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, […]
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 […]