Year: 2025
Weekly News: April 14, 2025
We pray… God of mercy, with our founder, Leo John Dehon, we remember the mysterious ways of your love. In this time of new birth, we recall the way of the cross and we offer you our hearts. We want to do your will in all things in the way that Jesus did. In all Read More…
The “Anthropology of Vatican II”
Fr. Mário Henrique da Costa Nunes, SCJ, is a student in the ECS (English and Cultural Studies) program at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. A member of the Brazil – São Paulo Province, he is also an author with a new book just off the press. The English translation of the original Portuguese Read More…
Weekly News: April 7, 2025
Reflecting on God’s love “I have daily experiences as an elementary school principal [of witnessing] where our love regenerates,” wrote Bridget Martin in this month’s As a Rule, reflecting on Rule No. 20 of the SCJ Rule of Life. “Students learn that giving love isn’t about the material goods you have to give, it is Read More…
Developing leadership skills based in Dehonian spirituality
One of first things that Monica Misey did after being named Director of Dehonian Associates was to reach out to province ministries to learn first-hand what they needed from her office. “I was expecting to hear requests for bulletin content, posters, and other materials about Fr. Dehon, not leadership formation!” said Monica. But in province Read More…
Weekly News: March 31, 2025
Where am I being like Christ’s Heart? On March 25, Dr. Jeremy Blackwood, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, gave the Lenten Hour of Reflection for employees, volunteers and other collaborators of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. His theme: “Dilexit nos and the Layers of the Heart,” Read More…
Weekly News: March 24, 2025
Much has changed in 30 years! The Dehon Study Center has come a long way since its days in the basement of Dehon House. Established in 1994, the center was a response to a mandate by the US Provincial Council to make the founder’s works better known and available to English-speakers. Fr. Paul (PJ) McGuire, Read More…
Collaborative tradition continues
On March 18, members of the US and Canadian administrations gathered (both in-person and on the Zoom screen) at the Provincial Conference Center in Hales Corners, WI, for their biannual meeting. One administration had just begun a three-year term while the other was preparing for the conclusion of its mandate. The two groups continue a Read More…
A lot has changed in 30 years!
“My vision for the future of this center is one of growth, inclusivity, and faithfulness to our founding spirit. To honor Fr. Dehon’s legacy, we must not simply preserve it, we must translate and contextualize his message in today’s world.” -Fr. Joseph Mukuna, SCJ, Director of the Dehon Study Center The Dehon Study Center has Read More…
Weekly News: March 17, 2025
Postcard from South Dakota “On Friday, March 14, Bishop Scott Bullock came to the SCJ community house in Chamberlain to meet with the Lower Brule pastoral team,” wrote Fr. Greg Schill, SCJ, local superior of the South Dakota community. “Bishop Bullock was ordained and installed as bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City on September Read More…
Dilexit Nos and Fr. Dehon
“It is only by starting from the heart that our communities will succeed in uniting and reconciling differing minds and wills, so that the Spirit can guide us in unity as brothers and sisters.” -Pope Francis in Dilexit Nos On March 14, the 182nd anniversary of the birth of Ven. Fr. Leo John Dehon, the Read More…
