Year: 2025
SCJs sponsor Catholic Women Leadership series
Approximately 25 Milwaukee-area women gathered February 19 at the Provincial Conference Center in Franklin, WI, for the first of two sessions of the “Catholic Women Leaders’ Winter Series.” Organized by the Dehonian Associates Office and sponsored by the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians), the theme of the initial series is “Leadership from the Saints.” Read More…
Weekly News: February 17, 2025
Mission send-off During the Saturday morning Mass at Sacred Heart Monastery the community held a formal missionary send-off ceremony for Sr. Ramona Pandan and Sr. Grecely Tangcogo. Both are members of the Missionary Congregation of Mary (MCM), a diocesan religious community founded in 1970 in the Philippines with the mission of educating children, caring for Read More…
Weekly News: February 10, 2025
Preparing “ambassadors of Christ in everyday life” “[Y]ou play a crucial role in carrying out the Church’s mission in the world by engaging with important issues regarding justice, peace, protection of life, nurturing the young at heart, and upholding the dignity of all people. You are ambassadors of Christ in everyday life. And by embodying Read More…
Weekly News: February 3, 2025
Happy New Year! The Vietnamese community at St. Martin of Tours parish celebrated a special Lunar New Year Mass yesterday, February 2. Known as “Tết,” it is one of Vietnam’s most significant holidays, a time for families to reunite and honor their ancestors. Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, provincial superior, was the main celebrant and homilist. Read More…
We remember Fr. Yvon Sheehy, SCJ
We are sad to report that Fr. Yvon Sheehy, SCJ, died on February 1, at Sacred Heart Monastery. A Vermont native, Fr. Yvon, 74, grew up in a French-Canadian family near the Canadian border. French was his first language. He professed his first vows in 1969 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1978. Fr. Read More…
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…
