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…


Weekly News: October 14, 2024

We commit to making a difference! Next year the Church celebrates the 10th anniversary of Laudato Sí, Pope Francis’ encyclical letter addressed to all people, to “every person living on this planet” to “care for our common home.” This was the spark that brought approximately 90 people from throughout Canada and the United States to Read More…


We commit to making a difference!

Photos from the conference Final Message from conference A Dehonian Conference on the Dual Threats of Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons Next year the Church celebrates the 10th anniversary of Laudato Sí, Pope Francis’ encyclical letter addressed to all people, to “every person living on this planet” to “care for our common home.” This was Read More…


Weekly News: October 7, 2024

Painter and priest When he was a student, Fr. Honoré Razafinarivo, SCJ, saw a member of his religious community working on a painting. He asked if he could give it a try. That quick “try” has led to a love of portrait painting. His preference is working with oil-based paints, and one of his favorite Read More…


Weekly News: September 30, 2024

Powwow weekend St. Joseph’s Indian School celebrated its 48th annual powwow on September 21. The powwow itself is more than just a single moment at the school; it is the highpoint of a full weekend of celebrations that celebrate Lakota culture and traditions. Click here to view a summary video of powwow weekend. Fr. Greg Read More…


Collaborating to prepare international SCJs for ministry

Each Tuesday and Friday morning two SCJ priests with plenty of experience in delivering a homily sit side-by-side with a group of fourth-year seminarians at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology who are just beginning to learn the basics of preaching. Why the trip back to the seminary, sitting in a “Liturgical Preaching” class Read More…