Month: July 2023
“The future we want to create”
17th US Provincial Chapter concludes “Wherever the future will lead us we know that the Spirit never ceases to work among us,” said Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, provincial superior, in his opening remarks of the 17th US Provincial Chapter. “Welcoming the Spirit… preparing for our future,” was the theme of the Chapter, held at the Read More…
Celebrating 100 years of Dehonian ministry in the US
Click here for photos from the July 30 Lower Brule celebration. The last of the three Centennial celebrations for the US Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) was held on July 30 in the place where it all began: Lower Brule, SD. It was there in 1923 that Fr. Mathias Fohrman, an Read More…
Weekly News: July 24, 2023
“Welcoming the Spirit… preparing for our future” “Wherever the future will lead us we know that the Spirit never ceases to work among us,” said Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, provincial superior, in his opening remarks of the 17th US Provincial Chapter. “Welcoming the Spirit… preparing for our future,” was the theme of the Chapter, held at Read More…
“Taking off my Dehonian cap”
“These men knew where the love of Christ needed to be experienced, and they did their best to reflect that. Eucharist on Sunday was intimately tied to acts of love from Monday through Saturday. Eucharist was not about their collar, title, pomp, or circumstance. Eucharist was about loving people in concrete ways, knowing that they Read More…
Weekly News: July 17, 2023
Centennial celebrations begin! Yesterday, July 16, SCJs in the United States held the first of three province Centennial celebrations; this year marks the 100th anniversary of Dehonian ministry in the United States. Among those in the main chapel at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology yesterday were Bishop Donald DeGrood of Sioux Falls, Bishop Read More…
“It’s a life-long journey”
“You need an effort, but also passion to be open to other cultures, and to share yours. It’s a life-long journey.” -Fr. Andrzej Sudol, SCJ A Polish priest walks into a classroom and leads a group of students in the singing of Psalm 121 in Lingala, one of the national languages of the Democratic Republic Read More…
Weekly News: July 10, 2023
Hello from Ecuador! “Instead of getting down from our pedestals, we have to go up to encounter the people of God,” said Frater Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ, reflecting on bringing communion to people in the mountains of Ecuador. Fra. Paul, a seminarian at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, is with our Dehonian community Read More…
Summer studies in Ecuador
“Instead of getting down from our pedestals, we have to go up to encounter the people of God.” -Frater Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ, reflecting on bringing communion to people in the mountains of Ecuador Pictured above: the view from Santa Maria parish in La Argelia. Frater Paul Phong Hoang, an SCJ seminarian at Sacred Heart Read More…
