Featured Stories | December 21, 2024
Fr. Ari Saputra, SCJ, an Indonesian priest preparing for ministry in the US Province, was one of several Dehonians who assisted the pastoral team at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Houston for its feast-day celebrations. He shares his experience: “¡Holla! ¿Cuanto tiempo llevas aqui?” (Hello! How long have you been in this line?) I asked […]
Featured Stories | November 16, 2024
“I was reminded of the beauty and strength that faith can provide. I am realizing how profoundly ministry connects me to people’s lives.” – Frater Truc Tran, SCJ The following is written by Frater Truc Tran, SCJ, a seminarian doing his pastoral year in South Dakota. A pastoral year experience is often transformative, marking a […]
Featured Stories | November 13, 2024
On Saturday, November 9, Holy Family School in Holly Springs, MS, welcomed students, alumni, parents, teachers, former staff and other members of the community to its 75th anniversary celebration. Bishop Joseph Kopacz of Jackson was the main celebrant at a Mass that kicked off the day’s events; he is pictured above with SCJ Frs. Guy […]
Featured Stories | November 10, 2024
ONLINE PHOTO ALBUM A blended parish family On November 9, parishioners at St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin, WI, celebrated two significant anniversaries: 50 years of Dehonian ministry at the parish, and 20 years since the Dedication Mass of SMOT’s newly built church. In 1998, Fr. Charlie Bisgrove, SCJ, was pastor of Sacred Hearts […]
Featured Stories | September 26, 2024
Each Tuesday and Friday morning two SCJ priests with plenty of experience in delivering a homily sit side-by-side with a group of fourth-year seminarians at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology who are just beginning to learn the basics of preaching. Why the trip back to the seminary, sitting in a “Liturgical Preaching” class […]
Featured Stories | August 15, 2024
“Stewarding historic buildings can be tough sometimes, and I’m so happy to see that Sacred Heart is well loved and cared for.” -Justin Miller, architectural historian The building which houses Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology and Sacred Heart Monastery is an iconic landmark in the Hales Corners / Franklin area. Its unique design […]
Featured Stories | July 24, 2024
On June 21, Fr. Carlos Luis Suárez Codorniú, SCJ, was elected to a second six-year term as superior general of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). The election took place during the first week of the XXV General Chapter in Rome. Fr. Carlos was born on September 2, 1965 in Las Palmas (Spain). He […]
Featured Stories | July 24, 2024
Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ, province vocation director, reflects on his personal Eucharistic missionary journey. He and other members of our vocation team recently took part in the National Eucharistic Congress (National Eucharistic Revival) in Indianapolis July 17-21. Fr. Henry writes… My Eucharistic Missionary Journey has been a long time in the making since I joined […]
Featured Stories | June 27, 2024
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis given to participants in the XXV General Chapter of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) on Thursday, June 27, 2024). Click here to download a PDF of the Pope’s text. Dear brothers, good morning! I greet Father Carlos Luis Suárez Codorniú, your Superior General, confirmed for […]
Featured Stories | June 27, 2024
Br. Bernard Taube, SCJ, died on June 26 in Farmington, MN; he was 91. In recent years he had been under the care of family in Minnesota; he went into hospice just days before he passed. Br. Bernie was born in Cannon Falls, MN and was raised in New Trier. Both he and a sister […]