News & Events | February 19, 2024
A Dehonian visit in Anaheim Representatives from St. Joseph’s Indian School attending workshops at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress this week stopped for a visit at the Dehonians’ booth in the conference exhibit hall. Staffing the booth were Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ, Br. Andy Gancarczyk, SCJ, Frater Hung Pham, SCJ and Fr. Son Nguyen, […]
News & Events | February 12, 2024
Chúc mừng năm mới! [Happy New Year!] February 10-11 the parish community at St. Martin of Tours celebrated the Lunar New Year (Tết Nguyên Đán), the Year of the Dragon. Festivities began with a special New Year’s Mass on Saturday evening to kick off the celebrations. “The New Year’s Mass is important for the Vietnamese people […]
News & Events | February 05, 2024
Welcome Corrie! There is a new face at the Province Vocation Office: Corrie Christiaansen. As of January 29, she is the Vocation Marketing and Office Manager, assisting Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ, Province Vocation Director. “I feel very blessed to be here,” said Corrie. “I have always felt called to pray for vocations; and while I […]
News & Events | January 29, 2024
World Day of Consecrated Life This Friday, February 2, is World Day of Consecrated Life; the date was chosen by Pope John Paul II to correspond with the Feast of the Presentation. Many parishes will commemorate the day during the February 3-4 liturgies. “The religious state is a state of perfection, or at least a […]
News & Events | January 22, 2024
More than just traditions Fr. Andrzej Sudol, SCJ, is pastor of St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin, WI. Just before he assumed the role, Fr. Carlos Luis Suarez Codorniú, SCJ, came to the US Province in 2022 for the general visitation. Knowing that Fr. Andrzej was about to begin ministry at St. Martin of […]
News & Events | January 15, 2024
The call for justice In commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we are mindful of the call for justice, one also demanded by our founder, Fr. Leo John Dehon: “Justice is the foundation of social relationships, and its purpose is to ensure individual rights. These rights, whose violation is a crime of outrage against […]
News & Events | January 08, 2024
Dehonians at SEEK Novitiate classmates Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ, and Dn. Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ, teamed up last week, along with SCJ Fraters Truc Tran and Jonathan Nguyen at SEEK24, a gathering of prayer and fellowship for college-age Catholics that took place in St. Louis, January 1-5. “It was such a fruitful event,” said Fr. […]
News & Events | December 18, 2023
“The mystery of the Incarnation is a mystery of love. It is the mystery of a God so loving humanity as to become human himself. In becoming human, the Son could not cease to be all love, for he would have ceased to be God.” -Leo John Dehon, SCJ, The Life of Love towards the Sacred […]
News & Events | December 11, 2023
Congratulations Deacon Paul! On Saturday, December 9, Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ, was ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Donald J. Hying of the diocese of Madison, WI. In a ceremony filled the blend of cultures that reflect Dn. Paul’s life, the music, readings, and prayers were done in a mix of Vietnamese and English. The […]
News & Events | December 04, 2023
Sint Unum and Fr. Dehon “It is the capacity to embrace disparate realities,” said Fr. Emerson Ruiz, SCJ. The “it” he was referring to is “Sint Unum” (“May they be one”) which is one of the three primary mottos of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (the other two: “Ecce Venio” and “Aveniat Regnum Tuum”). […]