Featured Stories | March 07, 2014
Celebrating Fr. Dehon and SCJ spirituality March 14 marks the 171st anniversary of the birth of Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. Known as “Founder’s Day” in the congregation, “March 14 is a day on which we remember not only the birth of our founder, Fr. Leo Dehon, but […]
Featured Stories | March 06, 2014
We are redeveloping the “Prayer” section of the website so that it is more directly based in the Dehonian charism and SCJ spirituality. Much of what will be posted is being developed by David Schimmel, province director of Dehonian Associates. This is the opening post in the section. More reflections will be shared in the […]
Featured Stories | March 05, 2014
A prayer for Ash Wednesday On this day, we enter into a season that focuses attention on our human weakness, and the destructive consequences of personal and systemic sin. Taken seriously, Lent is a challenging time. It requires honesty, humility, and a firm resolve to break unhealthy patterns in order to continue growing into the […]
Uncategorized | March 05, 2014
In 1909 our founder, Fr. Leo John Dehon, SCJ, finished his meditation book called A Year with the Sacred Heart. What follows is my translation of most of his meditation for Ash Wednesday. May we all make of this Lent a time for a conversion of life to greater love of our self, our neighbor, […]
News & Events | March 03, 2014
Students from Sacred Heart School take top honors at math competition; updates from the new JPR director, Fr. Tom Cassidy shares his latest blog post from India; province financial consultant named to general chapter preparation committee; news from South Dakota; prayer requests, and updates on SCJs and alumni
News & Events | February 24, 2014
Former SCJ community house now a care residence for undocumented children, prayer notices, Lux Lecture on the common roots of Christianity and Judaism, Fat Tuesday pizza in India, March birthday, vocation program on March 1.
News & Events | February 17, 2014
Akta Lakota Museum gets high ratings from travel blogger, Sacred Heart Southern Missions a winner after charity event, Fr. Quang Nguyen joins the vocation team, warm temps a nice birthday gift for Fr. Frank Clancy, Fr. Mark Mastin to receive Bronze Star, Fr. Tom Cassidy's blog from India
News & Events | February 10, 2014
Prayer requests, seminarian takes part in fund-raiser for Houston school, Donor Care Center, prayer requests, address update, reports from Taubaté conference, update from Justice, Peace and Reconciliation director and reminders.
Featured Stories | February 10, 2014
“Donors are partners in ministry.” It may seem like an overused phrase, but it is far from being trite. At St. Joseph’s Indian School in South Dakota (as in all SCJ ministries), benefactors are as much a part of the school’s ministry as are the teachers, house parents, administrators, maintenance staff, and even the SCJs themselves.
Uncategorized | February 07, 2014
Anthropologia Cordis, Taubaté, Brazil Friday, February 7 Today’s topic was to consider what are the three aspects of anthropology each group believes to be important for further reflection at a congregational level. In one sense, after a week of discussion, it would be easy for each language/regional grouping to find three things to agree on. […]