Year: 2012
SCJ agency prepares first-time home buyers
Workshops help those new to home ownership stay in their homes In March, Sacred Heart Southern Missions Housing Corporation will begin a series of workshops on the use of credit, especially in regards to mortgages. The series runs through August. “The classes have become very popular in the past four to five years because the Read More…
Weekly News: February 13, 2012
Celebrating 100 years at OLG a month at a time Fr. Ed Kilianski, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Houston, writes the following about OLG’s 100th anniversary year: “A lot is happening at Our Lady of Guadalupe these days in preparation for our 100th anniversary. Our pews were taken in January to be Read More…
Over 400 gather for Bishop Baaij’s funeral
Remembering Bishop Baaij Fr. Sanil Michael, SCJ and Fr. Gabryel Kazimierz Angel, SCJ, of the South African Province, as well as Judy Boland, manager of the Nazareth retirement community where Bishop Baaij spent the past 25 years, contributed to this story A cool and slightly overcast summer’s day was the setting for the Funeral Mass Read More…
Weekly News: February 6, 2012
Ministry of presence is vital Fr. Mark Mastin, in his first full year as a chaplain with the U.S. Army, recently wrote with an update: “My last communication described my time in the cold with 40 mph winds in the midst of desert training in the United States. I had real life experiences there including Read More…
SCJs’ eldest bishop dies
He called South Africa home Bishop Evert Baaij, SCJ, retired bishop of Aliwal North, South Africa, died January 31. He passed away at Nazareth House, a senior living community, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Struggling with heart issues in his last days, the bishop was surrounded by many of the religious sisters whom he knew Read More…
Weekly News: January 30, 2012
Archbishop visits SHST Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee made a visit to Sacred Heart School of Theology last Wednesday during which he celebrated Mass with students, faculty and staff. Sacred Heart is the nation’s largest seminary specializing in adult vocations to the priesthood, but it is also where the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Read More…
New job, same home
“Availability is a part of our charism. It is who we are as SCJs.” -Fr. Claudio Siebenaler, SCJ “It’s not so important what you are doing but how you are doing it. If you do a job with love and joy, that’s what is important. Not the particular job itself.” The quote comes from Fr. Read More…
Weekly News: January 23, 2012
Updates Fr. Ed Zemlik has joined the Dehon Formation Community in Chicago for the winter semester. He is enrolled in Catholic Theological Union’s Hesburgh Sabbatical Program. His new contact information: 1421 E. 53rd St. Chicago, IL 60615-4501 Phone: 773-363-1326, ext. 226 Fr. Charles Yost recently moved from Pinellas Park, Fl., to join the Sacred Heart Read More…
Weekly News, January 16, 2012
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr SCJ takes ESL training to the Philippines On January 15 Br. Long Nguyen boarded a plane for his first overseas journey. His destination? The Philippines. “It’s funny, Read More…
SCJ takes ESL training to Asia
“This is an excellent opportunity to share… the lived reality of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in other parts of the world” -Br. Long Nguyen, SCJ After earning a teaching certificate last year from the Wisconsin English as a Second Language Institute (WESLI) Br. Long Nguyen, SCJ, is going to do a bit of Read More…
