Year: 2012
Memorial Mass homily
Classmate and fellow missionary remembers a friend Fr. Charles Yost, SCJ, a classmate of Fr. Tom Fix, SCJ, gave the following homily at the Memorial Mass for Fr. Tom at Sacred Heart Monastery on April 26, 2012 2 Corinthians 4:14-5:1 Psalm 27: 1, 4, 7, & 8b &9a, 13-14 John 14:1-6 The Risen Christ is Read More…
George Fix remembers his brother, Fr. Tom
A great man George Fix, the brother of Fr. Tom Fix, shared the following at the Memorial Mass for Fr. Tom at Sacred Heart Monastery on April 26: He was a great man. That kind of says it all, but not really. He was a great young man when he left his parents and brothers Read More…
The death of a missionary
Fr. Johnny Klingler, SCJ, who has been in the Philippines for the past several weeks teaching English, represented the U.S. Province at the funeral for Fr. Tom Fix in Indonesia. An American SCJ, Fr. Tom spent all but three of his 53 years of ordination as a member of the Indonesian Province. Fr. Johnny writes Read More…
Weekly News: April 23, 2012
He followed his childhood dream Diagnosed with cancer in January, Fr. Tom Fix, SCJ, died April 21 in his adopted home of Indonesia. He was 79 and had been a member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart for over 60 years. Being a missionary is something that Fr. Tom dreamed of doing since he Read More…
Fr. Tom Fix dies in Indonesia
He followed his childhood dream Diagnosed with cancer in January, Fr. Tom Fix, SCJ, died April 21 in his adopted home of Indonesia. He was 79 and had been a member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart for over 60 years. During a visit back to his hometown of Milwaukee several years ago, Fr. Read More…
Weekly News: April 16, 2012
Familiar face to American donors named to lead Congolese Province During his sabbatical in North America last year Fr. Zénon Sendeke, an SCJ from the Congolese Province, visited several of our benefactors. He is pictured above on one of those visits with Pam Milczarski of the province development. In March, Fr. Zénon was named provincial Read More…
Congolese Province begins a new chapter
New administration includes a first The Congolese Province is filled with young people in formation. At the end of 2011 there were 45 Dehonians in temporary vows. But that wasn’t the case in the early 1970s when a young Zénon Sendeke told an SCJ at his parish that he too wanted to be a priest. Read More…
Aging with grace, aging as an SCJ religious
“Our SCJ spirituality applies so well to the process of aging” Fr. Jim Schroeder The major superiors of Europe came together last month to continue and expand a conversation begun at the 2009 General Chapter: how do the Priests of the Sacred Heart ensure quality care for their elder SCJs and how does the congregation Read More…
Weekly News: April 10, 2012
NOTE: Due to the Easter holiday the Fridge Notes are being posted on Tuesday instead of the usual Monday. Resurrection of the province blog It seems fitting that on Easter our province blog was resurrected after having been dormant for several months. Fr. Johnny Klingler provided a post about his first days in the Philippines; Read More…
May the Son rise in human hearts
God of love, when we turned from You and sinned, You did not accept our rejection, and You did not resign yourself to the death we embraced and inflicted. Instead, You sent your Son to bring us peace. For our sake, Jesus entered the world. He was crucified and died. Yet, on the third day, Read More…
