Featured Stories | February 13, 2012
Workshops help those new to home ownership stay in their homes In March, Sacred Heart Southern Missions Housing Corporation will begin a series of workshops on the use of credit, especially in regards to mortgages. The series runs through August. “The classes have become very popular in the past four to five years because the […]
Featured Stories | February 10, 2012
Remembering Bishop Baaij Fr. Sanil Michael, SCJ and Fr. Gabryel Kazimierz Angel, SCJ, of the South African Province, as well as Judy Boland, manager of the Nazareth retirement community where Bishop Baaij spent the past 25 years, contributed to this story A cool and slightly overcast summer’s day was the setting for the Funeral Mass […]
Featured Stories | January 31, 2012
He called South Africa home Bishop Evert Baaij, SCJ, retired bishop of Aliwal North, South Africa, died January 31. He passed away at Nazareth House, a senior living community, in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Struggling with heart issues in his last days, the bishop was surrounded by many of the religious sisters whom he knew […]
Featured Stories | January 25, 2012
“Availability is a part of our charism. It is who we are as SCJs.” -Fr. Claudio Siebenaler, SCJ “It’s not so important what you are doing but how you are doing it. If you do a job with love and joy, that’s what is important. Not the particular job itself.” The quote comes from Fr. […]
Featured Stories | December 30, 2011
The many names of Fr. Jerry Fr. Jim Schroeder gave the following homily at the funeral for Fr. Jerry Clifford, SCJ, at Sacred Heart Monastery, December 28, 2011. Note that the scripture readings for the Mass were Hosea 11.1,3-4; I Thess. 4.13-14,17-18; and Lk. 15.1-3,11-32. They can be read in full following the homily text. […]
Featured Stories | December 21, 2011
Fr. Thomas Cassidy’s Christmas letter Fr. Tom is provincial superior of the U.S. Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. — Calvin Coolidge […]
Featured Stories | December 13, 2011
Delayed sabbatical lead to master’s degree in education After almost four years of study, and three since he visited his home country, Fr. Donatus Kusmartono, SCJ, is graduating with a master’s degree in Educational Leadership and returning to Indonesia. Fr. Donatus was originally scheduled to begin a study sabbatical in Sacred Heart School of Theology’s […]
Featured Stories | December 08, 2011
Long time minister to the divorced and separated dies Just weeks after celebrating his 85th birthday, Fr. Bill More, SCJ, a member of the Canadian Region, died on December 8. Originally from the Netherlands, Fr. Bill came to Canada in the mid-1950s to teach at the SCJs’ minor seminary in Delaware, Ont. He prepared for […]
Featured Stories | November 22, 2011
Br. Ray Kozuch and Br. Long Nguyen joined over 26,000 people at the National Catholic Youth Conference November 17-19. Held in Indianapolis, Ind., the conference, titled “Called to Glory” included over 23,000 youth. The National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) is a biennial three-day experience of prayer, community and empowerment for Catholic teens and their adult […]
Featured Stories | November 18, 2011
UPDATE: Shortly after we posted the article about Fraters Jonathan Schneiders and Sergio Matumoto, Jonathan wrote with an update from Davao (click here to go to the original story): “After traveling around Mindanao to see our missions, parishes, and seminaries, and to meet more of our confreres, we settled in Davao. We (Fr. Guido from […]