Year: 2010
Temporary calm at Congolese novitiate
The following is an English translation of the original Italian that has been posted at www.dehon.it: Situation of the Novitiate in Kiragho-Butembo As a movement toward normality in Congo Rome 13 August 2010 After the turbulent days and days of changes the novitiate community at Kiragho Butembo is returning to a serene life and normal Read More…
Two profess vows and become SCJs
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 is important to me Read More…
August 9, 2010
Tragedy in Congo As reported on the province and congregational websites last week, the novitiate of the Congolese Province was attacked on August 3 by armed bandits. Fr. Osnildo Klann, novice master, was tortured, and several students were injured. Items were stolen and the house was ransacked. Only a month earlier the same group of Read More…
Novice Master writes about attack on Congolese novitiate
As noted in an earlier posting today, the Congolese novitiate was attacked on August 3. Fr. Osnildo Klann, SCJ, novice master, recently wrote with details of the attack. Below is a rough translation of the Italian: We finished the evening prayer. It was August 3, 2010. When we left the chapel three well-armed bandits forced Read More…
Novitiate in Congo attacked
Thirty well-armed bandits attacked the SCJs’ Congolese novitiate on August 3. The novitiate is in Kiragho, about 10 miles from Butembo (North Kivu). They came at about 9:00 p.m. and asked the guard if there were soldiers. He told them no. Soon after, the bandits surrounded the novitiate and began to terrorize both the novices Read More…
August 2, 2010
Hola Frater Greg Schill sent a few photos from Argentina, where he and Frater Duy Nguyen are studying Spanish. In the above photo he and Frater Duy pose with Bishop Virginio Bressanelli (second from right), bishop of Neuquén, Argentina. From 1991 – 2003 Bishop Bressanelli was general superior of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. Read More…
Walking together toward the future
Following a tradition began in 2007, members of the U.S. Province were invited to a two-day assembly as a sort of “kick-off” for the new provincial administration. Meetings took place at the Provincial Conference Center on the grounds of Sacred Heart Monastery/School of Theology July 26-27. The new administration was blessed and installed during an Read More…
July 26, 2010
Congratulations! Br. Clay Diaz renewed his vows at St. James Parish in Chamberlain, S.D., on July 23. Fr. Bill Pitcavage, pastor of St. James, received them. Br. Clay is doing his pastoral year in South Dakota. “I’ve been with the Priests of the Sacred Heart for the past seven years, first as a candidate, then Read More…
July 19, 2010
Thankful for Fr. Dehon Each year St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin, Wis., has an essay contest for its eighth graders. The theme of the essay? The founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, Fr. Leo John Dehon. The winner receives $100 toward his or her high school education. This year’s winner was Kelli Read More…
Fr. Dehon from a student’s eye
Each year St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin, Wis., has an essay contest for its eighth graders. The theme of the essay? The founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, Fr. Leo John Dehon. The winner receives $100 toward his or her high school education. This year’s winner was Kelli Kontney. Fr. Yvon Read More…
