News & Events | March 21, 2022
Vocation Office on the road Over the weekend Fr. Quang Nguyen, SCJ, province vocation director, along with Fr. Duy Nguyen, SCJ (formator), Fr. Josimar Baggio, SCJ (ECS student from the South Brazilian Province) and Alfonso Pizano (SCJ candidate) staffed a booth at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. RECongress is the largest annual gathering of its kind in the world; it began in 1956 as an institute for religious education teachers. Since then, […]
News & Events | March 14, 2022
We celebrate the birth of our founder Today, March 14, is the 179th anniversary of the birth of Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. Born in 1843 to a French aristocratic family, he earned degrees in science and civil law before entering the French seminary in Rome. There, he earned […]
News & Events | March 07, 2022
In solidarity with Ukraine “Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Dehonian communities in Poland have opened their hearts to help the refugees with great commitment, providing materials (clothes, medicine, food, etc.) and arranging the accommodation [in religious houses],” wrote Fr. Slawomir Knopik, SCJ, provincial superior of Poland. Dehonians in Poland have welcomed […]
News & Events | February 28, 2022
Ash Wednesday, March 2 “With ashes today, the priest traces on my forehead the sign of penitence and the sign of death. What am I? Dust and ashes. I am but nothingness; however, I will go to God and I will go with humility. I will go with the awareness of my weakness, but confident […]
News & Events | February 21, 2022
“Dehonians in Social Commitments” Postponed for several years by the pandemic, the Dehonians’ IX General Conference took place February 13-18 in Rome. In-person participation was limited primarily to entity superiors (again, due to the pandemic), but many others took part via Zoom and livestream events. The theme of the conference: “Dehonians in Social Commitments.” “When […]
News & Events | February 14, 2022
The General Conference begins! Last night the IX General Conference got underway in Rome with an opening dinner and introductions. The theme of the conference: “Dehonians in Social Commitment.” Taking part in-person are the entity superiors of the congregation from around the world, including Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, newly installed superior of the US Province, […]
News & Events | February 07, 2022
A new term begins On Wednesday, February 2, Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, was installed as the 16th provincial superior of the US Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. He was elected to the position on January 4 during the province’s Election Assembly. Prior to his election, Fr. Vien was vice rector and assistant professor of […]
News & Events | January 31, 2022
A week of transition Tomorrow is Fr. Ed Kilianski’s last full day as provincial superior of the US Province; on February 2, Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, will be installed as the 16th provincial superior. In-between packing up his office, Fr. Ed wrote the following as he reflected on the past six-and-a-half years: “Tomorrow I come […]
News & Events | January 24, 2022
Provincialate welcomes international visitors After nearly two years of Zoom meetings, the General Finance Commission had an in-person gathering at the Provincial Conference Center last week. Pictured above are Fr. Luca Zottoli, SCJ, (general treasurer), Aldo Ivaldi (assistant to the general treasurer) and Fr. Gerd Hemken, SCJ, (German Province), along with Dn. David Nagel, SCJ […]
News & Events | January 17, 2022
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” ― Martin Luther King Jr.; Letter from a Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963 “Nothing has a foundation without justice. Nothing endures except through justice.” Leo John Dehon, SCJ, “The Pope: Hopes and Forebodings,” 1894 The Provincial Offices are closed today, January 17, for the observation of Dr. […]
