News & Events | October 02, 2023
Superior General featured speaker at Dehon Lecture Fr. Carlos Luis Suárez Codorniú, SCJ, superior general of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, will be the presenter at this Wednesday’s Dehon Lecture at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. His topic: “Moved by the Word.” The RSVP deadline was September 27. If you were planning […]
News & Events | September 25, 2023
Meet our 2023-24 formation community! As we do each year, we asked our students in formation to introduce themselves, sharing their background, what it is that called them to discern their vocation with the Priests of the Sacred Heart, their year in formation, and their favorite scripture passage. Just about all of the students attend […]
News & Events | September 18, 2023
Welcome! This week two sisters from the Theresian Missionaries of Mary (TMM), a diocesan religious women’s religious community in the Philippines, will be taking up residence on the campus of St. Joseph’s Indian School as they prepare for future ministry with the Lower Brule Pastoral Team. Sr. Clary Joy has spent the past few months studying in […]
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 […]