Category: Feature Stories
Professions 2010
During a tri-lingual liturgy of English, Vietnamese and Spanish, Luis Fernando Orozco Cardona and Joseph Pham Vu professed their first vows on August 15 at Sacred Heart Monastery/School of Theology. They are the newest members of the U.S. Province. To view photos from the ceremony, click here.
My Dehonian Playlist
Br. Duane Lemke, SCJ, director of the formation program in Chicago, had been tossing around the idea of doing a blog for some time. Inspired by an aunt, he sat down this summer and centered on a theme: music. “One of my earliest memories is of a journal my aunt (and godmother) kept of song Read More…
SCJ is editor-in-chief of text on World Religions
Among the texts that Catholic high school students in Canada will be putting in their book bags this fall is one edited by Fr. John van den Hengel, SCJ. Before being elected to the General Council in Rome in 2009, Fr. John was professor emeritus at St. Paul University in Ottawa and had worked for Read More…
September 3, 2010
Happy Labor Day! The Fridge Notes for the week of September 6 are being posted a few days early because of the Labor Day holiday. Please note that the Provincialate Offices are closed on Monday. Welcome! As noted last week, Kassandra Huerta has joined the Provinicialate staff as our new administrative assistant. Originally from Laredo, Read More…
September 13, 2010
Upcoming ordination Frater Duy Nguyen will be ordained to the diaconate on Sunday, October 10 at 4 p.m. at Christ the King Church in Southaven, Mississippi. If you will be attending you are asked to RSVP by phone or email to Frater Duy at 773-363-1326, ext 226, or by email at zwee00@yahoo.com Those coming to Read More…
New beginnings
Later this month we will introduce you to the members of the Dehon Formation Community in Chicago. The community is made up of SCJ students and candidates doing their undergraduate and theological studies in preparation for future ministry. Just as our students in the United States return to school for the fall semester, their counterparts Read More…
September 20, 2010
Welcome! As we noted last week, there is a new face in the Province Vocation Office. Keith Burdick will serve in the recently created position of office manager. He will assist with office response to prospective candidates, and work with the rest of the vocation team to develop and implement strategies and programs for the Read More…
From the missions…
South Africa Hosts Seminar on Christian Spirituality Fr. Peter Surdel, SCJ, provincial superior of the South African Province, shared news about the first of what is hoped to be a continuing series of seminars on Christian Spirituality. “The idea for the seminar arose from the fact that the dioceses of Aliwal and De Aar are far Read More…
Remembering a martyr
On September 22, members of the Priests of the Sacred Heart celebrated the Feast of Blessed Juan Maria de la Cruz, who was beautified on March 11, 2001. At Sacred Heart School of Theology, the September 22 all-school Mass was dedicated to the memory of Blessed Juan. The following is the homily that Fr. Jim Read More…
September 27, 2010
Blessed Juan remembered On September 22, members of the Priests of the Sacred Heart celebrated the Feast of Blessed Juan Maria de la Cruz, SCJ, who was beautified on March 11, 2001. At Sacred Heart School of Theology, the September 22 all-school Mass was dedicated to the memory of Blessed Juan. Fr. Jim Walters, director Read More…
