News & Events | October 24, 2022
Social encyclicals serve as a social catechism As noted previously, Cardinal Peter Turkson, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, was the featured speaker at the October 19th Dehon Lecture at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. His topic: “A New Social Catechism for the 21st Century?” […]
News & Events | October 17, 2022
Together after three years For the first time in nearly three years, leadership and staff of Sacred Heart Southern Missions and the Catholic Parishes of Northwest Mississippi gathered for an in-service training day last week. The pandemic put a halt to such large gatherings since the last one in December 2019. It seemed appropriate that […]
News & Events | October 10, 2022
Our Dehonian students “I find community life to be life-giving, filled with joy,” wrote Frater Jonathan Nguyen Vuong, SCJ. “We bond and learn more about each other in community. I do find academic studies to be challenging in formation. But even though it is challenging for me and other SCJ students, I know that the […]
News & Events | October 03, 2022
The cat who could drive a car? Usually, we do not feature the same person at the top of the Fridge Notes two weeks in a row. However, the cat in this photo insisted that the picture wasn’t about Fr. Hendrik Ardianto, SCJ, who was in the lead photo of the September 26th edition, but […]
News & Events | September 26, 2022
We Are One! Yesterday, September 25, hundreds of young people participated in “We Are One”, which included a youth Mass, sports, face and hair painting, games, dancing, and –– of course –– FOOD at Holy Spirit Church in Hernando, MS. The day was a continuation of a similar youth event held in spring. Fr. Hendrik […]
News & Events | September 19, 2022
Developing “possible and doable” fundraising proposals From September 12-14, members of the General Finance Commission, along with several SCJ fundraisers from around the congregation, met at the Provincial Conference Center in Hales Corners, WI. Organized by the General Treasurer’s Office and hosted by the US Province, it was a time for participants to better learn […]
News & Events | September 12, 2022
What does it mean to be a Dehonian parish? What does it mean to be a “Dehonian parish?” That was one of several topics discussed last Wednesday, September 7, during a meeting of SCJs in Parish Ministry. The two-hour Zoom was an opportunity for SCJs serving in parishes in the US Province to share ideas, […]
News & Events | August 29, 2022
Full house at SHSST Today, August 29, is the first day of classes for students at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. With nine new seminarians, returning seminarians and students in the English and Cultural Studies program, the residential section of the seminary is at capacity. On-campus students will be joined today by seminarians […]
News & Events | August 15, 2022
Celebrating religious life! Mid-August is traditionally a time in which members of the Priests of the Sacred Heart commemorate and honor their life as religious in community. Those in temporary vows make their renewals, novices make their first professions, and SCJs who note a jubilee with the community are celebrated by their fellow religious. On […]
News & Events | August 08, 2022
“I want to live in a spirit of love and reparation Yesterday, August 7, Frater Hung Pham, SCJ, renewed his vows at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Houston. He is currently doing his CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, also in Houston. “It is an excellent opportunity for me to learn […]