Weekly News: November 24, 2025

“If the only prayer you ever say in your life is thank you, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart Please note that the Provincial Offices will be closed November 27-28 for Thanksgiving; reopening on Monday, December 1. We hope that you have a wonderful holiday celebration! News for the week: NCYC 2025! Members of […]

Prep for the missions begins in Hales Corners

“From the very beginning of my formation, I felt a desire to be a missionary” For many of its students, Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology’s ECS program (English and Cultural Studies) is a stepping stone on the way to a new mission assignment. That was certainly the case for Fr. Mário Henrique da […]

Weekly News: November 17, 2025

Remembering Fr. Steve Fr. Steve Pujdak, SCJ, 82, died November 12. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Fr. Steve professed his first vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart in 1962. Among those in his novitiate class: Fr. Tom Cassidy, SCJ, Fr. Mark Fortner, SCJ, and Fr. Pat Lloyd, SCJ. Following seminary studies in the US, […]

Fr. Steve Pujdak: 1943-2025

Remembering Fr. Steve… Fr. Steve Pujdak, SCJ, 82, died early today, November 12, in Dunedin, FL (near Pinellas Park). He had been struggling with a variety of medical issues for several months (including AFib and a fractured back). Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Fr. Steve professed his first vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart […]

Weekly News: November 10, 2025

First LEAD cohort meets In June, administrators and SCJs from province ministries in Texas, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Mississippi came to Hales Corners to serve as guinea pigs for a newly developing Dehonian leadership program: LEAD. LEAD stands for Leadership, Education, Apostolic and Development. It is a five-year formative experience to “form spiritually grounded leaders […]

Dehonian institutions reach across the Americas

“Despite the distance between Taubaté and Milwaukee, we recognized ourselves in one another. We are two communities striving to form thoughtful, prayerful ministers in a polarized age.” – Dr. Charles Hughes-Huff, Associate Professor of Scripture Studies, SHSST   In early October, four members of the Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology faculty —Dr. Paul […]

Weekly news: November 3, 2025

Dehonian schools around the world! On October 28, Sacred Heart School – Southaven, MS, and Our Lady of Guadalupe School Houston participated in an international online conference of Dehonian schools hosted by the Séminaire du Sacré-Coeur in Quebec. Besides representatives from the USA and Canada, students and staff from schools in Spain, Madagascar, Chile, Brazil […]