News & Events | September 11, 2023
Anniversary celebrations in Houston On September 2, Our Lady of Guadalupe Houston celebrated three jubilees: 1) 100 years of the church’s dedication, 2) 100 years of Dehonian ministry in the United States, and 3) 50 years of ministry of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) at OLG. Dehonians from around the country joined the […]
News & Events | August 21, 2023
The school year starts! Fr. David Szatkowski, SCJ, is pictured above left celebrating the Opening Mass at Sacred Heart School in Southaven, MS, on August 15, the feast of the Assumption. Below, Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, is pictured with new faculty members at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology following a presentation on Dehonian […]
News & Events | August 14, 2023
Jubilarians represent a diversity in ministry 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 years). Also remembered during the jubilee was Fr. Juan Carlos Castañeda Rojas, […]
News & Events | August 07, 2023
Back where it all began The last of the three Centennial celebrations 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 SCJ priest from the German Province, first celebrated Mass at St. Mary’s parish. The parish had just been […]
News & Events | July 24, 2023
“Welcoming the Spirit… preparing for our future” “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 […]
News & Events | July 17, 2023
Centennial celebrations begin! Yesterday, July 16, SCJs in the United States held the first of three province Centennial celebrations; this year marks the 100th anniversary of Dehonian ministry in the United States. Among those in the main chapel at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology yesterday were Bishop Donald DeGrood of Sioux Falls, Bishop […]
News & Events | July 10, 2023
Hello from Ecuador! “Instead of getting down from our pedestals, we have to go up to encounter the people of God,” said Frater Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ, reflecting on bringing communion to people in the mountains of Ecuador. Fra. Paul, a seminarian at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, is with our Dehonian community […]
News & Events | June 26, 2023
For Independence Day, a prayer for healing God the Father, origin of all that is divine, good beyond all that is good, fair beyond all that is fair, in you are calmness, peace and concord. Heal what divides us from one another and bring us back into the unity of love, bearing some likeness to […]
News & Events | June 19, 2023
Schools in Collaboration Last week students and chaperones from Dehonian schools in Mississippi, South Dakota, Texas and Quebec were gathered in Houston for “Schools in Collaboration.” It is a moment for students and staff in North America to get to know each other and the Priests of the Sacred Heart, pray together, and simply have […]
News & Events | June 12, 2023
Uncommon holiness In their letter for the feast of the Sacred Heart Fr. Carlos Luis Suárez Codorniú, SCJ, superior general, and his council focus on the theme of “Lo poco común,” [“The uncommon”] “How are we doing in the exercise of ‘uncommon holiness’?” asks Fr. Carlos. “This question, far from seeing ourselves as an isolated […]