Year: 2023
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…
Remembering Father “Westy”
Click here to view PHOTOS from the Mass of Christian Burial Click here to read Fr. Vien Nguyen’s HOMILY from the funeral Click here to view a recording of the LIVESTREAM of the funeral “For me, being an SCJ means that I strive to give of myself totally out of love for the One Read More…
Weekly News: June 26, 2023
For Independence Day, a prayer for healing God the Father, origin of all that is divine, good beyond all that is good, fair beyond all that is fair, in you are calmness, peace and concord. Heal what divides us from one another and bring us back into the unity of love, bearing some likeness to Read More…
Weekly News: June 19, 2023
Schools in Collaboration Last week students and chaperones from Dehonian schools in Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas and Quebec were gathered in Houston for “Schools in Collaboration.” It is a moment for students and staff in North America to get to know each other and the Priests of the Sacred Heart, pray together, and simply have Read More…
Weekly News: June 21, 2023
Uncommon holiness In their letter for the feast of the Sacred Heart Fr. Carlos Luis Suárez Codorniú, SCJ, superior general, and his council focus on the theme of “Lo poco común,” [“The uncommon”] “How are we doing in the exercise of ‘uncommon holiness’?” asks Fr. Carlos. “This question, far from seeing ourselves as an isolated Read More…
Weekly News: June 5, 2023
June, the month of the Sacred Heart “I invite you, and all friends of Jesus’ Heart, to renew your commitment to love. Give your time, your compassion, your patience, your forgiveness, your smile, to everyone who crosses your way. Hold nothing for yourself but be generous in giving yourself to your brothers and sisters, beginning Read More…
Weekly News: May 22, 2023
Celebrating the month of Mary On May 20th, Dehonian benefactors joined the parish family at Our Lady of Guadalupe Houston for a special prayer service in honor of Mary. Rosaries were distributed and blessed by Fr. Dominic Peluse, SCJ; Adoration was led by Fr. Rafael Querobin, SCJ (OLG pastor), Fr. Fabio dos Santos, SCJ, Fr. Read More…
Weekly News: May 15, 2023
A life-long commitment Congratulations to Frater Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ, who made his perpetual profession of vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) last Thursday, May 11. The ceremony took place at Sacred Heart Monastery / Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, provincial superior, received Frater Paul’s vows. Read More…
Remembering, with heavy hearts
May 12, is Fr. Anthony Kluckman’s 76th birthday. The Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) note the day with a heavy heart; it has been ten months since Fr. Anthony went missing and still there are no clues as to what happened to him or where he may have gone. He was last seen on Read More…
