Year: 2013
Fr. Leo Dehon’s Spirituality and His Social Engagement
“Fr. Dehon’s spiritual basis is an experience of God’s love… a love that inevitably led him to social and political engagement,” said Fr. Stefan Tertünte, SCJ. Fr. Stefan was the opening speaker at the North American Conference of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in September, 2013. His presentation is now available as a YouTube video.
Weekly News: October 14, 2013
100 years of the congregation in Austria; Canadian Thanksgiving; former provincial superior at blessing of new conference center in Poland; prayer requests; final vows in South Africa; vocation news; updates; prayer and advocacy for immigration reform.
Weekly News: October 7, 2013
Similar issues discussed in North and South American Continental Conferences; former provincial superior in Poland for dedication of new conference center partially sponsored by US Province; prayer requests and thanks; Fr. Quang Nguyen First Friday presenter in Chicago; Oktoberfest at St. Martin of Tours; SHST faculty member and administrator publishes.
Weekly News: September 30, 2013
North American Continental Conference concludes month-long North American visitation; links to photo albums from visitation and conference; five celebrate jubilees of religious life; prayer requests; St. Joseph’s powwow video available; and personnel directories to be mailed soon.
Celebration, reflection and action; North American Conference comes to an end
It may have been the NORTH AMERICAN Continental Conference but it reflected an internationality that went well beyond Canada and the United States. SCJs from Africa, South America, Europe and Asia were among those in the conference room not only as guests but primarily as fellow SCJs of the Canadian Region and US Province.
Celebrating the commitment to religious life!
On September 23 the province celebrated the golden and diamond jubilees of religious life of five of its members: Fr. Johnny Klingler, Br. Peter Mankins and Fr. Jim Schroeder (50 years) and Fr. Frank Clancy and Fr. Larry Rucker (60 years). Friends, family and fellow SCJs packed the chapel at Sacred Heart Monastery/School of Theology for an evening liturgy and dinner.
Weekly News: September 23, 2013
General visitation ends with this week’s North American Continental Conference; SCJ Army chaplain reflects on September 11; SCJs continue to support the education of poor, migrant children in Vietnam, ESL Cultural Fair coming up; prayer requests and updates.
SCJ Army chaplain remembers those who have died
Remembering Why We Are Here The following was delivered by Fr. Mark Mastin, an SCJ serving as a chaplain in the U.S. Army, stationed in Afghanistan. The words were for a remembrance ceremony for those who have died as a result of the September 11, 2011, terrorist attacks. There are some 37 million plus reasons Read More…
Vietnamese school continues to thrive
Huong Tam School was initiated by Mrs. Dao Thi Thu Thuy, a Vietnamese citizen living in the United States, who came to visit Vietnam. She saw many children going around to collect garbage and sell lottery tickets; most of them were uneducated, they just lived with what they got on the streets. Their parents didn’t have enough money to send them to school. Mrs. Dao Thi Thu Thuy had the idea to establish a small school called “Huong Tam School”
General Visitation
During the month of September Fr. José Ornelas Carvalho, superior general, and Fr. John van den Hengel, vicar, toured SCJ communities and ministries in Canada and the United States as a part of the general visitation of North America. They began in Montréal and continued through Canada and on to South Dakota, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Read More…
