News & Events | June 13, 2022
News from St. Joseph’s It may be summer, but there is still a lot going on at St. Joseph’s Indian School in Chamberlain, SD. On May 31, the St. Joseph’s Bookmobile began making its rounds across South Dakota. The last stop will be in Rapid City on July 7. The bookmobile crisscrosses the state, delivering […]
News & Events | June 06, 2022
A year later Last year Fr. Andrzej Sudol, SCJ, defended his dissertation for his Doctor of Ministry from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. As were many events during the first two years of the pandemic, the defense was done remotely, on a computer screen. On May 26, Fr. Andrzej, accompanied by the novices (he is […]
News & Events | May 23, 2022
Happy Victoria Day, Happy Memorial Day! Our Canadian neighbors enjoy their unofficial summer kick-off today with the celebration of Victoria Day. Here in the US, Memorial Day is next Monday, May 30. The Provincial Offices will be closed on May 30, and there will be no Fridge Notes published. The next issue will be on Monday, June 6. […]
News & Events | May 16, 2022
Before there was SHML… Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake, across from Sacred Heart Monastery / Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, sits on grounds with a lengthy history that goes back well before the Priests of the Sacred Heart purchased it in 1929. Most residents at SHML are lay people who live in two […]
News & Events | May 09, 2022
A busy weekend! These have been busy days for Dn. Henry Nguyen, SCJ. On Friday, May 6, he graduated from Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology with his master’s in divinity. The next day, May 7, Henry was ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Joseph Potocnak, SCJ, bishop emeritus of De Aar, South Africa. […]
News & Events | May 02, 2022
Welcome Frs. Carlos and Steve! Frs. Carlos Luis Suarez Codorniú, SCJ and Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, SCJ, start the General Visitation of the US Province this week in Pinellas Park, FL. On May 3 they will fly to Milwaukee, where they will first be with the Sacred Heart Monastery Community and then the communities at Sacred […]
News & Events | April 25, 2022
Visitations Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, is pictured above with members of the Sacred Heart Monastery community during last week’s Provincial Visitation. “This is one of the most diverse communities in the province,” said Fr. Vien, who noted that SHM includes candidates, professed students and SCJs in final vows. It is an international, intergenerational community, and […]
News & Events | April 11, 2022
The Passion of his Heart “The Passion is the masterpiece of the love of the Heart of Jesus. His agony is particularly the Passion of his Heart.” Leo John Dehon, SCJ, The Life of Love towards the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 7th Meditation Holy week and Easter schedule The Provincial Offices will close at 2:00 pm […]
News & Events | April 02, 2022
Provincial Council on planning retreat Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, and members of the Provincial Council are in Chamberlain, SD, Tuesday and Wednesday for a planning retreat. “[We will try] to discern where the Spirit is calling and leading us,” wrote Fr. Vien in his March 30 letter to SCJs. “One of the pillars the council […]
News & Events | March 28, 2022
A return to South Africa For several weeks this spring, Fr. Charles Brown, SCJ, has been in South Africa delivering a variety of presentations: first at the sabbatical program sponsored by the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (the SACBC includes Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland –– the name of which recently changed to “Eswatini” –– and […]