News & Events | January 12, 2026
Preaching pointers “How do we move people to action with our preaching? How do we ignite their hearts? We must live what we are preaching. And always, the first step in preparing a homily is to pray. To preach, we must be based in prayer.” The quote is from Fr. Mark Mastin, SCJ (pictured above, […]
News & Events | January 05, 2026
Letting the Holy Spirit guide us After over a year in the ECS program at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, Fr. Christian Hoper, SCJ, joined the Mississippi community just in time to celebrate Christmas. “I received a beautiful opportunity to serve at Christ the King Catholic Church for the celebrations on December 24–25,” […]
News & Events | December 22, 2025
Lord Jesus, make your home among us today. Transform our hearts by your love; open them to your Father’s will so that we may offer ourselves for others and work for a just and peaceful world. May your birth overcome human discord, calm human violence, and reconcile us all to one another. Amen. Prayer taken […]
News & Events | December 15, 2025
In this third week of Advent we pray… During these days full of grace, inspire us with an active hope: a hope that finds flesh in our daily lives, a hope that heals and unites, a hope that welcomes your Word in everyone we meet. Amen. Prayer taken in part from This Day of God, […]
News & Events | December 08, 2025
On this feast of the Immaculate Conception, we pray… Thank you, O Mother, because in showing yourself to us You free us of all stain of sin; You remind us that what comes first is the grace of God, The love of Jesus Christ who gave his life for us, The strength of the Holy […]
News & Events | December 01, 2025
Lord Jesus Christ, you once said to your disciples: “Keep watch, for you do not know the day or the hour.” Your words of love amaze us all. For you call us to welcome the light in ways not of our choosing and at times when we least expect it. Lord Jesus, as we wait […]
News & Events | November 24, 2025
“If the only prayer you ever say in your life is thank you, it will be enough.” – Meister Eckhart Please note that the Provincial Offices will be closed November 27-28 for Thanksgiving; reopening on Monday, December 1. We hope that you have a wonderful holiday celebration! News for the week: NCYC 2025! Members of […]
News & Events | November 17, 2025
Remembering Fr. Steve Fr. Steve Pujdak, SCJ, 82, died November 12. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Fr. Steve professed his first vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart in 1962. Among those in his novitiate class: Fr. Tom Cassidy, SCJ, Fr. Mark Fortner, SCJ, and Fr. Pat Lloyd, SCJ. Following seminary studies in the US, […]
News & Events | November 10, 2025
First LEAD cohort meets In June, administrators and SCJs from province ministries in Texas, Wisconsin, South Dakota and Mississippi came to Hales Corners to serve as guinea pigs for a newly developing Dehonian leadership program: LEAD. LEAD stands for Leadership, Education, Apostolic and Development. It is a five-year formative experience to “form spiritually grounded leaders […]
News & Events | November 03, 2025
Dehonian schools around the world! On October 28, Sacred Heart School – Southaven, MS, and Our Lady of Guadalupe School Houston participated in an international online conference of Dehonian schools hosted by the Séminaire du Sacré-Coeur in Quebec. Besides representatives from the USA and Canada, students and staff from schools in Spain, Madagascar, Chile, Brazil […]