Year: 2022
Reflections for the Feast of the Sacred Heart
YOU are a part of the love story What do you think of when you hear the word HEART?” asks Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, in his reflection for the feast of the Sacred Heart, celebrated this year on June 24. “In the Catholic tradition, the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a symbol of God’s love Read More…
Message of love and reconciliation rises out of hate
“Be committed to what you want rather than what you are against” Pardeep Singh Kaleka Born in Punjab, India, Pardeep Singh Kaleka grew up in Milwaukee and as a young adult, served the city as a police officer and as a central city educator. His life path changed dramatically on August 5, 2012, when a Read More…
“My heart is ready”
Letter for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus June 24, 2022 Prot. N. 0196/2022 Rybnitsa, June 12, 2022 To the members of the Congregation To all members of the Dehonian Family Visits to Entities of the Congregation mainly involve meeting the religious and their communities. It frequently includes collaborators in our mission Read More…
Weekly News: June 20, 2022
Be filled with loving gratitude and compassion “The special purpose of the devotion to the Sacred Heart is not to imitate the Savior in His external sufferings, at least not in a direct way. The friends of the Sacred Heart do not have to impose mortifications and terrible penances upon themselves. Rather, they ought to Read More…
Weekly News: June 13, 2022
News from St. Joseph’s It may be summer, but there is still a lot going on at St. Joseph’s Indian School in Chamberlain, SD. On May 31, the St. Joseph’s Bookmobile began making its rounds across South Dakota. The last stop will be in Rapid City on July 7. The bookmobile crisscrosses the state, delivering Read More…
Weekly News: June 6, 2022
A year later Last year Fr. Andrzej Sudol, SCJ, defended his dissertation for his Doctor of Ministry from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. As were many events during the first two years of the pandemic, the defense was done remotely, on a computer screen. On May 26, Fr. Andrzej, accompanied by the novices (he is Read More…
Weekly News: May 23, 2022
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 30. The Provincial Offices will be closed on May 30, and there will be no Fridge Notes published. The next issue will be on Monday, June 6. Read More…
Congratulations DEACON Henry!
“I continue to be in awe of all the love that is bestowed on me. I will transpose it onto others, to truly be a prophet of love.” – Dn. Henry Nguyen, SCJ These have been busy days for Dn. Henry Nguyen, SCJ. On Friday evening, May 6, he graduated from Sacred Heart Seminary and Read More…
A whirlwind tour of the US Province!
Delayed for two years by the pandemic, Frs. Carlos Luis Suarez Codorniú, SCJ, (Superior General) and Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, SCJ (Vicar General), made their way to the United States in May for the General Visitation of the US Province. It’s been almost ten years since the last Visitation, done by Fr. José Ornelas Carvalho, SCJ, in 2013. Read More…
Weekly News: May 16, 2022
Before there was SHML… Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake, across from Sacred Heart Monastery / Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, sits on grounds with a lengthy history that goes back well before the Priests of the Sacred Heart purchased it in 1929. Most residents at SHML are lay people who live in two Read More…
