Weekly News: September 29, 2025

50 years! Congratulations to the Vietnamese Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Since 2007, the community has worshipped at St. Martin of Tours parish where it is served by the Priests of the Sacred Heart. The 50th anniversary was recognized yesterday (September 28) during the annual commemoration […]

Fr. Chuck Wonch, SCJ, has died

“I thank God for our religious community and my experiences with it; I have been blessed by them all.” -Fr. Chuck Wonch, SCJ On Monday, September 22, Fr. Chuck Wonch, SCJ, died. He was 78, and a member of the Sacred Heart Community at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake in Franklin, WI. Originally from Coleville, […]

Weekly News: September 22, 2025

Remembering a martyr Today, September 22, we commemorate the feast of Blessed Juan María de la Cruz, SCJ. On March 11, 2001, Pope John Paul II declared him blessed along with other 233 martyrs of the Spanish Civil War. In the midst of the turbulent years of civil strife in Spain from 1931-36, the Catholic […]

Weekly News: September 15, 2025

49th annual Powwow this weekend The 49th Annual St. Joseph’s Indian School Wačhípi is September 20. Last week, the royalty competition kicked off the powwow activities. This year’s Miss St. Joe’s is Persais Swift Hawk from Ft. Thompson, Junior Miss St. Joe’s is Arihanni Archambeau-Quiver from Sioux Falls, and the Eagle Staff Bearer is Hehaka […]

Weekly News: September 8, 2025

The new year begins! On August 27, Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, SCJ, was installed as the 12th president-rector of Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology during SHSST’s Opening Mass for the new academic year. Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, was the main celebrant; excerpts from his homily are below. “Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology […]