Category: News & Events
Weekly News, July 9, 2012
Classes begin Last week the summer ESL program (English as a Second Language) got underway at Sacred Heart School of Theology. This is one of the largest summer classes in recent years: 35 students representing 11 countries including Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Nicaragua, Poland, Spain, Venezuela, and Vietnam. Read More…
Br. Tim Murphy dies
Br. Timothy Murphy, SCJ, died July 12, at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis.. He had been there since July 1st after suffering a seizure, and later, a heart attack. Br. Tim was 74 years old. He professed his first vows in August, 1965, and his final vows in August, 1968. His first assignments were in vocation Read More…
Province Assembly
Wellness, social justice and province finances focus of July assembly Beginning with the province jubilee celebrations on Monday night, the U.S. Province held its summer assembly July 9-12 at the Provincial Conference Center in Hales Corners, Wis. Each day of the assembly had a theme, beginning with wellness issues on Tuesday followed by evening of Read More…
Over 40 countries represented at General Conference
General Conference focuses on education: in the classroom and beyond Over 80 people from around the world will gather July 16-21 in Neustadt, Germany, for “Educare,” the 8th General Conference of the congregation. The tradition of the general conference began in 1969. Held at the midpoint of a superior general’s term the themes have varied Read More…
Weekly News: July 16, 2012
Wellness, social justice and province finances focus of July assembly Beginning with the province jubilee celebrations last Monday, the provincial assembly ran through midday on Thursday, July 12. Activities were split between Sacred Heart Monastery/School of Theology and the Province Conference Center. Each day of the assembly had a theme, beginning with wellness issues on Read More…
Weekly News: July 23, 2012
General Conference ends As noted last week, SCJs and staff from around the world gathered in Neustadt, Germany, July 15-21, for the 8th General Conference. The theme was “Educare,” a holistic and encompassing view of the education of youth from a Dehonian perspective. In the closing session of the conference, Fr. José Ornelas Carvalho, superior Read More…
Weekly News: August 6, 2012
Welcoming new novices On August 14 James Nguyen and Juan Carlos Castaneda Rojas will enter the novitiate. There will be a ceremony at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Monastery/School of Theology with a luncheon following. All SCJs are welcome to attend. SCJ team at Marian Days Br. Long Phi Nguyen, SCJ and Keith Burdick of Read More…
Weekly News: August 13, 2012
Remembering the founder “For him I lived, for him I die. He is my everything, my life, my death and my eternity,” said Fr. Leo John Dehon, pointing at a portrait of the Sacred Heart just moments before his death. Yesterday, August 12, was the 87th anniversary of the death of Fr. Dehon, founder of Read More…
Two enter novitiate
First steps on the road to religious life On Tuesday, August 14, James Nguyen and Juan Carlos Castaneda Rojas were received into the novitiate for the U.S. Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart during a prayer service at Sacred Heart Monastery/School of Theology. Fr. John Czyzynski, SCJ, is their novice master. Reflecting on Read More…
Toronto community reflects internationality of congregation
“Internationality is essential to our development as a congregation. All of us here are a result of the congregation’s commitment to mission.” Fr. José Ornelas Carvalho, SCJ, Superior General, speaking to major superiors at their July meeting in Neustadt, Germany It only took five years for the Priests of the Sacred Heart to move beyond Read More…
