Featured Stories | August 14, 2018
Three men were received into the novitiate August 14: Hubert Senam Kodjovi Liassidji, John Huan Nguyen and Angel Romero. Originally from Togo, but now a US citizen, Hubert entered the formation program in Chicago in January, 2017, and was a student at St. Xavier University. He is 37. Reflecting on his vocation, Hubert said that […]
Featured Stories | August 11, 2018
On August 12, we remember the death of our founder, Fr. Leo John Dehon. "He came from La Capelle with a vast accumulation of knowledge seldom found in a young priest," said Bishop Charles Binet in his eulogy for the founder. "But he did not shut himself up in the ivory tower of his intellectual superiority, but threw himself wholeheartedly into work, especially among laborers."
Featured Stories | July 24, 2018
Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, SCJ, former provincial superior of the US Province, was elected to a second term on the General Council of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. He was a member of the previous council whose term was shortened following the appointment of Fr. Heiner Wilmer, SCJ, then superior general, as bishop of Hildesheim, […]
Featured Stories | July 20, 2018
Today, July 20, 2018, Fr. Carlos Luis Suarez Codorniú, SCJ, was elected superior general of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). He succeeds Fr. Carlos Enrique Caamaño Martín, SCJ, who became superior general in April following the appointment of Fr. Heinrich Wilmer, SCJ, as bishop of the diocese of Hildesheim (Germany). Fr. Carlos Luis […]
Featured Stories | July 01, 2018
“This is not something happening somewhere else, but in the very areas served by the Priests of the Sacred Heart” Br. Duane Lemke, SCJ Br. Duane Lemke, SCJ, grew up in rural South Dakota. As an adult, he ministered there. It is a place that he felt that he knew well. But in 2008 he […]
Featured Stories | June 23, 2018
Fr. Tom Burns, SCJ, died this morning, June 23, near Pinellas Park, FL. Yesterday he had been hospitalized with complications from pneumonia. He was 79, professed his first vows in 1958 and was ordained in 1965. From Wilkes-Barre, PA, Fr. Tom’s first assignment was at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Lenox, MA. He was […]
Featured Stories | June 22, 2018
“I promise I will work hard to be your pastor,” said Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, as he brought the US Province Election Assembly to a close. Held June 19-20, 2018, at the Provincial Conference Center in Hales Corners, WI, the primary task of the gathering was to elect a new provincial administration. By the end […]
Featured Stories | June 20, 2018
June 20th is World Refugee Day. The Dehonian North American Migration Committee commemorates the day by inviting SCJs, co-workers and others with whom we minister to share their personal stories of migration. The following stories from from Fr. Gustave Lulendo, SCJ, of the Canadian Region, Fr. Bernie Rosinski, SCJ, of the US Province and Lois […]
Featured Stories | June 19, 2018
It was a quick Provincial Chapter –– only a few hours on Monday afternoon, June 18! All entities in the congregation have to hold a chapter to elect delegates to the General Chapter that will be held in Rome in July. Of course, the General Chapter is necessary following the nomination of Fr. Heiner Wilmer, […]
Featured Stories | June 16, 2018
In 2006, Juan Carlos Castañeda Rojas entered the ESL program (English as a Second Language) at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. It was his first step on the path to ordained ministry as a Dehonian, a member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. On June 16, 2018, he was ordained to the […]