Category: Feature Stories
Being a part of history
Fr. Francis Vu Tran is a member of the U.S. Province currently studying biblical theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. The following is his reflection on learning about the selection of the new Pope: The conclave’s black smoke on Wednesday morning signaled that there was no Pope yet. That afternoon, I was sitting Read More…
SCJ bishop remembers Argentine cardinal’s solidarity with the poor
“I felt joy and hope knowing that it is a man of God charged with the cross of the service of the Church and the world, in love.” -Bishop Virginio Bressanelli, SCJ Last week we published a few brief thoughts from Bishop Virginio Bressanelli on the naming of fellow Argentine, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as Read More…
Weekly news: March 18, 2013
SCJ takes part in historic moment “While working on my thesis, I had the Vatican site open on my computer because I wanted to be part of the conclave, part of such an important piece of history,” wrote Fr. Francis Vu Tran, a member of the U.S. Province studying in Rome. “Around 7:00 p.m. I Read More…
Diagnosed with Asperger’s, SCJ now advocates for others
Something was different Fr. Greg Schill says that even as a child he had a sense that he was experiencing the world differently than others. With a laser beam focus of attention he often became obsessed with a single object or concern while not even seeing that which might be right in front of his Read More…
Weekly News: March 25, 2013
Please note that the Provincial Offices will be closed from 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, through Monday, April 1 in observance of Triduum and Easter. The office reopens on Tuesday, April 2. However, news and prayer requests can be sent at any time. Click here to share a news item. Also, remember that Read More…
Weekly News: April 2, 2013
NOTE: This week’s news is being posted on Tuesday instead of Monday because of the Easter break. ESL alum reflects on new project Two items about the SCJs’ new project in Berlin, Germany, were recently posted on SCJ sites. The first is a reflection on the province blog from Fr. Wladyslaw Mach. An alumnus of Read More…
Weekly News: April 8, 2013
Back in the Philippines Fr. Bernie Rosinski is back in the Philippines teaching ESL as he did at about the same time last year. A veteran of general and provincial administration, he has also been tapped as a resource to the young region as it gets its own administration in order. The following is from Read More…
I am a Dehonian because…
Prior to the Mission Education gathering, staff from St. Joseph’s Indian School, as well as several SCJs and province employees, were asked to answer the question “I am a Dehonian because…”
Many of the statements were shared during Mission Education. The full list of statements is published here.
Epic weather becomes focal point of conference
The Priests of the Sacred Heart began ministry in the United States near Chamberlain, S.D., in the early 1920s. Upon hearing this fact during the Mission Education Conference one of our province employees said she that could easily guess why: “They were stuck!”
Weekly News: April 15, 2013
Spring snows bring Mission Education Conference to an early end, traffic jams in the Philippines, prayer requests, address updates, calendar notes, members of St. Joseph’s Indian School board of directors honored with Lakota quilts, and more…
