Featured Stories | May 12, 2023
May 12, is Fr. Anthony Kluckman’s 76th birthday. The Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) note the day with a heavy heart; it has been ten months since Fr. Anthony went missing and still there are no clues as to what happened to him or where he may have gone. He was last seen on […]
Featured Stories | May 11, 2023
“Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life” Frater Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ, makes perpetual profession Click here to view photos from the ceremony Congratulations to Frater Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ, who made his perpetual profession of vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) this evening, May 11. The ceremony took place […]
Featured Stories | May 01, 2023
On Friday, April 28, Fr. Jack Kurps, SCJ, announced to the staff of Sacred Heart Southern Missions that he was stepping down as CEO of the organization of which he has been a part since the early 1980s. Fr. Jack was executive director from 1987 to 1993, and then again from 2000 until today. As of today, May […]
Featured Stories | April 20, 2023
On April 13, St. Joseph’s Indian School held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of the renovation of the school’s Recreation Center. Board members, including Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, and Fr. Greg Schill, SCJ, were among those wielding shovels. Renovation plans include updates to make the facility more current, and improvements to enhance future use: more storage space […]
Featured Stories | April 20, 2023
“It is a ministry of life, of beginnings, looking toward the future,” said Fr. Quang Nguyen, SCJ, of his new role at the Catholic Newman Center of the University of Houston. “It is a time of possibilities, of planning, blooming.” For nine years, Fr. Quang was the vocation director for the US Province of the […]
Featured Stories | March 24, 2023
“By virtue of baptism you are missionary disciples. Now what are you doing about it!” -Sr. Dianne Bergant On March 23, approximately 75 Dehonian employees and collaborators joined SCJs in an online Lenten Hour of Recollection led by Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA. Her topic: “The Mission of the Baptized Based on Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation […]
Featured Stories | March 15, 2023
Click here to view a video recording of the Hour of Reflection “We human beings are totally dependent on aspects of the natural world. We cannot live without trees. They give us oxygen. We cannot live without water. We cannot live without plants to feed us. We cannot live without the natural world.” The quote […]
Featured Stories | March 04, 2023
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS for Br. Peter Mankins will take place at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake, 7330 S. Lovers Lane Road, Franklin, WI. The wake will be on Friday, March 10 at 7:00 p.m. and the Mass of Christian Burial will be on Saturday, March 11 at 10:00 a.m. (Central). Br. Peter Mankins, SCJ, died this […]
Featured Stories | February 27, 2023
Br. Duane Lemke is the superior of our retirement community at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake. He is also a gifted artist who recently created a series of canvas banners for the community chapel that are filled with Lenten themes. He shares a bit about the images pictured here: “I’ve continually been drawn toward multimedia […]
Featured Stories | February 22, 2023
“Pray! My advice is to stay rooted in prayer and respond with your heart.” -Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ On Saturday, December 17th, Henry Bùi Nguyen, SCJ, was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Thomas Thái Thành Nguyen, auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Orange. The ordination took place at St. Columban Catholic Church in Garden […]