Featured Stories | October 07, 2018
On Sunday, October 7, the Vietnamese worship community of Milwaukee celebrated its 40th anniversary. Since 2007, the community has been a part of St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin, WI (suburban Milwaukee), ministered to by the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). The concept of ethnic Catholic communities is a familiar one in the United […]
Featured Stories | September 26, 2018
On September 26, three of our ESL students – Fr. Tomasz, Fr. Sugi and Fr. Praveen – spoke with staff from the Province Development Office about their home countries. It was a way of connecting the work they do in fundraising with the many places our Dehonians serve around the world. Fr. Tomasz talked about his […]
Featured Stories | September 17, 2018
“And so for you who are Dehonians, wherever you are, how are you prophetic? Are you faithful to the charism of your congregation? Are you being faithful to reparation? As you know, when reparation happens, reconciliation is possible.” -Fr. Jose Gonzales During an informal presentation September 11 at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake, Fr. Jose […]
Featured Stories | September 16, 2018
Fr. Leonard Tadyszak, SCJ, the eldest member of the US Province at 96, died September 16, at the Congregational Home in Brookfield, WI. He recently celebrated his 74th anniversary of profession. A Milwaukee native, Fr. “Tady,” as he is often called, learned of the Priests of the Sacred Heart through an advertisement in a religious magazine. […]
Featured Stories | September 14, 2018
Last week the province honored SCJs who celebrated 60, 50 and 30 years of vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart. Today, September 14, the Sacred Heart Community at SHML hosted a celebration for SCJs noting 60, 50 and 40 years of ordained ministry. To accommodate the number of guests, the anniversary Mass was […]
Featured Stories | September 08, 2018
On Saturday, September 8, the province celebrated nearly 200 years of vowed life with the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). This year’s golden jubilarians are Fr. Bob Bossie and Br. Leonard Zaworski (50 years of vows). Also recognized during the ceremony were Br. Matt Miles (60 years) and Fr. Bryan Benoit (30 years). Fr. […]
Featured Stories | September 01, 2018
On September 1, thousands of people, including Dehonians from around the world, filled the cathedral of Hildesheim and two nearby churches to be a part of the episcopal ordination of Heiner Wilmer, SCJ, as the 71st bishop of the German diocese. Archbishop Stefan Heße of Hamburg was the ordaining bishop. The Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, […]
Featured Stories | August 16, 2018
With the profession of their first vows on August 15, Phong “Paul” Hoang and Henry Nguyen became Dehonians, members of the US Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. The vows were received by Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, US provincial superior, during a liturgy in the main chapel at Sacred Heart Monastery / Sacred Heart Seminary […]
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."