Featured Stories | July 18, 2011
Members of the U.S. Province held their summer assembly July 11-14. The kick-off for the gathering was the Province Jubilee Celebration on Monday night where the anniversaries of nine SCJs were celebrated. Click here to read more about the jubilee and here to view an online photo album from the evening. Fr. John van den […]
Featured Stories | July 13, 2011
On July 11 the Priests of the Sacred Heart celebrated the religious jubilees of nine men during a 4 p.m. liturgy in the main chapel of Sacred Heart Monastery/School of Theology. Commemorating 60 years of vows with the community were SCJ Fathers Tom Fix, Tom Lind, Vincent McDonald, Richard Johnston and Charles Yost. Br. John […]
Featured Stories | July 13, 2011
Fr. Tom Cassidy , provincial superior of the U.S. Province, gave the homily at the jubilee Mass on July 11. His text appears below: Blessed is the man who does not walk In the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in company with scoffers. Rather, the law of […]
Featured Stories | July 11, 2011
Each year St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin, Wis., holds an essay contest in which they challenge eighth graders to write about Fr. Leo John Dehon, the SCJ founder. Contest winners earn a modest scholarship. Patrick Rydeski was this year’s winner and he read his essay at the eighth grade graduation. It is reprinted […]
Featured Stories | June 27, 2011
This Friday, July 1, we celebrate the Feast , or Solemnity, of the Sacred Heart. Falling 19 days after Pentecost, this year’s celebration comes later than most years. Usually it is a June feast day. The first liturgical Feast of the Sacred Heart was celebrated in France on August 31, 1670, through the efforts of […]
Featured Stories | June 11, 2011
Receive the Grace of the Holy Spirit The homily given by Bishop Joseph Potocnak, SCJ, at the ordination of Fr. Duy Nguyen, SCJ Greetings in the name of Jesus to the family and friends of Duy, the Priests of the Sacred Heart, and all others who are with us. Welcome to the ordination of Duy, […]
Featured Stories | June 09, 2011
A casserole of mixed accents If you want to hear a casserole dish of English accents, spend some time in an SCJ community in the Philippines. English, along with Filipino, is one of the two official languages of the Philippines. But for many, it is a second (or third, or fourth) language. Filipinos who may […]
Featured Stories | June 06, 2011
Each year the general superior writes a message to the congregation in preparation for the Feast of the Sacred Heart. This year, Fr. José Ornelas Carvalho focused on the administration of goods; the letter was released on June 5. The Feast of the Sacred Heart is on July 1. Rome, June 5, 2011 Solidarity and […]
Featured Stories | May 13, 2011
Years ago, missionaries from the Dutch Province went to Indonesia to begin an SCJ presence in the country. Now, the Indonesian Province is one of the largest in the congregation. Instead being a province served by missionaries, it is a province that sends its own men to serve around the world. Indonesian SCJs are found […]
Featured Stories | May 03, 2011
Fr. Bernie Rosinski is spending several weeks with SCJs in the Philippine District where he is helping with a few administrative tasks and teaching English. While there, he has been writing about some of his experiences on the province blog. “With my degree in applied linguistics in hand, I have felt for a number of […]