News & Events | October 18, 2021
Honoring Sr. Charles Last week the pastoral team that serves the Lower Brule and Crow Creek reservations in South Dakota celebrated Sr. Charles Palm’s 38 years of service to St. Joseph’s parish in Fort Thompson. “She is like the icon, the grandmother of the parish,” said Fr. Christianus Hendrik, SCJ. “She knows everyone here and […]
News & Events | October 11, 2021
A day of celebration Today, October 11, is a day of diverse celebrations. Although it has been commemorated by several states during the past few years, 2021 marks the first time that Indigenous Peoples’ Day is observed at the federal level. On October 8, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., wrote that “On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, […]
News & Events | October 04, 2021
Remembering Br. John “He was one of the first SCJs I met,” said Fr. Byron Haaland, SCJ, the homilist at last week’s Mass of Christian Burial for Br. John Monek, SCJ. Fr. Byron, pictured above, would later spend many years ministering with Br. John at St. Joseph’s Retreat Center in Baileys Harbor, WI. “Br. John’s […]
News & Events | September 27, 2021
Meet our 2021-22 Formation Community! Each year we ask our students in formation to introduce themselves in their own words. Reflecting the diversity of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians), as well as the Church itself, they represent a wide variety of cultural, educational and professional backgrounds. Yet they all have the same call […]
News & Events | September 20, 2021
Feast day of an SCJ martyr Wednesday, September 22, is the feast of Blessed Juan Maria de la Cruz, the first SCJ to be named blessed. He was beatified on March 11, 2001. “I am a priest.” Under ordinary circumstances, this declaration would be understood as a mark of dedication and service. During the Spanish […]
News & Events | September 13, 2021
Have a missionary spirit! On Friday, the student community at Sacred Heart Monastery welcomed Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, SCJ, to speak about what it means to be a missionary, to have a missionary spirit. Originally from the US Province, Fr. Steve is now vicar general of the Priests of the Sacred Heart based at our Generalate […]
News & Events | August 23, 2021
Father Mark heads back to the novitiate Fr. Mark Fortner, SCJ, recently took a trip down memory lane – or more accurately, a paved path badly in need of repair – visiting the site of the former Sacred Heart Novitiate in Ste. Marie, IL. “It was only upon arriving back home at Sacred Heart at […]
News & Events | August 16, 2021
The novitiate year begins! Congratulations to Jonathan Nguyen-Vuong, Jacob Smith and Michael Wodarczyk who entered the Novitiate on Saturday, August 14. The Entrance into the Novitiate ceremony took place at the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Franksville, WI, about a 20-minute drive south of Sacred Heart Monastery. Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, officiated. “Why do I want […]
News & Events | August 09, 2021
Vow renewals in Houston Congratulations to SCJ Fraters Phong (Paul) Hoang and Hung Pham who renewed their religious vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart on August 7 at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Houston. Fra. Phong professed his first vows in 2018 and will soon begin his pastoral year in South Dakota (he is […]
News & Events | August 02, 2021
Preparing for a new school year Members of the staff at St. Joseph’s Indian School in Chamberlain, SD, are in the midst of an annual event that has taken place since 1927: getting ready for a new school year. St. Joseph’s is one of the Dehonians’ oldest ministries in the United States. Since July 19, […]