Featured Stories | November 21, 2014
In 2004 the General Administration established November 26 as "SCJ Memorial Day," a time of remembrance for members of the Priests of the Sacred Heart who gave their lives as martyrs. In total, there are 49 SCJ martyrs, including 28 who were killed 50 years ago in Congo during the Simba rebellion. The names of our SCJ martyrs are posted here along with a link to an Adoration service forxxx
Featured Stories | November 19, 2014
What factors predict whether a man will stay committed to the priesthood? This has been Fr. Yulius Sunardi’s question for the past two years as he did his doctoral research. On November 19th he presented the results of his work to seminarians and faculty at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology.
Featured Stories | November 14, 2014
From 1982 – 1991 Br. Leonard Elder, SCJ, was a missionary in the African country of Zaire. On November 17, he returns for the first time in 23 years. “[In Africa] God, through the voices of many people, called me again to pursue studies for the priesthood,” said Fr. Leonard.
Featured Stories | October 31, 2014
The Dehon Formation House 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. In their own words, members of the community introduce themselves...
Featured Stories | October 30, 2014
Our thanks to Br. Long Nguyen, a participant in the province’s Dehonian Youth Initiative, for writing about the group’s recent gathering: "On Thursday, October 24, several younger members of the U.S. Province gathered at the Provincial Conference Center to continue the work that we began in August in regards to sharing the Dehonian message with youth..."
Featured Stories | October 21, 2014
On October 21 Fr. Yulius Sunardi, SCJ, successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Predictive Factors for Commitment to the Priestly Vocation: a Study of Priests and Seminarians." Members of the Sacred Heart Monastery Community were among those who attended the defense at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. (USA).
Featured Stories | September 02, 2014
Frater James Nguyen is member of the Dehon Formation Community, studying at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. The following is his reflection on volunteering this summer with One Body Village, an organization that focuses on rescuing children from sex trafficking, and educating and emplowering communities to prevent such exploitation. "It was not easy seeing what I saw," he wrote.
Featured Stories | September 01, 2014
“The most striking fact concerning the condition of the working class is that workers are, for the most part, experiencing conditions of misfortune and unearned misery. Despite a certain amount of superficial progress, the worker is, in many places, less happy than formerly." This contemporary sounding assessment came from the pen of Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, in 1894...
Featured Stories | August 29, 2014
Pastoral ministry in the Amazon, mission work and administration in the Philippines, ministry to young people at World Youth Day… Fr. Benedito de Maraes Machado’s path to Toronto was a winding one. On July 31, Fr. “Bene,” as he is more often known, joined the international SCJ community in Toronto.
Featured Stories | August 28, 2014
We don’t seem to use the phrase “the social question” anymore, which is telling. Apparently there’s no longer any question that the Church should be concerned about social issues and the social life of society, nations, and the world – though there is certainly no agreement about what she should do about it.In Leo Dehon’s day, the social question was huge and much debated, for many reasons.