Featured Stories | May 25, 2012
Fr. General’s letter for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 15, 2012 Each year the general administration of the Priests of the Sacred Heart publishes a letter on the occasion of its feast day. A prayer service for the day has also been prepared. Click here to download the PDF of it. […]
Featured Stories | May 18, 2012
SCJ didn’t want to get “too comfortable” Although the summer ESL program doesn’t begin for another month, one of its students is already at Sacred Heart School of Theology getting a head start: Fr. Agustinus Guntoro, SCJ. Originally from the Indonesian Province, Fr. Guntoro, 38, was ordained to the priesthood in 2003. As he was […]
Featured Stories | May 10, 2012
Concentrated course helps prepare students for the Church’s growing Hispanic population Learning a new language as an adult is difficult. Going back to school after many years in the workforce is challenging. Discerning a call to ministry at the same time? Very challenging! Yet that is what many seminarians at Sacred Heart School of Theology […]
Featured Stories | April 30, 2012
Click here to view the full gallery of photos from the Mississippi visit to St. Joseph’s Indian School. “Ours is a mission to be compassionate, meet people where they are, and share the good news” Claire Nehring, Houseparent, St. Joseph’s Indian School “I have not been able to stop thinking about the Mission Education trip […]
Featured Stories | April 25, 2012
Fr. Johnny Klingler, SCJ, who has been in the Philippines for the past several weeks teaching English, represented the U.S. Province at the funeral for Fr. Tom Fix in Indonesia. An American SCJ, Fr. Tom spent all but three of his 53 years of ordination as a member of the Indonesian Province. Fr. Johnny writes […]
Featured Stories | April 21, 2012
He followed his childhood dream Diagnosed with cancer in January, Fr. Tom Fix, SCJ, died April 21 in his adopted home of Indonesia. He was 79 and had been a member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart for over 60 years. During a visit back to his hometown of Milwaukee several years ago, Fr. […]
Featured Stories | April 13, 2012
New administration includes a first The Congolese Province is filled with young people in formation. At the end of 2011 there were 45 Dehonians in temporary vows. But that wasn’t the case in the early 1970s when a young Zénon Sendeke told an SCJ at his parish that he too wanted to be a priest. […]
Featured Stories | April 12, 2012
“Our SCJ spirituality applies so well to the process of aging” Fr. Jim Schroeder The major superiors of Europe came together last month to continue and expand a conversation begun at the 2009 General Chapter: how do the Priests of the Sacred Heart ensure quality care for their elder SCJs and how does the congregation […]
Featured Stories | April 07, 2012
God of love, when we turned from You and sinned, You did not accept our rejection, and You did not resign yourself to the death we embraced and inflicted. Instead, You sent your Son to bring us peace. For our sake, Jesus entered the world. He was crucified and died. Yet, on the third day, […]
Featured Stories | April 03, 2012
First stop the Philippines, then Korea Fr. Johnny Klingler is next in the line-up from the U.S. Province to visit the Philippines. He leaves on April 3 and will be in the region through the end of May. As have several members of the U.S. Province before him, Fr. Johnny will be going to the […]