Featured Stories | August 16, 2019
Click here to view photos from the ceremony After a year of novitiate, John Huan Nguyen and Hubert Senam Kodjovi Liassidji professed their first vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). The profession ceremony took place on August 15, in the main chapel at Sacred Heart Monastery / Sacred Heart Seminary and School […]
Featured Stories | August 14, 2019
“The time of novitiate constitutes a privileged period of initiation into the religious life of our Congregation… The novice shall involve himself in an experience of community and evangelical life; he shall be initiated in the practice of the evangelical counsels.” SCJ Rule of Life, No. 98 CLICK HERE to view photos from the […]
Featured Stories | July 11, 2019
“I have never heard this topic addressed at our parish; I am going to call my pastor this afternoon!” The topic was “immigration” and the comment came in the midst of small group discussions at an initial meeting of the newly developing “Catholic Coalition for Migrants and Refugees.” The group is so new that it […]
Featured Stories | June 28, 2019
Click here to view photos from the Mass for the feast of the Sacred Heart Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, provincial superior of the US Province, was the homilist at today’s Mass for the feast of the Sacred Heart. People from around the country joined us at Sacred Heart Monastery for the liturgy, as well as […]
Featured Stories | June 14, 2019
PHOTOS: click here to view photos from the assembly “Interculturality: Together in Christ” was the theme of the June 11-14, 2019 Provincial Assembly. On the surface, it was a reference to the increasing internationality of the SCJ presence in North America. But the theme moved far beyond the idea of SCJs simply living, praying and […]
Featured Stories | June 10, 2019
View the online photo album Read Fr. John Czyzynski’s homily at the Jubilee Mass 460 years of religious life! Although it might seem like an overused format for an annual story, it is still significant to note the number of years of commitment to religious life – SCJ religious life – that were celebrated by […]
Featured Stories | May 31, 2019
Humanly Divine and Divinely Human We offer the following one-minute meditations on the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; there is a reflection for each day in June, the month of the Sacred Heart. The meditations, prepared by the Province Dehonian Associates Office, come from the writings of Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of […]
Featured Stories | May 22, 2019
Fr. Albertus Joni, an SCJ from the Indonesian Province doing graduate studies in the United States, led a retreat May 17-19 for 70 youth who are a part of the Indonesian Community (Mudika UKI) in Toronto. Joining him was Postulant Hung Pham from the US Province, and SCJ Frs. Jim Casper, Peter McKenna, Martin Kadamattu […]
Featured Stories | May 03, 2019
On May 2, Fr. Carlos Luis Suarez Codorniú, SCJ, superior general, conferred the Ministry of Lector on three of our Dehonian seminarians: Fraters Henry Nguyen, Phong Paul Hoang and Huan Duy Pham. This is one of the initial steps on the path towards ordination. “Enjoy the Word and share the Word,” said Fr. Carlos Luis […]
Featured Stories | April 28, 2019
May 1, the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, is International Religious Brothers Day. To commemorate it, we share the following profile of one of our own Dehonian brothers: Br. Brian Tompkins, SCJ. Originally from the Canadian Region, Br. Brian, 62, has been a member of the US Province for several years. He lives and […]