Month: July 2018
Weekly News: July 31, 2018
The General Chapter concludes Throughout the General Chapter, organizers, members of the general administration and delegates themselves referred to it as “extraordinary”. Held three years earlier than planned due to the appointment of Fr. Heiner Wilmer, SCJ, as bishop of Hildesheim, it was a short but intense two weeks of sessions during a which a Read More…
Fr. Stephen Huffstetter re-elected
Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, SCJ, former provincial superior of the US Province, was elected to a second term on the General Council of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. He was a member of the previous council whose term was shortened following the appointment of Fr. Heiner Wilmer, SCJ, then superior general, as bishop of Hildesheim, Read More…
Weekly News: July 23, 2018
A new general administration! On July 20, the General Chapter elected Fr. Carlos Luis Suarez Codorniú, SCJ, as superior general of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). Born in the Canary Islands (Spain) in 1965, he professed his first vows in 1984 and was ordained in 1990. Fr. Carlos Luis served briefly in India, Read More…
A new superior general!
Today, July 20, 2018, Fr. Carlos Luis Suarez Codorniú, SCJ, was elected superior general of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). He succeeds Fr. Carlos Enrique Caamaño Martín, SCJ, who became superior general in April following the appointment of Fr. Heinrich Wilmer, SCJ, as bishop of the diocese of Hildesheim (Germany). Fr. Carlos Luis Read More…
Weekly News: July 16, 2018
The General Chapter begins! “This is a dynamic moment for the congregation,” said Fr. Carlos Enrique Caamaño Martín, SCJ, superior general, in welcoming delegates to the XXIV General Chapter. “It is a time for intense communion while also recognizing our diversity. We must let the Holy Spirit touch our hearts, and to do this, we Read More…
Weekly News: July 9, 2018
Headed to Rome The XXIV General Chapter begins on Saturday, July 14, at the Generalate in Rome. It will be a short but intense chapter with a full work schedule, even on Sunday, when delegates will review reports on the State of the Congregation, including the general financial report. The one break in the 14-day Read More…
Weekly News: July 2, 2018
Happy Independence Day! The Provincial Offices will be closed July 3-4 for Independence Day. Did you know that July 4 is not only the birthday of the United States, but the date on which the Priests of the Sacred Heart received its final approval as a religious congregation? “I knew that the question of our Read More…
Human trafficking seen, but hidden
“This is not something happening somewhere else, but in the very areas served by the Priests of the Sacred Heart” Br. Duane Lemke, SCJ Br. Duane Lemke, SCJ, grew up in rural South Dakota. As an adult, he ministered there. It is a place that he felt that he knew well. But in 2008 he Read More…
