News & Events | August 26, 2019
Back to school! Today, August 26, is the first day of classes for students at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. On Wednesday, Fr. Raúl Goméz-Ruiz, SDS, will be installed by Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, as the new SHSST president-rector during the Opening Eucharist at 4:30 p.m. Click here to visit the school in […]
News & Events | August 19, 2019
Four enter novitiate On August 14, Thien Nguyen, Thuan Nguyen, Truc Van Tran and Hung Pham entered the novitiate during a ceremony at the Sacred Heart Novitiate chapel. Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, provincial superior, received the new novices. Fr. Byron Haaland, SCJ, is novice master, and Fr. Andrzej Sudol, SCJ, is associate novice master. “In […]
News & Events | August 12, 2019
Remembering the founder, remembering the founding of the congregation “For Him I lived and for Him I die.” These were the final words spoken by Fr. Leo John Dehon, founder of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, before his death 94 years ago today on August 12, 1925. In 1878, before making his first profession […]
News & Events | August 05, 2019
Vow renewal in Houston Over the weekend Frater Henry Nguyen, SCJ, renewed his vows at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Houston. He is in Texas this summer doing a CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) program in San Antonio. Fra. Henry writes: “Fr. Juan Carlos [Castañeda Rojas] received my vows. In Fr. Juan Carlos’ homily, he spoke […]
News & Events | July 29, 2019
Ready for the next step In preparation for their next steps in formation, postulants and novices spent four days on a directed retreat the week of July 15. They are pictured above with their retreat director, David Schimmel (province director of Dehonian Associates). On August 14, Hung Pham, Truc Tran, Thien Nguyen and Thuan Nguyen […]
News & Events | July 15, 2019
Seeking a response to immigration in light of Catholic social teaching “I have never heard this topic addressed at our parish; I am going to call my pastor this afternoon!” The topic was “immigration” and the comment came in the midst of small group discussions at an initial meeting of the newly developing “Catholic Coalition […]
News & Events | July 08, 2019
Welcome ECS students! Students for the first session of the summer ECS program (English and Cultural Studies, formerly “ESL”) gathered in the lobby of Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology last week for the annual “Name Game.” The ice-breaker is a way for students and teachers to get to know each other before classes […]
News & Events | July 01, 2019
Happy Independence Day! The Provincial Offices will be closed July 4-5 for Independence Day. Have a wonderful holiday! Feast-day celebrations in Hales Corners “The Sacred Heart of Jesus is a powerful reminder of the love of Christ poured out for us all,” said Fr. Ed Kilianski, SCJ, at last week’s Mass for the Feast of […]
News & Events | June 24, 2019
Holy Family principal Clara Isom retires This month, Clara Isom, principal of Sacred Heart Southern Missions’ Holy Family School in Holly Springs, MS, retires. Clara has been a part of the school since 1960, when she was a first-grade student. She and her five siblings grew up on a farm near Holly Springs. “My mother and grandparents had […]
News & Events | June 17, 2019
What a week! “Interculturality: Together in Christ” was the theme of the June 11-14, 2019, Provincial Assembly. On the surface, it was a reference to the increasing internationality of the SCJ presence in North America. But the theme moved far beyond the idea of SCJs simply living, praying and ministering together as people from different […]