Month: January 2025

Weekly News: January 27, 2025

Celebrating Catholic Schools Week! Schools throughout the province are celebrating Catholic Schools Week from January 26 – February 1. At Our Lady of Guadalupe in Houston there are special activities each day, including a panel discussion about vocations (Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ, vocation director, and Fra. Michael Wodarczyk, SCJ, are among the panelists), service projects Read More…

Weekly News: January 20, 2025

On Love… Each year we note some of the parallels in the writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and our founder, Ven. Fr. Leo John Dehon. Below are reflections from both on the topic of “love.” “Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, “Love your enemies.” It is this: that Read More…

Weekly News: January 13, 2025

Preaching the truth Fr. Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ (pictured below), was one of the closing presenters at the 7th Annual Preaching Conference at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology which took place January 7-8. Fr. Mark Mastin, SCJ, was the opening speaker; he is pictured above with Fra. Michael Wodarczyk, SCJ, asking a question of Fr. Read More…

Preaching the Word in multiple languages

Fr. Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ, was one of the closing presenters at the 7th Annual Preaching Conference at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology January 7-8 (Fr. Mark Mastin, SCJ, was the opening speaker the night before). This year’s theme: “Know Your Audience: Who’s in the Your Pews?” Ordained last June, Fr. Paul was Read More…

Weekly News: January 6, 2025

Continued ministry to Ukraine A small group of Dehonians continue to serve the people of Ukraine: nine SCJs in parishes located in the regions of Zhytomyr and Kyiv. Last week the community posted an update on the general website. “Our main problem now is the ongoing war,” they write. “Although direct hostilities are far from Read More…