News & Events | November 18, 2019
Internationality and collaboration among topics of Superiors Meeting in Rome From November 11-15, the superiors of all of the SCJ provinces, regions and districts from around the world gathered in Rome. It was a time to share information from and to the general administration, but also to dialogue with one another. Meeting topics included internationality, […]
News & Events | November 11, 2019
International Conference on Sacred Heart Devotion A two-day conference on Sacred Heart devotion was held November 8-9 at Villa Aurelia (next to the Generalate) in Rome. The conference was hosted by the Priests of the Sacred Heart (via the Centro Studi Dehoniani) in conjunction with several partners, including the Pontifical Council for Culture and the […]
News & Events | November 04, 2019
Day of the Dead Last week an “altarcito” was set up in the chapel at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. It is a small shrine similar to those prepared in the homes of Mexican and Mexican-Americans to remember their deceased loved ones on “Day of the Dead,” which Catholics observe in the Commemoration […]
News & Events | October 28, 2019
We remember This week we commemorate All Saints Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls Day (Nov. 2). As we pray for those who have gone before us, let us remember in a special way Fr. Bill Pitcavage, SCJ, who died earlier this year (March 22, 2019). May we also remember: Mike Grieger, the husband of […]
News & Events | October 21, 2019
Building Sacred Bridges “Sacred Bridges” was the theme of the October 13-14 Mission Education conference hosted by St. Joseph’s Indian School in Chamberlain, SD. “We are surrounded by Sacred Bridges but we have to look for them so that we can see them,” said Clare Willrodt, introducing the theme. Clare is director of public relations and outreach […]
News & Events | October 13, 2019
Mission Education in South Dakota Held approximately every three years, Mission Education is a time for employees and other collaborators in SCJ ministry to learn about Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, as well as the congregation that carries on his dreams. It is also a time for co-workers […]
News & Events | September 30, 2019
Hello, my name is… Each year we ask our students in formation to introduce themselves. This year’s group includes six candidates, six professed seminarians, and four novices. They are men from a wide variety of cultural, educational and work backgrounds. Yet they all speak of their shared call to the spirituality found in the Priests […]
News & Events | September 23, 2019
Celebrating ministry; remembering a martyr Fr. Jim Walters, SCJ, was the main celebrant and homilist at the September 18th bilingual Mass at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. The liturgy was dedicated to the memory of Blessed Juan María de la Cruz Garcia Mendez, SCJ. A martyr during the Spanish Civil War, Juan María […]
News & Events | September 16, 2019
Novices past and present Before the First Friday gathering at Sacred Heart Monastery in September, Fr. Byron Haaland, SCJ, novice master, posed for a quick photo with this year’s novitiate class (Thien Nguyen, Thuan Nguyen, Truc Van Tran and Hung Pham) and last year’s class, who professed first vows on August 15 (John Huan Nguyen […]
News & Events | September 09, 2019
Come and See Fr. Quang Nguyen, SCJ, province vocation director, poses above with participants in last weekend’s “Come and See.” The weekend is an opportunity for young men discerning a vocation to religious life to literally “come and see” the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). The visitors joined the formation community and novices for […]