Year: 2023
Weekly News: February 20, 2023
Preparing for novitiate Congratulations to Alfonso Pizano (pictured above, in the middle), who was welcomed into postulancy last week during Adoration at Sacred Heart Monastery. Originally from California, Alfonso has an MA in education from Loyola Marymount University and another MA in philosophy from Fordham University. He is currently in his second year of studies Read More…
Weekly News: February 12, 2023
Congratulations to St. Joseph’s Indian School! Candid, a leading assessor of nonprofit organizations, recently announced that the Dehonians’ St. Joseph’s Indian School achieved the Platinum GuideStar Seal of Transparency for providing comprehensive information about the school’s programs, success measures and services. Platinum is the highest possible rating for a nonprofit organization. For the past three Read More…
Weekly News: February 6, 2023
“Welcoming the Spirit” “Welcoming the Spirit, Preparing for Our Future” is the theme of the 2023 US Provincial Chapter, scheduled for July 18-21. Last week (January 31), chapter delegates held their first preparatory meeting (via Zoom) to take care of short business items and surface topics for the Chapter. “The chapter will be a time Read More…
Weekly News: January 30, 2023
Researching the history of the Church on the Cheyenne River Reservation Last week the US Provincial Archives hosted a visitor from Eagle Butte, SD: Fr. John Paul Trask, pastor of All Saints parish in Eagle Butte, SD. Fr. John Paul is doing research on the history of the Catholic Church on the Cheyenne River Reservation, Read More…
Weekly News: January 23, 2023
Welcome to winter! Earlier this month the Dehonian community in Ottawa welcomed a new member from the Indonesian Province: Frater Henrikus Suharyono, SCJ. “I came to Canada on December 4,” write Fra. Henry, introducing himself. “I am so grateful that my superior gave me the opportunity to have a pastoral year in Canada.” Of Frater Read More…
Weekly News: January 16, 2023
Remembering the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. So often the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., echo the writings of Fr. Leo John Dehon. Both write of forgiveness and reconciliation. The quote above is from Dr. King’s book Strength to Love: “Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude.” Read More…
We continue to remember and pray
Click on the image below to download a PDF of the flyer *Click here to download a prayer service for Fr. Anthony* Saturday, January 21, will mark six months since the disappearance of Fr. Anthony Kluckman, SCJ. He was last seen on security footage as he left Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake pre-dawn. Police, in Read More…
Bringing God’s Word to Life
Just after the New Year’s holiday, over 70 people from around the country came to Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology to take part in the Dehonian seminary’s fifth annual Preaching Conference. “There is a hunger to be a good preacher,” said Dn. Steve Kramer. “Every priest and deacon wants to be effective at Read More…
Weekly News: January 9, 2023
A year of celebration and commemoration! On March 25, 1923, Fr. Mathias Fohrman, SCJ, celebrated Mass at St. Mary’s Church in Lower Brule, SD. Although Fr. Mathias had been in the United States since 1919 on a fundraising mission for the German Province, it was not until that Palm Sunday Mass that the Priests of Read More…
