Featured Stories | April 12, 2024
“Despite the difficulties of the political situation, the communities continue their journey with creativity and perseverance, making every effort to preserve their faith and, above all, to put into practice what they believe” -Fr. Levi dos Anjos Ferreira, SCJ Fr. Carlos Luis Suárez Codorniú, SCJ, superior general, and Fr. Levi dos Anjos Ferreira, SCJ, general […]
News & Events | April 08, 2024
“May it be done to me according to your word” Reflecting on the Annunciation of the Lord (commemorated in the Church today, April 8), Fr. Leo John Dehon linked the day to his call at baptism: “I was baptized on March 24th in the poor church of La Capelle by the honorable and venerable Father […]
News & Events | March 25, 2024
At the foot of the cross… “It is at the foot of the Cross that we must search for knowledge and wisdom. In the Heart of Jesus, we shall find the most inexhaustible and sublime lessons. Each beat of this Heart is an act of infinite justice, mercy, power, and wisdom. Let us unite ourselves […]
News & Events | March 18, 2024
Congratulations! On Founder’s Day, four of SCJ seminarians received ministries: Frater Jacob Smith, SCJ (Lector), Frater Thuan Nguyen, SCJ (Acolyte), Frater Truc Tran, SCJ (Acolyte), and Frater Michael Wodarczyk, SCJ (Acolyte). The ceremony took place during Mass with the Sacred Heart Monastery community. The four students are pictured above with Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ. Click […]
Featured Stories | March 14, 2024
IMAGE ABOVE: students at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Houston, in their Dehonian shirts on Founder’s Day “’Go to the people’ was the way of life embraced by Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. Despite being born into a wealthy family, he chose to serve the working class and struggling […]
News & Events | March 04, 2024
Happy anniversary Fr. Jan! On Thursday, March 7, the local community at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake will celebrate the 60th anniversary of priesthood ordination of Fr. Jan de Jong, SCJ, during the community’s 8:30 a.m. Mass. Anyone is welcome to attend the liturgy. “I was born and raised on a dairy farm in Ouder […]
News & Events | February 26, 2024
Hello from Cameroon! Fr. Charles Brown, SCJ, is in Cameroon this month. Last week he wrote from the novitiate house, La Maison du Sacré-Cœur, in Ndoungue: “The conferences that I am giving on the New Testament and our Dehonian life are going very well, such fine young men! It is a true blessing to be […]
News & Events | February 19, 2024
A Dehonian visit in Anaheim Representatives from St. Joseph’s Indian School attending workshops at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress this week stopped for a visit at the Dehonians’ booth in the conference exhibit hall. Staffing the booth were Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ, Br. Andy Gancarczyk, SCJ, Frater Hung Pham, SCJ and Fr. Son Nguyen, […]
Featured Stories | February 14, 2024
“God gives us Lent not to give up what pleases us, but to give up what displeases God.” The quote is from Bishop Joseph Perry, retired auxiliary bishop of Chicago, who led a day of recollection on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 14) for students and staff at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. Bishop Perry […]
Featured Stories | February 13, 2024
Our thanks to Laura Grisham of Sacred Heart Southern Missions for sharing this story For the second year in a row, Sacred Heart School in Southaven, MS, hosted exchange students from Colégio São Luiz (St. Louis) in Brusque, Brazil, a school sponsored by the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). The idea of an exchange […]