Featured Stories | August 27, 2014
Life-threatening complications from a badly injured knee set Silvia Bertozzi on a path toward her vocation as a consecrated virgin living the Dehonian charism. She was 33 and in an intensive physical therapy program near Bologna, Italy, when “I realized that I needed to mend more than my body, I needed to mend my heart and my faith,” she said. As Silvia struggled to regain her physical health, her faithxxx
Featured Stories | August 21, 2014
From the general level to local communities, over and over SCJs cite outreach to youth as a priority for the congregation. At the US Provincial Chapter, it was youth themselves, the youngest members of the province, who once again emphasized the need to be present to young people. Energized by what he heard Fr. Christianus Hendrik felt called to respond to them “and get something started!"
Featured Stories | August 17, 2014
Justin Krenke, 23, professed his first vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart on Saturday, August 16. The ceremony took place at St. Martin of Tours parish, Franklin, Wis. Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, SCJ, provincial superior, received his vows. Justin has been a candidate with the Priests of the Sacred Heart since 2010;
Featured Stories | July 14, 2014
Fr. Larry Rucker, 80, died Sunday, July 13, in Brookfield, Wis. (suburban Milwaukee). In recent weeks the SCJ had been hospitalized for internal bleeding and related complications, which led to his death. Born in New York State, Fr. Larry professed first vows in 1953 and was ordained in 1966.
Featured Stories | July 11, 2014
On July 11 the 15th Provincial Chapter of the U.S. Province held its final vote on an issue that was on the minds of many (not just in the meeting room, but throughout the country): the rapidly growing number of child migrants on the U.S. – Mexican border...
Featured Stories | July 09, 2014
Br. Clay Diaz, SCJ, started candidacy with the Priests of the Sacred Heart in 2003. On July 8, he made his perpetual profession of vows with the community. “I came to know the SCJ community while living in Puerto Rico through Vision Magazine,” he said. “I truly appreciate the SCJ charism and the ministries of the community: working with the poor and serving those who have needs, be it throughxxx
Featured Stories | July 03, 2014
Members of the U.S. Province will kick off the start of next week's Provincial Chapter with a celebration: Fr. Leonard Tadyszak’s 70th year in vows. 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. “It was so small I could barely see it,” he said of the ad. “But I felt like I wasxxx
Featured Stories | July 01, 2014
On the occasion of the anniversary of Fr. Leo John Dehon's first profession on June 28, 1878, , and with it, the founding of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, in the name of the U.S. Province, sent a letter of thanks to the religious sisters who have collaborated with congregation in the United States. The following is the text of that letter.
Featured Stories | June 30, 2014
Bishop Robert Morneau, auxiliary bishop of Green Bay, was the presider at the Feast of the Sacred Heart Mass at St. Martin of Tours Parish. Here he shares the notes from his homily.
Featured Stories | June 23, 2014
The image of the Heart of Jesus not only witnesses to the depth of love that God has for us but also reminds us of our capacity to love one another. Indeed, when we feel that we are truly loved, we naturally become more loving. Our loving actions, in turn, reveal God’s love for the world.