Category: Feature Stories
May 3, 2010
Provincial’s Time “Our Vatican visits ended yesterday with one to the Congregation for the Clergy at 09:00 and a joint meeting with LCWR at 11:00 to Oriental Churches,” wrote Fr. Tom Cassidy in his last blog posting during his recent trip to Rome. Actually, this final posting was written at about 37,000 feet, on his Read More…
The transition to retirement
Many people struggle with the idea of retirement. For some, their work is what has come to define them. For others, a job is like a comfortable old shoe – it fits and simply feels good. After being away from full-time ministry for two years, Fr. Tony Russo, SCJ, said that he is still adjusting Read More…
Br. Larry Gauthier dies
Br. Larry Gauthier, 83, died on Saturday, May 8. Professed in 1952, he had been with the SCJs for almost 60 years. Originally from Montana, Br. Larry was a man who quietly worked in the background of the province. His first assignment was at Sacred Heart Monastery where worked the farm that was once associated Read More…
May 10, 2010
Br. Larry Gauthier dies Br. Larry Gauthier, 83, died on Saturday, May 8. Professed in 1952, he had been with the SCJs for almost 60 years. Originally from Montana, Br. Larry was a man who quietly worked in the background of the province. His first assignment was at Sacred Heart Monastery where worked the farm Read More…
SCJ has a life-long love
Fr. Byron Haaland, SCJ, is in love, and it is that love which drives his ministry. “I love the Bible; I love Scripture and I love playing with Scripture,” he said. “I don’t know any better word than that – I love to play with Scripture.” He said that he learned “Lectio Divina,” a form Read More…
May 17, 2010
Provincial’s time Last Tuesday, Fr. Tom Cassidy and the Provincial Council took part in the “Kick Off Dinner” for the Lux Center for Catholic-Jewish Dialogue. In his letter to the province last week Fr. Tom wrote that “Dr. Richard Lux retired at the end of the school year after 37 years on the faculty at Read More…
100 years in North America!
This year the Priests of the Sacred Heart celebrate the 100th anniversary of the congregation’s presence in North America. During his studies in Rome, Fr. Dehon met a number of North American seminarians, including Louis Nazaire Bégin, who later became archbishop of Quebec City, and Emile Legal, who in 1902, was named bishop of St. Read More…
May 24, 2010
Hello from the Philippines! As noted previously on the website, Fr. Frank Wittouck is spending a few weeks with the SCJ formation community in the Philippines. He recently sent an update: “There are about a dozen seminarians in my English class. I am helping the ESL teacher and have the more advanced students. They are Read More…
Feast of the Sacred Heart
It is the tradition of the general administration of the congregation to write a letter in preparation for Feast of the Sacred Heart. “We celebrate the solemnity of the Sacred Heart just one year removed from the XXII General Chapter which focused on the necessity of re-centering our lives in Christ and re-visiting our spiritual Read More…
The Comrades Marathon
“Well done, well done!!” These are the words that one hears from spectators, volunteers and even fellow runners during each of the 89 kilometers of the Comrades Marathon course. And yes, for once the question, “How long was that marathon?” is an appropriate one. While Comrades has “marathon” in its title, its distance well over Read More…
