Year: 2021
Our 2021-22 Dehonian students!
Preparing for religious life Each year we ask our students in formation to introduce themselves in their own words. Reflecting the diversity of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians), as well as the Church itself, they represent a wide variety of cultural, educational and professional backgrounds. Yet they all have the same call to Read More…
Weekly News: September 20, 2021
Feast day of an SCJ martyr Wednesday, September 22, is the feast of Blessed Juan Maria de la Cruz, the first SCJ to be named blessed. He was beatified on March 11, 2001. “I am a priest.” Under ordinary circumstances, this declaration would be understood as a mark of dedication and service. During the Spanish Read More…
Weekly news: September 13, 2021
Have a missionary spirit! On Friday, the student community at Sacred Heart Monastery welcomed Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, SCJ, to speak about what it means to be a missionary, to have a missionary spirit. Originally from the US Province, Fr. Steve is now vicar general of the Priests of the Sacred Heart based at our Generalate Read More…
To have a missionary spirit
Vicar general encourages students to have a missionary spirit On Friday, September 10, the formation community at Sacred Heart Monastery welcomed Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, SCJ, to speak about what it means to be a missionary, to have a missionary spirit. Originally from the US Province, Fr. Steve is now vicar general of the Priests of Read More…
Weekly News: August 23, 2021
Father Mark heads back to the novitiate Fr. Mark Fortner, SCJ, recently took a trip down memory lane – or more accurately, a paved path badly in need of repair – visiting the site of the former Sacred Heart Novitiate in Ste. Marie, IL. “It was only upon arriving back home at Sacred Heart at Read More…
Weekly News: August 16, 2021
The novitiate year begins! Congratulations to Jonathan Nguyen-Vuong, Jacob Smith and Michael Wodarczyk who entered the Novitiate on Saturday, August 14. The Entrance into the Novitiate ceremony took place at the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Franksville, WI, about a 20-minute drive south of Sacred Heart Monastery. Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, officiated. “Why do I want Read More…
Three enter novitiate!
Congratulations to Jonathan Nguyen-Vuong, Jacob Smith and Michael Wodarczyk who entered the Novitiate today. The Entrance to the Novitiate ceremony took place at the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Franksville, WI, about a 20-minute drive south of Sacred Heart Monastery. Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, officiated. “Why do I want to be a Dehonian?” said Jonathan, reflecting Read More…
Weekly News: August 9, 2021
Vow renewals in Houston Congratulations to SCJ Fraters Phong (Paul) Hoang and Hung Pham who renewed their religious vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart on August 7 at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Houston. Fra. Phong professed his first vows in 2018 and will soon begin his pastoral year in South Dakota (he is Read More…
Weekly News: August 2, 2021
Preparing for a new school year Members of the staff at St. Joseph’s Indian School in Chamberlain, SD, are in the midst of an annual event that has taken place since 1927: getting ready for a new school year. St. Joseph’s is one of the Dehonians’ oldest ministries in the United States. Since July 19, Read More…
Weekly News: July 26, 2021
“This is not just something happening elsewhere” This Friday, July 30, is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The theme for 2021 is “Victims’ Voices Lead the Way,” highlighting the importance of listening to and learning from survivors of human trafficking. Human trafficking is a crime that often goes unnoticed, as Br. Duane Lemke, SCJ, Read More…
