Featured Stories | March 14, 2013
Joy and compassion Fr. Virgino Bressanelli, former SCJ superior general and bishop of Neuquén, Argentina, reflected on the appointment of his fellow countryman and bishop as pope: “I do not know how to express my feelings at this time. On the one hand there is great joy but on the other hand, I have a […]
Featured Stories | March 09, 2013
Founder’s Day March 14 marks the 170th anniversary of the birth of founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, Fr. Leo John Dehon, Born in 1843 to a French aristocratic family, he credited his mother for his devotion to the Sacred Heart, a devotion which inspired him found a religious community focused on bringing […]
Featured Stories | March 09, 2013
What does it mean to be an SCJ today? For several years SCJs in Europe have been asking themselves different versions of the same question. Basically, what does it mean to be a Dehonian in Europe today? What is it that Dehonian spirituality can address? Is there a future for Sacred Heart devotion in Europe? […]
Featured Stories | February 14, 2013
With the help of SHSM, a passion becomes a business Erica Burke of Ashland, Miss., has always loved to style people’s hair. At 15 she started braiding her friends’ hair and realized that she had found her passion. “I was the first graduate from J&J Hair Design College in Holly Springs, Mississippi,” said Erica. Armed with […]
Featured Stories | February 06, 2013
A record number! It’s amazing what a tab off of a can of soda pop can do. Recycled pop tabs have brought in over $14,000 a year to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Memphis. The charity takes donated tabs to a local recycling center to turn them into cash. About three years ago staff […]
Featured Stories | February 05, 2013
“It is unbelievable to see how our Dehonian missionaries have contributed to creation: they often achieve miracles with practically nothing in their hands!” -Fr. Claude Bédard talking about SCJs in Cameroon Fr. Claude Bédard and Br. Dieudonné Tchouteu, members of the Canadian Region, went to Cameroon at the end of 2012 to take part in […]
Featured Stories | January 16, 2013
“You are a part of us, you are a part of the Dehonian family,” said Fr. Claudio Weber to SCJ bishops gathered in Rome. Fr. Weber, a member of the General Council, spoke to bishops during introductory remarks at their January 10-15 meeting at the Generalate in Rome. The Priests of the Sacred Heart have […]
Featured Stories | December 15, 2012
The Feast of the Holy Innocents (December 28) was lived out today. God grant them rest and give their families comfort. ~ Bishop Stika Fr. Tom Cassidy, SCJ, provincial superior of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, wrote the following letter to his fellow priests and brothers as he reflected on the Newtown tragedy: December […]
Featured Stories | December 14, 2012
If you are unable to view the slideshow above, click here to go directly to the photo album from the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Thousands gather for OLG feast The date 12-12-12 (December 12, 2012) got a lot of play in the media. People planned weddings, fund-raisers and even the birth of babies […]
Featured Stories | December 06, 2012
Bishops, curia staff and many others among Sacred Heart’s ESL alumni There is hardly a community in the congregation that is more international than the ESL community at Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wis. Approximately 25 percent of the congregation has studied in the program including members of the General Curia and […]