Featured Stories | July 28, 2010
Following a tradition began in 2007, members of the U.S. Province were invited to a two-day assembly as a sort of “kick-off” for the new provincial administration. Meetings took place at the Provincial Conference Center on the grounds of Sacred Heart Monastery/School of Theology July 26-27. The new administration was blessed and installed during an […]
Featured Stories | July 19, 2010
Each year St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin, Wis., has an essay contest for its eighth graders. The theme of the essay? The founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, Fr. Leo John Dehon. The winner receives $100 toward his or her high school education. This year’s winner was Kelli Kontney. Fr. Yvon […]
Featured Stories | July 09, 2010
Housed within the same building as the SCJs’ Generalate in Rome is the International College. The name is a bit of a misnomer for Americans who generally think of a “college” as a secondary school. While students who are members of the International College attend classes, they do so off-site, generally at one of the […]
Featured Stories | June 18, 2010
The U.S. Province concluded its four-day election assembly on Thursday, June 17. At the heart of the assembly is a discernment process that helps the membership determine the qualities needed in province leadership at this time in history and then who best expresses those qualities. Fr. Tom Cassidy was elected to his second term as […]
Featured Stories | June 15, 2010
Fr. Thomas Cassidy, SCJ, was re-elected as provincial superior of the United States Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart on Tuesday, June 15, during the Province Election Assembly in Hales Corners, Wis. Fr. Cassidy, 67, was first elected as provincial superior in 2007. At the time of his election, he was president-rector of […]
Featured Stories | June 01, 2010
It is the tradition of the general administration of the congregation to write a letter in preparation for Feast of the Sacred Heart. “We celebrate the solemnity of the Sacred Heart just one year removed from the XXII General Chapter which focused on the necessity of re-centering our lives in Christ and re-visiting our spiritual […]
Featured Stories | May 24, 2010
This year the Priests of the Sacred Heart celebrate the 100th anniversary of the congregation’s presence in North America. During his studies in Rome, Fr. Dehon met a number of North American seminarians, including Louis Nazaire Bégin, who later became archbishop of Quebec City, and Emile Legal, who in 1902, was named bishop of St. […]
Featured Stories | May 17, 2010
Fr. Byron Haaland, SCJ, is in love, and it is that love which drives his ministry. “I love the Bible; I love Scripture and I love playing with Scripture,” he said. “I don’t know any better word than that – I love to play with Scripture.” He said that he learned “Lectio Divina,” a form […]
Featured Stories | May 10, 2010
Br. Larry Gauthier, 83, died on Saturday, May 8. Professed in 1952, he had been with the SCJs for almost 60 years. Originally from Montana, Br. Larry was a man who quietly worked in the background of the province. His first assignment was at Sacred Heart Monastery where worked the farm that was once associated […]
Featured Stories | May 10, 2010
Many people struggle with the idea of retirement. For some, their work is what has come to define them. For others, a job is like a comfortable old shoe – it fits and simply feels good. After being away from full-time ministry for two years, Fr. Tony Russo, SCJ, said that he is still adjusting […]