Featured Stories | January 28, 2016
This morning, as I handed the statue of the Infant Jesus to someone to carry up to the manger, I thought to myself, “This is each child I teach. Jesus is divine and human, body and soul, corporal and spiritual. So, too, are my students,'" wrote Sr. Margaret Sue Broker, a teacher at Sacred Heart School in Southaven, MS. "...The act of teaching is an amazing corporal and spiritual workxxx
Featured Stories | January 07, 2016
"I firmly believe that we are true followers of the Founder who was passionate for social justice," writes Fr. Jan de Jong in this week's Dehonian Spirituality. "Being a young priest and the seventh curate in San Quentin, in northern France, Fr. Dehon's heart was deeply touched by the plight of the laborers’ poor conditions, caused by the industrial revolution. He became the mouthpiece of the social teaching of Leoxxx
Featured Stories | January 04, 2016
Violent storms tore through Holly Springs, MS., just before Christmas. Two of our teachers at Holy Family School, and the families of several students, lost their homes. On Christmas Eve Sacred Heart Southern Missions staff met with first responders, the Red Cross, a local alderman and the mayor to assess immediate need. Since then, clients have begun to seek our assistance. Most of them have emergency shelter, either with familyxxx
Featured Stories | December 20, 2015
During its December 15-16 meeting the Provincial Council of the US Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart approved a public statement regarding the growing refugee crisis. It was sent to national elected leadership and media. "Let us re-commit ourselves to our cherished principles of compassion and courage," wrote members of the council. "Otherwise terrorism will have succeeded not only in killing and displacing thousands, but also in causingxxx
Featured Stories | December 10, 2015
On Thursday, December 10, the first airlift of Syrian refugees are scheduled to arrive in Toronto. A second flight is expected to land in Montréal on December 12. These are the first steps toward the Canadian government’s goal to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2016. Among the many who are stepping forward to greet the Syrians are the parishioners of Resurrection of Our Lord parish in Ottawa.xxx
Featured Stories | November 30, 2015
On Saturday, November 28, the SCJ community in Toronto sponsored its first inter-parish Advent Youth Retreat at St. Thomas More Church. The parish is staffed by SCJs. Helping to facilitate the retreat were Fraters Joseph Vu and James Nguyen. Thirty-five youth from the parish, as well as from UKI (the Indonesian Catholic community of Toronto) […]
Featured Stories | November 05, 2015
The Dehon Formation Community in Chicago is home to an international, intergenerational community of professed SCJs and those discerning religious life with the congregation. The community not only houses the initial formation programs (candidacy, novitiate, philosophy and theology) of the province but also welcomes SCJs from around the world on sabbatical or in graduate programs. Want to learn more about joining us in ministry and community? Contact our vocation officexxx
Featured Stories | October 23, 2015
Fr. Don Barnd, 93, died October 23 in suburban Milwaukee. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Community at SHML with residence at the Congregational Home in Milwaukee. Originally from Morris, Minn., Fr. Don entered the Priests of the Sacred Heart in 1952 after six years in the Navy. Initially, he served the province […]
Featured Stories | October 09, 2015
During the annual Alumni Week Awards dinner at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, Fr. Tom Cassidy, SCJ, was awarded the Dehon Distinguished Ministry Award. Fr. Tom is a former president-rector of SHSST, and previously served as provincial superior of the US Province and as a member of the General Council in Rome. Unfortunately, Fr. Tom was not able to receive his award in person; he is currently servingxxx
Featured Stories | October 08, 2015
On October 7th Fr. John Czyzynski, SCJ, was the presenter at this year’s Dehon Lecture hosted by Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. His topic: “The Year of Consecrated Life; the dynamic interchange between the vocations of religious and diocesan priests as they advance the Church’s mission in the world.” From the perspective of a religious priest who has been involved in the formation of men for the priesthoodxxx