News & Events | February 15, 2021
“There are no big or small crosses; there is only very little love or great love. Let us love, and then it will be easy for us to climb the hill of Calvary and heavy crosses will become light.” Leo John Dehon, SCJ, Crowns of Love for the Sacred Heart II, 1st Mystery, 1st Meditation […]
News & Events | February 08, 2021
Celebrating Catholic Schools As noted last week, Dehonian schools in the US Province planned a variety of ways to commemorate National Catholic Schools Week. At Sacred Heart School in Southaven, MS, the theme was “Celebrating Our Community.” Students visited via Zoom with people from the local community, learning about their work and responsibilities during the […]
News & Events | February 01, 2021
Accidental Missionary In 2019, Fr. Juan Carlos Castañeda Rojas, SCJ, went to his native Colombia for what he thought would be a brief family visit while renewing immigration papers. At the time, he was a newly ordained priest serving at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Houston. But as with much during the past year, plans […]
News & Events | January 25, 2021
Fr. Bob Tucker dies after lengthy health struggle On Saturday, January 23, Fr. Bob Tucker, SCJ, died. He was 68. Originally from Detroit, MI, he was professed in 1975 and ordained in 1982. In recent years, Fr. Bob had struggled with a respiratory disorder that led to a lung transplant last July. He was unable […]
News & Events | January 18, 2021
“Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, “I Have a Dream” speech, 1963 March on Washington The Provincial Offices are closed today, January 18, for the commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. They will reopen tomorrow, January […]
News & Events | January 11, 2021
Reflecting on the attack of the US Capitol Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, provincial superior of the US Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, writes the following in response to last week’s incidents in Washington, DC: Horror, disbelief and sadness. These are the emotions that continue to run through me as I reflect on […]
News & Events | January 04, 2021
Reflecting on Fratelli Tutti Fratelli Tutti, On Fraternity and Social Friendship, is the third encyclical by Pope Francis. Its message calls humanity to a deeper understanding of community and shared responsibility for one another and the world. In a video produced by our formation community, Fr. Ziggy Morawiec, SCJ, reflects on the encyclical, breaking the […]
News & Events | December 21, 2020
Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! Today is the Winter Solstice, which means that brighter days – ever so incrementally – are ahead. Of course, on Friday, December 25, is the celebration of Christmas. The Provincial Offices will be closed December 24-28 for the holiday, and again on December 31 and January 1 for […]
News & Events | December 14, 2020
OLG celebrations As we noted last week, celebrations of the parish feast day at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Houston were adapted due to the pandemic. However, many of the traditions continued, including the dance of the Matachines, a spiritual dance that has its origins in the pre-Hispanic peoples of Latin America. One of the […]
News & Events | December 07, 2020
Pandemic adaptations at OLG Due to COVID-19 restrictions, RCIA students at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Houston were unable to receive their sacraments at Easter. The delayed celebrations took place instead at the end of November. Fr. Wojciech Adamczyk, SCJ, OLG pastor, is pictured above during one of the baptisms. This coming Saturday, December 12, […]