reparation”
09-27-2019 – “World Day of Migrants and Refugees”
09-20-2019 – “Deification”
09-13-2019 – “Catechetical Sunday”
09-06-2019 – “Pure Love”
08-30-2019 – “Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation”
08-23-2019 – “Serenity”
08-16-2019 – “Second General Chapter”
08-09-2019 – “Benefactors”
08-02-2019 – “Transfiguration”

Summer hiatus July 19 and July 26

07-12-2019 – “The Hidden Life”
07-05-2019 – “Ministry at Val-des-Bois”
06-28-2019 – “Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Part IV”
06-21-2019 – “Devotion to the Heart of Jesus, Part III”
06-14-2019 – “Devotion to the Heart of Jesus, Part II”
06-07-2019 – “Devotion to the Heart of Jesus, Part I”
05-31-2019 – “SCJ soldiers who died in WWI”
05-24-2019 – “Friendship, Part II”
05-17-2019 – “Friendship, Part I”
05-10-2019 – “World Day of Prayer for Vocations”
05-03-2019 – “First Holy Communion”
04-26-2019 – “St. Catherine of Siena”
04-12-2019 – “The reception of Holy Communion”
04-05-2019 – Fr. Leo Dehon’s trips to England, Scotland and Ireland”
03-29-2019 – “The interior affections of the Heart of Jesus”
03-22-2019 – “Fr. Dehon accepts mission in Belgian Congo”
03-15-2019 – “World Day for Cultural Diversity”
03-08-2019 – “Dehonian Vocation Day”
03-01-2019 – “First Novitiate in Canada”
02-22-2019 – “Spiritual Retreat”
02-15-2019 – “Strikes in St. Quentin”
02-08-2019 – “World Marriage Day”
02-01-2019 – “World Day for Consecrated Life”
01-25-2019 – “Catholic Schools Week”
01-18-2019 – “World Youth Day”
01-11-2019 – “Baptism of Jesus”
01-04-2019 – “National Migration Week”
12-14-2018 – “The Incarnation: Its purposes”
12-07-2018 – “The Incarnation: The Gift of the Son of God”
11-30-2018 – “Deceased SCJs, Part V”
11-23-2018 – “Deceased SCJs, Part IV”
11-16-2018 – “Deceased SCJs, Part III”
11-09-2018 – “Deceased SCJs, Part II”
11-02-2018 – “Deceased SCJs, Part I”
10-26-2018 – “St. Quentin, patron of the city where Dehon ministered”
10-19-2018 – “Apostle of Social Action
10-12-2018 – “Teresa of Avila”
10-05-2018 – “The Prayer of Affection
09-28-2018 – “St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus”
09-21-2018 – “The Student Paper at St. John’s Institute”
09-14-2018 – “Catechetics”
09-07-2018 – “The Spiritual Practice of Devotion to the Heart of Jesus”
08-31-2018 – “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation”
08-24-2018 – “Beatitudes”
08-17-2018 – “St. John Eudes”
08-10-2018 – “Dehonian Educators”
08-03-2018 – “Our Benefactors”
Summer break
06-29-2018 – “The Final Approval of the Congregation”
06-22-2018 – “The Heart of Jesus, Part IV”
06-15-2018 – “The Heart of Jesus, Part III”
06-08-2018 – “The Heart of Jesus, Part II”
06-01-2018 – “The Heart of Jesus, Part I”
05-25-2018 – “The Holy Trinity”
05-18-2018 – “Pentecost”
05-11-2018 – “The Ascension”
05-04-2018 – “St. Martin of the Sacred Heart Church”
04-27-2018 – “Establishment of the India District”
04-20-2018 – “World Day of Prayer for Vocations”
04-13-2018 – “Ministry to the Deaf”
04-06-2018 – “The Annunciation”
03-23-2018 – “The Particular Examen of the SCJs”
03-16-2018 – “St. Joseph, Model of the Interior Life”
03-09-2018 – “Praying the Liturgy of the Hours”
03-02-2018 – International Dehonian Vocations Day”
02-23-2018 – “Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac”
02-16-2018 – “Testing of Jesus in the Desert
02-09-2018 – “Our Lord Praying in the Garden
02-02-2018 – “Presentation of the Lord and World Day for Consecrated Life”
01-26-2018 – “Catholic Schools Week”
01-19-2018 – “St. Francis de Sales”
01-12-2018 – “Dehon’s Personal Motto”
01-05-2018 – “National Immigration Week”
12-29-2017 – “End of the Year Reflection”
12-15-2017 – “International Migrants Day”
12-08-2017 – “Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception”
12-01-2017 – “The Definitive Approval of the Constitutions of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus”
11-24-2017 – “Deceased SCJs, Part 3”
11-17-2017 – “World Day of the Poor”
11-10-2017 – “Deceased SCJs, Part 2”
11-03-2017 – “Deceased SCJs, Part 1”
10-27-2017 – “World Youth Day”
10-20-2017 – “World Mission Sunday”
10-13-2017 – “Bread for the World Sunday”
10-06-2017 – “Thanksgiving”
09-29-2017 – “Respect Life”
09-22-2017 – “Spiritual Foundation for Social Involvement”
09-15-2017 – “Dehon’s Final Profession”
09-08-2017 – “Foundation of the Italian Province”
09-01-2017 – “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation”
08-25-2017 – “Priestly Formation”
08-18-2017 – “The Queenship of Mary”
08-11-2017 – “St. Stanislaus Kostka”
08-04-2017 – “The Interior Life”
07-07-2017 – “Social Catholicism in France”
06-30-2017 – “Devotion to the Heart of Jesus”
06-23-2017 – “The Social Reality of Sacred Heart Devotion, Part IV”
06-16-2017 – “The Social Reality of Sacred Heart Devotion, Part III”
06-09-2017 – “The Social Reality of Sacred Heart Devotion, Part II”
06-02-2017 – “The Social Reality of Sacred Heart Devotion, Part I”
05/26/2017 – “Fr. Dehon’s Early Social Involvement”
05/19/2017 – “The Immaculate Heart of Mary”
05/12/2017 – “Dehonian Family”
05/05/2017 – “World Day of Prayer for Vocations”
04/28/2017 – “SCJ Foundation in England”
04/21/2017 – “Easter Story of Emmaus”
04/07/2017 – “Almsgiving and Migration”
03/31/2017 – “Fasting and the Issue of Migration”
03/24/2017 – “Prayer and the Issue of Migration”
03/17/2017 – “Social Justice and Almsgiving”
03/10/2017 – “Fasting and Social Justice”
03/03/2017 – “Prayer and Social Justice”
02/24/2017 – “Ash Wednesday”
02/17/2017 – “Pope Leo XIII”
02/10/2017 – “Sacrament of Marriage”
02/03/2017 – “Dehonian Family”
01/27/2017 – “Catholic Schools Week”
01/20/2017 – “The Reign of the Sacred Heart in Souls and Societies”
01/13/2017 –  “Migrants and Refugees”
01/06/2017 – “Baptism and Vocation”
12/16/2016 – “Formation of Priests and Religious”
12/09/2016 – “Mary’s Maternity”
12/02/2016 – “Dehon’s Stenographic Service at Vatican I”
11/25/2016 – “Deceased Members of the Dehonian Family”
11/18/2016 – “Deceased SCJs Part 4”
11/11/2016 – “Deceased SCJs Part 3”
11/04/2016 – “Deceased SCJs Part 2”
10/28/2016 – “Deceased SCJs Part 1”
10/21/2016 – “Training Seminarians in a Factory”
10/14/2016 – “SCJ Mission in the Congo”
10/07/2016 – “Year of Mercy: Bury the Dead”
09/30/2016 – “St. Thérèse of Lisieux”
09/23/2016 – “St. Vincent de Paul”
09/16/2016 – “Catechetics”
09/09/2016 – “Year of Mercy: Comfort the Sorrowful”
09/02/2016 – “The Ministry of Education”
08/26/2016 – “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation”
08/19/2016 – “The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
08/12/2016 – “Fr. Alphonese-Marie Rasset, SCJ”
08/05/2016 – “Preaching the Good News
07/29/2016 – “Martha, Mary and Lazarus
07/22/2016 – Summer break, no issue
07/15/2016 – Fr. Dehon’s First Mass
07/08/2016 – St. Kateri Tekakwitha
07/01/2016 – The Reign of the Sacred Heart in a Factory
06/24/2016 – “The Merciful Heart of Jesus” Part III
06/17/2016 – “The Merciful Heart of Jesus” Part II
06/10/2016 – “The Heart of Jesus, Pierced with a Lance”</a
06/03/2016 –
“Feast of the Sacred Heart”
05/27/2016 –
“The Eucharist”
05/20/2016 –
“Year of Mercy: Care of the Sick”
05/13/2016 –
“The Encyclical, Rerum Novarum
05/06/2016 –
“The Ministry of Communications”
04/29/2016 – 
“The Year of Mercy: Clothe the Naked”
04-22-2016 –
“Earth Day”
04-15-2016 –
“Vocations”
04-08-2016 –
“The Wounds of the Risen Christ”
04-01-2016 –
“The Holy Year of Mercy”
03-25-02016 –
“Bear patiently with those who do us ill”
03-18-2016 –
“Year of Mercy: Counsel the Doubtful”
03-11-2016 –
“International Dehonian Vocations Day”
03-04-2016 –
“Year of Mercy: Pray for the Living and the Dead”
02-26-2016 –
“Maintaining Union with Christ”
02-19-2016 –
“Year of Mercy: Visit the Imprisoned”
02-12-2016 –
“The Spirituality of Oblation”
02-05-2016 –
“Attracting vocations”
01-29-2016 –
“Year of Mercy: Teaching as a Corporal and Spiritual Work of Mercy”
01-22-2016 –
“Proclaiming the Good News”
01-15-2016 –
“Year of Mercy: Shelter the Homeless”
01-08-2016 –
“The Social Mission of the Church”
12-18-2015 –
“The Incarnation”
12-11-2015 –
“Mary, Mother of God and our mother”
12-4-2015 –
“SCJ Missionaries”
11-27-2015 –
“Memory of SCJ Pioneers in Canada II”
11-20-2015 –
“SCJ Memorial Day”
11-13-2015 –
“Memory of SCJ Pioneers in the United States”
11-06-2015 –
“Memory of SCJ Pioneers in Canada”
10-30-2015 –
“Vocations Awareness”
10-23-2015 –
“Immigration”
10-16-2015 –
“Feast Day of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque”
10-09-2015 –
“The Spiritual Path of Love”
10/02/2015 –
“Francis of Assisi, an SCJ patron”
09/25/2015 –
“Eucharistic Adoration”
09/18/2015 –
“Blessed Juan Maria de la Cruz, SCJ”
09/11/2015 –
“Our Lady of Sorrows”
09/04/2015 –
“Models of Education”
08/28/2015 –
“St. Augustine, an SCJ Patron”
08/21/2015 –
“Travel and Hospitality”
08/14/2015 –
“Social Justice”
08/07/2015 –
“Meditation on Death”
07/31/2015 –
“Benefactors”
07/17/2015 –
“Reign of the Heart of Christ”
07/10/2015 –
“Religious Art”
07/03/2015 –
“Conversion of St. Thomas the Apostle”
06/26/2015 –
“The Reign of the Heart of Jesus”
06/19/2015 –
“That All May Be One”
06/12/2015 –
“Feast of the Sacred Heart”
06/05/2015 – 
“The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus”
05/29/2015 –
“23rd General Chapter, Part Two”
05/22/2015 –
“International SCJ Communities”
05/15/2015 – 
“23rd General Chapter, Part I”
05/08/2015 –
Theme: “Our Lady of the Sacred Heart”
05/01/2015 –
Theme: “Establishment of the SCJ District in India”
04/24/2-15 –
Theme: “World Day of Prayer for Vocations”
04/17/2015 –
Theme: “Sacraments of Initiation”
04/10/2015 –
Theme: “The Blind Spot of Anti-Semitism”
04/03/2015 –
Theme: “Resurrection of Our Lord”
03/27/2015 –
Theme: “Union with Jesus’ Passion”
03/20/2015 –
Theme: “St. Joseph/SCJ brothers”
03/13/2015 –
Theme: “International Day for Dehonian Vocations”
03/06/2015 – 
Theme: “The Interior Life: A Union of Hearts”
02/27/2015 – 
Theme: “The Practice of Charity Within Community”
02/20/2015 –
Theme: “Royal Road of the Cross”
02/13/2015 – 
Theme: “The Dehonian Family, Part II”
02/06/2015 – 
Theme: “The Dehonian Family, Part I”
01/30/2015 – 
Theme: “Consecrated Life”
01/23/2015 – 
Theme: “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity”
01/16/2015 – 
Theme: “Migrants and Refugees”
01/09/2015 – 
Theme: “Personal Communication”
12/19/2014 – 
Theme: “The Vocation of Priest”
12/12/2014 – 
Theme: “The Sacred Heart of Mary”
12/05/2014 –
Theme: “The SCJ Rule of Life”
11/28/2014 – 
Theme: “Aging and Senior life”
11/21/2014 – 
Theme: “SCJ Memorial Day/SCJ Martyrs”
11/14/2014 – 
Theme: “the Ocean as a Symbol of the Heart of Jesus”