Featured Stories | April 23, 2024
Click here to read Fr. Vien Nguyen’s full homily. Click here to view photos from the funeral. “He was a holy priest, a friend… and a pretty good golfer!” Originally from Minneapolis, MN, Fr. Thomas Lind, SCJ, died April 11, just days before his 92nd birthday. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Community […]
Featured Stories | April 12, 2024
“Despite the difficulties of the political situation, the communities continue their journey with creativity and perseverance, making every effort to preserve their faith and, above all, to put into practice what they believe” -Fr. Levi dos Anjos Ferreira, SCJ Fr. Carlos Luis Suárez Codorniú, SCJ, superior general, and Fr. Levi dos Anjos Ferreira, SCJ, general […]
Featured Stories | March 14, 2024
IMAGE ABOVE: students at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Houston, in their Dehonian shirts on Founder’s Day “’Go to the people’ was the way of life embraced by Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. Despite being born into a wealthy family, he chose to serve the working class and struggling […]
Featured Stories | February 14, 2024
“God gives us Lent not to give up what pleases us, but to give up what displeases God.” The quote is from Bishop Joseph Perry, retired auxiliary bishop of Chicago, who led a day of recollection on Ash Wednesday (Feb. 14) for students and staff at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. Bishop Perry […]
Featured Stories | February 13, 2024
Our thanks to Laura Grisham of Sacred Heart Southern Missions for sharing this story For the second year in a row, Sacred Heart School in Southaven, MS, hosted exchange students from Colégio São Luiz (St. Louis) in Brusque, Brazil, a school sponsored by the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). The idea of an exchange […]
Featured Stories | February 12, 2024
“The New Year’s Mass is important for the Vietnamese people because it’s a time where they can offer praise to God and remember their ancestors who have gone before them.” -Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ Chúc mừng năm mới! February 10-11 the parish community at St. Martin of Tours celebrated the Lunar New Year (Tết Nguyên […]
Featured Stories | February 07, 2024
This morning Fr. Joseph Mukuna, SCJ, successfully defended his doctoral thesis at Loyola University Chicago. The title of his thesis: “Reading the Prologue of John’s Gospel as a Midrash with a View to Examining a Local Parting of the Ways.” In layman’s terms, Fr. Joseph explored how John’s gospel may have given insight into what […]
Featured Stories | February 02, 2024
“Being a brother [with the Priests of the Sacred Heart] means that I stand with one foot in the life of the laity and other in life of the clergy. I am both and neither at the same time. It means learning to be in a relationship with people as if they are a family, […]
Featured Stories | February 01, 2024
“I have always felt called to pray for vocations; and while I may not be called to religious life myself, I am grateful to be a part of the discernment process of others.” -Corrie Christiaansen There is a new face at the Province Vocation Office: Corrie Christiaansen. As of January 29, she is the Vocation […]
Featured Stories | January 17, 2024
CLICK HERE FOR AN ONLINE PHOTO ALBUM “Despite our unworthiness, if God calls us, he will take care of us. There were many moments in my journey during formation that God either steered me in a certain direction or sent people to assist me in difficult times. Take courage and cooperate with his grace, respond […]