Weekly News: November 18, 2024

75 years! On November 9, Holy Family School in Holly Springs, MS, hosted a 75th anniversary celebration. Bishop Joseph Kopacz of Jackson was the main celebrant at a Mass that kicked off the day’s events; he is pictured above with SCJ Frs. Guy Blair, David Szatkowski, Vien Nguyen and Jack Kurps. The school opened in Read More…


Pastoral year enhances seminarian’s commitment

“I was reminded of the beauty and strength that faith can provide. I am realizing how profoundly ministry connects me to people’s lives.” – Frater Truc Tran, SCJ The following is written by Frater Truc Tran, SCJ, a seminarian doing his pastoral year in South Dakota. A pastoral year experience is often transformative, marking a Read More…


Celebrating 75 years of education in Mississippi

On Saturday, November 9, Holy Family School in Holly Springs, MS, welcomed students, alumni, parents, teachers, former staff and other members of the community to its 75th anniversary celebration. Bishop Joseph Kopacz of Jackson was the main celebrant at a Mass that kicked off the day’s events; he is pictured above with SCJ Frs. Guy Read More…


Weekly News: November 11, 2024

Celebrating anniversaries and honoring veterans On Saturday, November 9, parishioners at St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin, WI, celebrated two significant anniversaries: 50 years of Dehonian ministry at the parish, and 20 years since the Dedication Mass of SMOT’s newly built church. In 1998, Fr. Charlie Bisgrove, SCJ, was pastor of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Read More…


An evening of celebrations!

ONLINE PHOTO ALBUM A blended parish family On November 9, parishioners at St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin, WI, celebrated two significant anniversaries: 50 years of Dehonian ministry at the parish, and 20 years since the Dedication Mass of SMOT’s newly built church. In 1998, Fr. Charlie Bisgrove, SCJ, was pastor of Sacred Hearts Read More…


Weekly News: November 4, 2024

Vocation Awareness Week From November 3-9, we celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, a time dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Throughout the week, the Province Vocation Office is sharing brief quotes from our seminarians about their experience of following God’s call. They appear on the province Facebook page and Instagram. “No Read More…


Zoom info for November 12

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Weekly News: October 28, 2024

Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere! An annual fall tradition for students in the ECS program at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology is a visit to the Godsell Farm to share a meal, visit the animals, and – of course – carve a few pumpkins! The students are pictured above with their creations; seated in the Read More…


Weekly News: October 21, 2024

Issues of Fr. Dehon’s time are issues of today “Although Fr. Dehon never heard the term ‘global warming,’ he lived in the pollution of the Industrial Revolution in Saint Quentin [France],” said Fr. Jim Schroeder, SCJ, to participants at the Dehonian Conference on Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons.  “And even though Fr. Dehon never heard Read More…


Meet our 2024-25 Students!

Preparing for religious life Each year we ask our students in formation to introduce themselves in their own words. Reflecting the diversity of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians), as well as the Church itself, they represent a wide variety of cultural, educational and professional backgrounds. Yet they each have the same call to Read More…