Featured Stories | August 12, 2023
Click here to view PHOTOS from the Jubilee Click here to view the LIVESTREAM of the Jubilee Mass On August 12 Dehonians celebrated the Jubilees of four members of the US Province: Fr. Jim Schroeder (60 years of vows), Fr. Guy Blair (50 years), Fr. Francis Vu Tran (25 years) and Fr. Mark Mastin (20 […]
Featured Stories | August 09, 2023
“It was an unexpected joy to find out that my historical research has dovetailed with the history of the Dehonians in the United States.” -Dr. Paul Monson, SHSST Vice President of Intellectual Formation and Academic Dean This year we celebrate the centenary of Dehonian ministry in the United States. During his presentation today (Aug. […]
Featured Stories | July 31, 2023
17th US Provincial Chapter concludes “Wherever the future will lead us we know that the Spirit never ceases to work among us,” said Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, provincial superior, in his opening remarks of the 17th US Provincial Chapter. “Welcoming the Spirit… preparing for our future,” was the theme of the Chapter, held at the […]
Featured Stories | July 31, 2023
Click here for photos from the July 30 Lower Brule celebration. The last of the three Centennial celebrations for the US Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) was held on July 30 in the place where it all began: Lower Brule, SD. It was there in 1923 that Fr. Mathias Fohrman, an […]
Featured Stories | July 18, 2023
“These men knew where the love of Christ needed to be experienced, and they did their best to reflect that. Eucharist on Sunday was intimately tied to acts of love from Monday through Saturday. Eucharist was not about their collar, title, pomp, or circumstance. Eucharist was about loving people in concrete ways, knowing that they […]
Featured Stories | July 15, 2023
“You need an effort, but also passion to be open to other cultures, and to share yours. It’s a life-long journey.” -Fr. Andrzej Sudol, SCJ A Polish priest walks into a classroom and leads a group of students in the singing of Psalm 121 in Lingala, one of the national languages of the Democratic Republic […]
Featured Stories | July 06, 2023
“Instead of getting down from our pedestals, we have to go up to encounter the people of God.” -Frater Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ, reflecting on bringing communion to people in the mountains of Ecuador Pictured above: the view from Santa Maria parish in La Argelia. Frater Paul Phong Hoang, an SCJ seminarian at Sacred Heart […]
Featured Stories | June 29, 2023
Click here to view PHOTOS from the Mass of Christian Burial Click here to read Fr. Vien Nguyen’s HOMILY from the funeral Click here to view a recording of the LIVESTREAM of the funeral “For me, being an SCJ means that I strive to give of myself totally out of love for the One […]
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 […]