Featured Stories | March 19, 2010
The general administration of the Priests of the Sacred Heart encourages its members, co-workers and other collaborators to commemorate “World Day for Water” on Monday, March 22. The day was organized by the United Nations in 1992 following the Rio de Janeiro conference on climate change. This year’s theme for the day: “Clean Water for […]
Featured Stories | March 18, 2010
Br. Long Nguyen, SCJ, prepares for final vows His name is Vietnamese but Br. Long Nguyen, SCJ, is definitely a man of Louisiana’s bayou country. He appreciates a good gumbo as much as the Vietnamese dishes from his family’s homeland. And while he speaks fluent Vietnamese, his English is definitely tinted with a bit of […]
Featured Stories | March 12, 2010
Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, was born on March 14, 1843. The date is celebrated as “Founder’s Day” by SCJ communities throughout the world. Born into a French aristocratic family, Fr. Dehon earned degrees in science and law before entering the French seminary in Rome. There, he earned […]
Featured Stories | March 08, 2010
As previously noted, no members of the Priests of the Sacred Heart were injured during Chile’s recent earthquakes. However, several SCJ structures were damaged. Fr. Julian Braun, SCJ, provincial superior of the Chilean Province, wrote with a few more specifics about the damage initially reported: “As far as our works are concerned, I can report […]
Featured Stories | March 02, 2010
In January, the world joined together to assist the people of Haiti following the most powerful earthquake to hit the nation in over a century. Donations came from throughout the congregation (including $20,000 from the U.S. Province), and the Generalate in Rome hosted (through the Red Cross) 116 Haitian women and children displaced by the […]
Featured Stories | February 15, 2010
New parish brings together two faith communities… and their “cousins” In the literal sense, a building is just a material object. It is brick and mortar, electrical lines and pipes. It is a place to keep people and their things dry and warm (or pleasantly cool, depending on the time of year). Yet these inanimate […]
Featured Stories | February 15, 2010
Frater Duy Nguyen, SCJ, didn’t have to go to far when he joined the province formation program. Born and raised on the north side of Chicago, Frater Duy now lives and studies only a short drive from his childhood haunts. He first came in contact with the SCJs in 1999 when his family was invited […]
Featured Stories | February 05, 2010
Building on the past to embrace the future Fr. José Ornelas Carvalho, superior general, reflects on six-year program On Tuesday, December 8, the General Administration released its six-year program, an outline of congregational priorities as well a framework for the operation of the General Administration. To give background to and better explain the program, Fr. […]
Featured Stories | February 02, 2010
Helping immigrants feel at home in their new home In 2003, the major superiors of religious communities in the Archdiocese of Toronto began to talk about the possibility of collaborative ministry. Was there something that they could do together? A needs assessment surfaced three areas of particular concern in the archdiocese: youth, seniors and refugees. […]
Featured Stories | February 02, 2010
Indonesian SCJ compares reality of the American West to childhood reading As a child, Fr. Christianus Hendrik, SCJ, read books about the American West. Karl May, a German author well-known in Europe for his stories of an Apache chief, was a favorite. Through the books, Fr. Hendrik developed a child’s impression of the West, filled […]