September 13, 2010

Upcoming ordination Frater Duy Nguyen will be ordained to the diaconate on Sunday, October 10 at 4 p.m. at Christ the King Church in Southaven, Mississippi. If you will be attending you are asked to RSVP by phone or email to Frater Duy at 773-363-1326, ext 226, or by email at zwee00@yahoo.com Those coming to Read More…


September 3, 2010

Happy Labor Day! The Fridge Notes for the week of September 6 are being posted a few days early because of the Labor Day holiday.  Please note that the Provincialate Offices are closed on Monday. Welcome! As noted last week, Kassandra Huerta has joined the Provinicialate staff as our new administrative assistant. Originally from Laredo, Read More…


SCJ is editor-in-chief of text on World Religions

Among the texts that Catholic high school students in Canada will be putting in their book bags this fall is one edited by Fr. John van den Hengel, SCJ.  Before being elected to the General Council in Rome in 2009, Fr. John was professor emeritus at St. Paul University in Ottawa and had worked for Read More…


My Dehonian Playlist

Br. Duane Lemke, SCJ, director of the formation program in Chicago, had been tossing around the idea of doing a blog for some time.  Inspired by an aunt, he sat down this summer and centered on a theme:  music. “One of my earliest memories is of a journal my aunt (and godmother) kept of song Read More…


Professions 2010

During a tri-lingual liturgy of English, Vietnamese and Spanish, Luis Fernando Orozco Cardona and Joseph Pham Vu professed their first vows on August 15 at Sacred Heart Monastery/School of Theology. They are the newest members of the U.S. Province.  To view photos from the ceremony, click here.


August 30, 2010

Get cultured! On Wednesday, September 1, the ESL program at Sacred Heart School of Theology will host its annual Culture Fair. Students from around the world will have displays about their home countries. Of course, as in the past the fair will also feature food and beverage items from the countries represented. The ESL Culture Read More…


SHST sees near-record enrollment

Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wis., is seeing its largest group of incoming seminarians in 20 years. Forty new seminarians have been admitted to the school, approaching the all-time record of 42 new students set in 1990. The average over the last 10 years has been 21 fall entrants. As the seminary Read More…


August 23, 2010

A new year at SHST August 23 is the first day of classes at Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wis.  Not only is the seminary welcoming one of its largest in-coming classes but it also starts the 2010-2011 year with one of its the largest overall student bodies in many years.  The Read More…


SCJ ministry returns to St. Teresa Mission

A first-time visitor to St. Teresa Mission in the Diocese of Aliwal North, South Africa, notices many things.  First, there are the children.  Young children and teenagers; laughing, playing games and practicing music for an upcoming Mass. There are ladies in purple, representing the St. Ann Society.  Other women pour out from the kitchen, hands Read More…


August 16, 2010

Welcome to the community! During a tri-lingual liturgy of English, Vietnamese and Spanish, Luis Fernando Orozco Cardona and Joseph Pham Vu professed their first vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart on August 15th at Sacred Heart Monastery/School of Theology. They are the newest members of the U.S. Province. “Professing vows with the SCJs Read More…