Year: 2018
New president-rector named for Sacred Heart
Fr. Raúl Gomez-Ruiz, SDS, has been named the next president-rector of Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. He will succeed Fr. Thomas Knoebel as of July 1, 2019. His appointment is for five years. Fr. Gomez, 65, recently completed a six-year term as vicar general and general secretary of the Society of the Divine Read More…
Weekly News: December 17, 2018
Holiday schedule The Provincial Offices will be closed December 24-26 for Christmas, and December 31 and January 1 for New Year’s. Officially, the office is open December 27-28, but keep in mind that some members of the staff will be taking vacation days at that time. If you have business with the office, especially financial Read More…
New Dehonian chapel dedicated in Vietnam
“The name and its setting are very Dehonian, speaking of the heart as the center of our Dehonian spirituality” -Fr. Francis Vu Tran, SCJ, district superior of Vietnam December 15, 2018, marked another milestone for the District of Vietnam. “After nine months of construction, a new chapel – dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Read More…
SCJ provides Catholic insight to medical questions
“Sometimes the best that we can do is offer clarity and comfort in difficult situations, not just to the patient, but to their caregivers as well.” -Fr. Jan de Jong, SCJ Advances in science have produced life-changing and even life-saving medicine. However, as opportunities in medicine increase, so too do challenging questions surrounding healthcare. Read More…
Weekly News: December 10, 2018
Christmas is in the air! Last Thursday members of the Sacred Heart Monastery community, including students in formation and ESL, had a tree-trimming party. Pictured above are Jacob Smith, a first-year candidate, and Frater Huan Pham, SCJ, a seminarian from the Vietnamese District. They ALMOST could reach the top of the tree. Looking ahead Read More…
Weekly News: December 3, 2018
New administration meets with Pope Francis On November 28, members of the general administration, as well as other SCJs from the Rome community, had an audience with Pope Francis in the Pope Paul VI Audience Hall. Traditionally, delegates at a General Chapter have an opportunity for an audience with the Holy Father. Often, it is Read More…
Weekly News: November 26, 2018
Dehonian Memorial Day Today, November 26, is “Dehonian Memorial Day,” a day in which SCJs throughout the world honor members of the Priests of the Sacred Heart who gave their lives as martyrs. It was on November 26, 1964, that Bishop Joseph Wittebols, along with six other SCJs, were martyred in Congo. In total, there Read More…
Weekly News: November 19, 2018
Thanksgiving Prayer For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything thy goodness sends. — Ralph Waldo Emerson The Provincial Offices will be closed Thursday and Friday (November 22-23) for Thanksgiving. Have a blessed holiday weekend! Meet our students! Each year Read More…
Preparing for religious life as a Dehonian
E ach year we ask our students in formation to introduce themselves. This year’s group includes four candidates, four professed seminarians, and three novices. They are men from a wide variety of cultural, educational and work backgrounds. Yet they all speak of their shared call to the spirituality found in the Priests of the Sacred Read More…
Welcoming the stranger
“I’d like to challenge each of us today to reach out beyond our personal boundaries and take the risk of meeting someone in the community whom we do not know, whose name we have not learned, whose story we have not heard, whose life, traditions and culture still remain a mystery to us. Our world Read More…
