Featured Stories | May 03, 2010
In spring Fr. Tom Cassidy received an e-mail from Fr. Delio Ruiz, an SCJ formation director in the Philippines. Fr. Delio noted that students in the district would soon be on summer break, during which they would again take part in “our English enrichment program for seminarians.” Last year during the program Fr. Quang Nguyen, […]
Featured Stories | April 28, 2010
Remembering a fellow SCJ and a good friend Fr. Jan de Jong, SCJ, president-rector of Sacred Heart School of Theology and long-time friend of Fr. Michael van der Peet, SCJ, gave the homily at Fr. Michael’s funeral Mass on April 28. Fr. Michael had asked Fr. Jan years ago if he would speak at his […]
Featured Stories | April 23, 2010
April 25 is 47th World Day of Prayer for Vocations. “A fundamental element, one which can be seen in every vocation to the priesthood and the consecrated life, is friendship with Christ,” wrote Pope Benedict XVI in his message for this year’s world day of prayer. “Jesus lived in constant union with the Father and […]
Featured Stories | April 23, 2010
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel did a feature story in its obituary section on Fr. Michael van der Peet, SCJ. Published in the print edition on April 23, you can read it online by clicking HERE.
Featured Stories | April 22, 2010
On April 21, Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee celebrated Mass with students, staff and faculty at Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wis. This was the new archbishop’s first visit to the seminary at which seminarians from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee receive their academic formation. To view a few photos from the visit, click […]
Featured Stories | April 21, 2010
Fr. Michael van der Peet, SCJ, died April 21. He was 85. Professed in 1946 and ordained in 1953, Fr. Michael once joked that he “joined the family business.” “Of my mother’s family, there was a brother who was a Trappist Monk, another who became a religious brother and a sister who became a nun,” […]
Featured Stories | April 14, 2010
SCJ prepares for studies in Rome As noted in the previous article, Fr. Francis Vu Tran, SCJ, leaves St. Martin of Tours parish to continue language studies in preparation for graduate work in Biblical Theology in Rome. For the past six years he has been associate pastor at the parish in Franklin, Wis. Since 2007, […]
Featured Stories | March 30, 2010
The concept of ethnic Catholic communities is a familiar one in the United States. The early years of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee were guided primarily by people of German descent, including German-speaking bishops, and German religious orders who taught at parish schools. As Milwaukee became a hub for industry at the end of the 1800s […]
Featured Stories | March 26, 2010
The Province Archives recently opened three new displays in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Fr. Leo John Dehon’s visit to North America. The founder attended the Eucharistic Congress in Montréal in August, 1910, during which he made crucial contacts with bishops from around the world who later assisted him in placing SCJ missionaries after […]
Featured Stories | March 19, 2010
On March 19 Pope Benedict XVI announced the appointment of Fr. Vilson Basso, SCJ, as bishop of the Diocese of Caxias, Maranhao (Brazil). He will succeed Bishop Luis D’Andrea, OFM Conv, who is 76. Fr. Vilsom Basso was born in Tuparendi, in the diocese of San Angelo, Brazil; he grew up in an SCJ parish. After […]