Year: 2012
Weekly News: March 12, 2012
Celebrating and remembering On Wednesday, March 14, SCJs from around the world will gather in the Philippines to celebrate the district’s transition to regional status. It is a sign that the SCJ entity, begun in 1989 with just eight SCJs, is growing. Taking part in the ceremony will be Fr. Tom Cassidy, provincial superior of Read More…
Dehonian presence grows in the Philippines
Philippine District gains “region status” First regional administration to be installed on March 14 In 1989 a group of eight SCJs began preparations for the first SCJ mission in the Philippines. Ranging in age from 28 to 52, they included men from Argentina, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Indonesia and Great Britain. For most, the Read More…
Remembering Bishop Baaij
Bishop Joseph Potocnak shares the funeral homily he gave for fellow South African bishop Evert Baaij. “It’s funny how sometimes it is only after someone is gone that you know what an impact a person has had on your life,” said Bishop Potocnak. “Thinking about Bishop Baaij a month after his funeral I am still Read More…
Dehonian Vocation Day
Celebrating Fr. Leo John Dehon March 14 is the 169th anniversary of the birth of Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. Each year the Superior General writes a letter to commemorate the date. This year, Fr. José Ornelas Carvalho focuses on “internationality;” it is the focus of the general Read More…
Weekly News: March 5, 2012
Greetings and thanks from Vietnam In 2008, SCJs partnered in ministry with the diocesan parish of St. Paul near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The parish has much in common with Fr. Leo John Dehon’s first parish assignment in Saint-Quentin. The population that surrounds St. Paul is made up primarily of factory workers and young Read More…
SCJ-sponsored school helping children of working poor
In 2008, SCJs partnered in ministry with the diocesan parish of St. Paul near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The parish has much in common with Fr. Leo John Dehon’s first parish assignment in Saint-Quentin. The population that surrounds St. Paul is made up primarily of factory workers and young migrant families. Many have come Read More…
Weekly News: February 27, 2012
The world converges on Daly Avenue Walk into the kitchen at the SCJs’ house on Daly Avenue in Ottawa and you can literally taste the international flavor of the community. One evening it is chicken filled with Indonesian spices. But on another night it could be food from Cameroon, Congo, the Philippines or Holland. The Read More…
“We the Congregation” in downtown Ottawa
The world converges on Daly Avenue Walk into the kitchen at the SCJs’ house on Daly Avenue in Ottawa and you can literally taste the international flavor of the community. One evening it is chicken filled with Indonesian spices. But on another night it could be food from Cameroon, Congo, the Philippines or Holland. The Read More…
Weekly News: February 20, 2012
Busy weekend at St. Joe’s As you can see from the photo above, Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, executive director of St. Joseph’s Indian School in South Dakota, really got into the spirit of Valentine’s Day. He wrote about getting his temporary tattoo, as well as other events of the weekend, on the school’s blog: “Grades 1-5 Read More…
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