Year: 2021
Weekly News: May 24, 2021
Happy Victoria Day, Happy Memorial Day! Our Canadian neighbors enjoy their unofficial summer kick-off today with the celebration of Victoria Day. Here in the US, Memorial Day is next Monday, May 31. The Provincial Offices will be closed, and there will be no Fridge Notes published. The next issue will be on Monday, June 7. Read More…
Weekly News: May 17, 2021
Graduation celebrations Congratulations to Fr. Edgard Biankeu, SCJ, a member of the Cameroon Province, who graduated last week from Loyola University in Chicago with a master’s degree in Christian Spirituality with a focus on spiritual direction. He is pictured above, right. “Young Cameroonians suffer much loss and trauma due to the ongoing social crises in Read More…
Weekly News: May 10, 2021
“What is the best and worst part of your job?” “When did you know that you wanted to become a priest?” “What’s your favorite book?” “What’s the best and worst part of your job?” These are the questions asked by children in the first of our new video series, “Ask a Dehonian.” The students are Read More…
Weekly News: May 3, 2021
Congratulations DOCTOR Andrzej! He is a Polish priest who has served on three of the five continents on which the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) are located. For Fr. Andrzej Sudol, SCJ (pictured above), interculturality is more than terminology, it is a way of life. Helping others to live and minister as members of an intercultural Read More…
“It’s all God’s work!”
Frater Long Nguyen, SCJ –– an American of Vietnamese background –– is the most recent addition to the multicultural community that serves the Lower Brule and Crow Creek reservations in South Dakota. He joins Fr. Jean-Claude Mbassi, SCJ, from Cameroon, and Fr. Christianus Hendrik, SCJ, originally from Indonesia. The culture that he left –– northern Read More…
Congratulations DOCTOR Andrzej!
“Interculturality in a religious community begins with hospitality, which in a broader sense means availability.” -Fr. Andrzej Sudol, SCJ He is a Polish priest who has served on three of the five continents on which the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) are located. For Fr. Andrzej Sudol, SCJ, interculturality is more than terminology, it Read More…
Weekly News: April 26, 2021
Humility is key The power of language, and an appreciation for cultures much different than his own Pennsylvania roots, have been the narrative of Fr. Jim Walters’ years of religious life and ministry. Fluent in Spanish, French and Italian (with a smattering of several other languages in his head) he has studied and served in Read More…
Focusing not just on the “what” but the “how” of education
“A pedagogy of the heart means a holistic approach; it means approaching the entire person, not just a student’s academic needs. Teaching our students in this way will help them to use a holistic style in other areas of their life, including their interaction with others, as they become adults and take on roles within Read More…
Weekly News: April 19, 2021
On his way to St. Joseph’s Last week we shared photos of Fr. Anthony Kluckman’s last Mass at St. Joseph’s Indian School in Chamberlain, SD; the SCJ is now a retired member of the Sacred Heart Community at SHML. The new school chaplain? Fr. Greg Schill, SCJ; his assignment begins July 1. Fr. Greg is Read More…
Weekly News: April 12, 2021
Saying good-bye This week Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ, leaves St. Joseph’s Indian School, for retirement at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake. Yesterday, he celebrated his final Mass at the school; he was joined by his siblings, and after the Mass, students from each of the family homes stood outside to recognize Fr. Anthony for his Read More…
