Month: September 2023
Weekly News: September 25, 2023
Meet our 2023-24 formation community! As we do each year, we asked our students in formation to introduce themselves, sharing their background, what it is that called them to discern their vocation with the Priests of the Sacred Heart, their year in formation, and their favorite scripture passage. Just about all of the students attend Read More…
Continuing the reflection on “An Economy for All”
It has been almost four months since the Dehonians’ international theological seminar “Towards an Economy for All; Inclusive, Sustainable, Just” took place in Madrid, Spain. Representing the North American Theological Commission in Madrid were Fr. John van den Hengel, SCJ and Fr. Gustave Lulendo, SCJ, from Canada and Fr. Ziggy Morawiec, SCJ and Fr. Francis Vu Tran, SCJ from the US Province. Read More…
Weekly News: September 18, 2023
Welcome! This week two sisters from the Theresian Missionaries of Mary (TMM), a diocesan religious women’s religious community in the Philippines, will be taking up residence on the campus of St. Joseph’s Indian School as they prepare for future ministry with the Lower Brule Pastoral Team. Sr. Clary Joy has spent the past few months studying in Read More…
Cultural differences are an opportunity
“I appreciate being in touch with different ways of living. Cultural differences are an opportunity, not a problem.” – Fr. Luca Zottoli, general treasurer Representatives from the Dehonians’ General Finance Commission met this week at the Provincial Offices in Hales Corners. Among the participants were Fr. Luca Zottoli, SCJ, general treasurer (Rome), Fr. Gerd Hemken, Read More…
Weekly News: September 11, 2023
Anniversary celebrations in Houston On September 2, Our Lady of Guadalupe Houston celebrated three jubilees: 1) 100 years of the church’s dedication, 2) 100 years of Dehonian ministry in the United States, and 3) 50 years of ministry of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) at OLG. Dehonians from around the country joined the Read More…
A life devoted to serving those on the peripheries
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: Wednesday, September 13 Good Shepherd Chapel at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake 7330 S. Lovers Lane Road, Franklin, WI 9:30 a.m. – Reception of Body followed by a wake service 10:30 a.m. – Mass of Christian Burial followed by interment in the community mausoleum CLICK HERE FOR THE LIVESTREAM, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Read More…
“A once in a lifetime opportunity!”
In August Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ, our province vocation director, accompanied Dehonian youth from the US Province to World Youth Day in Portugal. Once he got home and caught his breath (and did his laundry!) we asked Fr. Henry to write about the experience. In his own words: I had the opportunity to accompany our Read More…
