News & Events | November 30, 2020
Advent begins God of kindness, you so loved the world that you sent Jesus, your Son, to become one of us. In response to your love, we offer you our lives: our energies, our needs, our intentions. Receive our offering; enable us to unite it with your Word made flesh. During these days full of […]
News & Events | November 23, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving! The Provincial Offices will be closed Thursday and Friday (November 26-27) for Thanksgiving. Have a blessed holiday! What are you thankful for? Our formation community continues its video work, this time interviewing several members of the SCJ community living at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake. In a year with many challenges several Dehonians […]
News & Events | November 16, 2020
SHSM specializes in fresh starts The 38 houses in Sacred Heart Southern Missions’ Dehon Village have been called home by hundreds of families for more than two decades. Offering a fresh start, these houses provide safety, security and hope for people – often facing homelessness – while they repair their credit, look for work and […]
News & Events | November 09, 2020
Vocation inspired by a miracle Fr. Albertus Joni, SCJ, is featured in the most recent video produced by our formation community. Professed in 2006, Fr. Joni credits a miracle for helping him to discover his vocation. When he was 10, he developed a significant limp. Frustrated after doctors were unable to determine a cause, his […]
News & Events | November 02, 2020
On All Souls Day… May we never lose hope “May we never lose our memories as a family, a people. May we never lose hope, always contemplating the horizon, always looking ahead. May God grant us the grace to recognize the lights that accompany us to where He awaits us with so much love.” -Pope […]
News & Events | October 26, 2020
“It feels good to be back with my SCJ brothers! After months of delay due to the pandemic, Fr. Juan Carlos Castañeda Rojas, SCJ, arrived in Ecuador on October 19 to join the Dehonian mission there. “It feels good to be back with my SCJ brothers,” he said. Fr. Juancho is pictured above. “I have always […]
News & Events | October 19, 2020
Our students, in their own words 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 […]
News & Events | October 12, 2020
Unity in diversity Organized by the ECS Program (English and Cultural Studies) at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, the fall Multicultural Mass is a celebration of the many cultures represented not only in the ECS Program, but also in the seminary and the Dehonian community. Due to the pandemic, the number of students […]
News & Events | October 05, 2020
Pet blessings In commemoration of the feast of St. Francis, pet blessings are offered throughout the province. Due to the pandemic, this year the blessings were done via drive-thru (pets were asked to have their humans do the driving). Fr. Hendrik Ardianto, SCJ, is pictured above blessing Holy Family principal Tunia Sangster’s new dog, Diesel. […]
News & Events | September 28, 2020
“I love my calling to be a brother” The quote was from Br. Andy Gancarczyk, SCJ, during his 25th anniversary celebration last week at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Houston (he is pictured above, on the right). He professed his first vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart on September 24, 1995. “So, 25 […]