Year: 2023
Weekly News: August 14, 2023
Jubilarians represent a diversity in ministry On August 12 Dehonians celebrated the Jubilees of four members of the US Province: Fr. Jim Schroeder (60 years of vows), Fr. Guy Blair (50 years), Fr. Francis Vu Tran (25 years) and Fr. Mark Mastin (20 years). Also remembered during the jubilee was Fr. Juan Carlos Castañeda Rojas, Read More…
Jubilarians represent a diversity in ministry
Click here to view PHOTOS from the Jubilee Click here to view the LIVESTREAM of the Jubilee Mass On August 12 Dehonians celebrated the Jubilees of four members of the US Province: Fr. Jim Schroeder (60 years of vows), Fr. Guy Blair (50 years), Fr. Francis Vu Tran (25 years) and Fr. Mark Mastin (20 Read More…
“Benedictine Dehonians”
“It was an unexpected joy to find out that my historical research has dovetailed with the history of the Dehonians in the United States.” -Dr. Paul Monson, SHSST Vice President of Intellectual Formation and Academic Dean This year we celebrate the centenary of Dehonian ministry in the United States. During his presentation today (Aug. Read More…
Weekly News: August 7, 2023
Back where it all began The last of the three Centennial celebrations 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 SCJ priest from the German Province, first celebrated Mass at St. Mary’s parish. The parish had just been Read More…
“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…
