Featured Stories | November 12, 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 […]
News & Events | 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 […]
Featured Stories | November 06, 2025
“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 […]
News & Events | November 03, 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 […]
News & Events | October 27, 2025
Fr. Ardi, is that you? Due to commitments in Hales Corners, Fr. Hendrik Ardianto, SCJ, missed being at the Trick or Treat parties at the parishes in northwest Mississippi where he serves. However, at Queen of Peace in Olive Branch, children made sure that he wasn’t forgotten. As you can see in the photo above, […]
Featured Stories | October 25, 2025
“May each of us allow the love of Christ to illuminate our minds and shape our hearts. In this way, the tradition we have received can speak anew to the challenges of our time and the light of the gospel can continue to find fresh expression in the life of the Church and in the […]
News & Events | October 20, 2025
Another step on the path Congratulations to Fraters Hung Pham, SCJ, and Long Nguyen, SCJ, who made their Profession of Faith and took the Oath of Fidelity last Thursday as a part of the preparation for their diaconate ordinations on December 8 at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee […]
News & Events | October 13, 2025
“We are a bridge” Starting with the new academic year, Fr. Rafael Querobin, SCJ, and Br. Brian Tompkins, SCJ, are the directors of the US Province formation program based within Sacred Heart Monastery. In traditional religious terminology, they are “formators.” “We are a bridge,” said Fr. Rafael, explaining what it means to be a formator. […]
Featured Stories | October 10, 2025
“I was only 10 years old but I was fascinated by the idea of going out to the world and speaking of Jesus, going beyond what was familiar to me” -Fr. Ricardo José da Rocha Teixeira, SCJ In 2013, Fr. Ricardo José da Rocha Teixeira, SCJ, was a student in the ECS program at SHSST […]
Featured Stories | October 08, 2025
“We are a bridge. We are the bridge between these young men called to live and serve with us and our spirituality as Priests of the Sacred Heart. We are the bridge that brings these two things together.” -Fr. Rafael Querobin, SCJ For Fr. Rafael Querobin, SCJ, religious life began in Brazil 25 years […]