Year: 2023
We are ALL missionary disciples!
“By virtue of baptism you are missionary disciples. Now what are you doing about it!” -Sr. Dianne Bergant On March 23, approximately 75 Dehonian employees and collaborators joined SCJs in an online Lenten Hour of Recollection led by Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA. Her topic: “The Mission of the Baptized Based on Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Read More…
Weekly News: March 20, 2023
Founder’s Day in Mississippi Last Tuesday, Fr. Jack Kurps, SCJ, celebrated a Mass for Dehonian Associates to commemorate the 180th birthday of Fr. Leo John Dehon. Our thanks to Br. Andy Gancarczyk, SCJ, for the photo above of Fr. Jack with Associates after the Mass. Click here to view more pictures on the province Facebook Read More…
How good are you at being stewards of the treasury of the earth?
Click here to view a video recording of the Hour of Reflection “We human beings are totally dependent on aspects of the natural world. We cannot live without trees. They give us oxygen. We cannot live without water. We cannot live without plants to feed us. We cannot live without the natural world.” The quote Read More…
Weekly News: March 13, 2023
180 years ago… Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) was born on March 14, 1843. Tomorrow is the 180th anniversary of his birth. In the Centennial Year of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in the United States, it seems fitting to share a passage from the founder’s Read More…
Weekly News: March 6, 2023
Remembering Fr. Peter Mankins Br. Peter Mankins, SCJ, died Saturday, March 4, at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake in Franklin, WI. He had been anointed shortly before his death. Br. Peter was 93, professed his first vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) in 1963 and made his perpetual profession in 1967. As Read More…
We remember Br. Peter Mankins
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS for Br. Peter Mankins will take place at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake, 7330 S. Lovers Lane Road, Franklin, WI. The wake will be on Friday, March 10 at 7:00 p.m. and the Mass of Christian Burial will be on Saturday, March 11 at 10:00 a.m. (Central). Br. Peter Mankins, SCJ, died this Read More…
Weekly News: February 27, 2023
“What is it?” Br. Duane Lemke, SCJ, is the superior of the Sacred Heart Community at SHML. He is also a gifted artist who recently created a series of canvas banners for the community chapel that are filled with Lenten themes. He shares a bit about the images pictured: “I’ve continually been drawn toward multimedia Read More…
Lenten banners ask: “What is it?”
Br. Duane Lemke is the superior of our retirement community at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake. He is also a gifted artist who recently created a series of canvas banners for the community chapel that are filled with Lenten themes. He shares a bit about the images pictured here: “I’ve continually been drawn toward multimedia Read More…
A new SCJ priest!
“Pray! My advice is to stay rooted in prayer and respond with your heart.” -Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ On Saturday, December 17th, Henry Bùi Nguyen, SCJ, was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Thomas Thái Thành Nguyen, auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Orange. The ordination took place at St. Columban Catholic Church in Garden Read More…
For Lent, create a chain of good deeds
Fr. Jack Kurps, SCJ, is executive director of the Dehonians’ Sacred Heart Southern Missions in northern Mississippi. This morning, for the start of Lent, he shared the following reflection with the SHSM family: As I have grown older, my understanding of – and my appreciation for – the Season of Lent has changed. When I Read More…
