Month: September 2014
Weekly News: September 22, 2014
Celebrating the life of Blessed Juan María de la Cruz, personnel directory available, follow-up to the North American Continental Conference, photos from the Dehon Formation Community, blog posts from Asia, and living a “life of Eucharist.”
Weekly News: September 15, 2014
Fr. Steve writes from the Philippines, Fr. Tom shares information from India; St. Joseph Indian School principal writes about her years with the SCJs; general superior has audience with Pope Francis; prayer requests; St. Joseph’s Indian School holds its annual powwow.
News for the weeks of September 1 and 8
International ESL liturgy at Sacred Heart; SCJ seminarian learns first-hand the horrors of human trafficking; former Philippine missionary a member of Toronto community; a story of physical as well as spiritual healing; congrats to a new citizen; and other updates.
SCJ seminarian reflects on the horrors of human trafficking
Frater James Nguyen is member of the Dehon Formation Community, studying at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. The following is his reflection on volunteering this summer with One Body Village, an organization that focuses on rescuing children from sex trafficking, and educating and emplowering communities to prevent such exploitation. “It was not easy seeing what I saw,” he wrote.
Reflecting on Labor Day
“The most striking fact concerning the condition of the working class is that workers are, for the most part, experiencing conditions of misfortune and unearned misery. Despite a certain amount of superficial progress, the worker is, in many places, less happy than formerly.” This contemporary sounding assessment came from the pen of Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, in 1894…
