Featured Stories | April 03, 2012
In March, Fr. Tom Cassidy visited the Philippines to take part in the inauguration of the Philippine Region. What follows is his journal from his travels. Thursday March 8, 2012 The long voyage to Manila began shortly after the Sacred Heart School of Theology Board of Directors Meeting on Wednesday afternoon of March 7, 2012. […]
Featured Stories | March 28, 2012
“The charsim of our founder, Fr. Leo John Dehon, will continue to be the foundation for all that is done here at Sacred Heart School of Theology.” -Fr. Thomas Cassidy, SCJ provincial superior, U.S. Province For the first time in its history, the president-rector’s office at Sacred Heart School of Theology will be held by […]
Featured Stories | March 23, 2012
Youngest of province elders turns 90 On March 27, Br. Gabe Kersting beomes the province’s youngest 90-year-old. He follows Fr. Don Barnd, who celebrated his 90th birthday on January 19 and Fr. Leonard Tadyszak, who turned 90 on January 5. Br. Gabe may be the youngest in years but he falls right in the middle […]
Featured Stories | March 21, 2012
Celebrating students’ identities through art Vermillion, S.D., artist Susan Heggestad recently conducted workshops for St. Joseph’s Indian School students as part of the South Dakota Arts Councils Artists in Schools & Communities program. Through exercises in bookmaking and drawing, students explored art as a means to develop and celebrate their identities. By swapping pieces of […]
Featured Stories | March 14, 2012
Birth of Fr. Leo John Dehon celebrated around the world Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, was born on March 14, 1843. It is a day celebrated by SCJs throughout the world in a variety of ways. At Sacred Heart School of Theology the day began with Eucharist, at […]
Featured Stories | March 14, 2012
Celebrating the growth of the congregation As we noted earlier in the week, Founder’s Day, March 14, was chosen to inaugurate the new Philippine Region. Fr. Andrew Sudol, a member of the region, shares the following from today’s celebration: March 14 is the anniversary of the birth of Fr Dehon, the founder of our congregation. […]
Featured Stories | March 11, 2012
Philippine District gains “region status” First regional administration to be installed on March 14 In 1989 a group of eight SCJs began preparations for the first SCJ mission in the Philippines. Ranging in age from 28 to 52, they included men from Argentina, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Indonesia and Great Britain. For most, the […]
Featured Stories | March 10, 2012
Bishop Joseph Potocnak shares the funeral homily he gave for fellow South African bishop Evert Baaij. “It’s funny how sometimes it is only after someone is gone that you know what an impact a person has had on your life,” said Bishop Potocnak. “Thinking about Bishop Baaij a month after his funeral I am still […]
Featured Stories | March 02, 2012
In 2008, SCJs partnered in ministry with the diocesan parish of St. Paul near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The parish has much in common with Fr. Leo John Dehon’s first parish assignment in Saint-Quentin. The population that surrounds St. Paul is made up primarily of factory workers and young migrant families. Many have come […]
Featured Stories | February 27, 2012
The world converges on Daly Avenue Walk into the kitchen at the SCJs’ house on Daly Avenue in Ottawa and you can literally taste the international flavor of the community. One evening it is chicken filled with Indonesian spices. But on another night it could be food from Cameroon, Congo, the Philippines or Holland. The […]