News & Events | June 25, 2018
Delegates chosen for General Chapter It was a quick Provincial Chapter – only a few hours on Monday afternoon, June 18. Its primary task was to elect delegates from the US Province to the General Chapter in Rome, July 14-27. Of course, the need for a General Chapter was the result of Pope Francis naming […]
News & Events | June 18, 2018
Ordained to the diaconate! In 2006, Juan Carlos Castañeda Rojas entered the ESL program (English as a Second Language) at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. It was his first step on the path to ordained ministry as a Dehonian, a member of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. On June 16, 2018, he […]
News & Events | June 11, 2018
Bishop Haines main celebrant at feast-day Mass Bishop Jeffrey Haines, auxiliary bishop of Milwaukee, was the main celebrant at Friday’s Mass for the Feast of the Sacred Heart at Sacred Heart Monastery / Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology (he is pictured above with Fr. Dominic Peluse). Each year the SHM community, in partnership […]
News & Events | June 04, 2018
“You need to move with change or you disappear” -Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò, former Prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communication, speaking to Dehonian communicators in Rome (he is pictured above) “In God’s plan, human communication is essential for living in communion,” said Fr. Carlos Enrique Caamaño Martin, SCJ, echoing the words of Pope Francis […]
News & Events | May 20, 2018
Celebrating and remembering The Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians) have had a formation program in Chicago since 1971. This summer, the formation community will become a part of Sacred Heart Monastery. Undergraduates will go to Milwaukee area universities and theology students will attend Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. The move brings to end […]
News & Events | May 14, 2018
Open Hearts From May 7-11, SCJs from Canada and the United States gathered at the Siena Center in Racine, WI, for the second of two Dehonian Retreats titled “Open Hearts / Cœur Overts.” The first was in suburban Toronto in August, 2017. The retreats were initiated by the North American councils during one of their […]
News & Events | May 07, 2018
Why am I a brother? May 1, the feast of St. Joseph, was the second annual Religious Brothers Day. Br. Diego Diaz (pictured above on the left), a Dehonian from Argentina studying ESL at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, wrote on the province blog about his vocation. “Many ask me why I am […]
News & Events | April 30, 2018
Native Hope 1st recipient of Johnny Klingler Social Action Award The Provincial Council has affirmed the selection of Native Hope in Chamberlain, SD, as the recipient of the 1st Annual Johnny Klingler, SCJ, Social Action Award. The award was created last year at the recommendation of the Justice, Peace and Reconciliation Commission to honor Fr. Johnny as he retired from the commission for his decades of commitment to […]
News & Events | April 23, 2018
Friends come together to honor Fr. Yost Fr. Charles Yost, SCJ, died last July. A member of the Sacred Heart Community at SHML, he often celebrated Mass at Good Shepherd Chapel for the lay residents of Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake. That’s where Pat and Tom Brown met him. “It’s because of him that we are […]
News & Events | April 16, 2018
Unexpected agenda item Twice a year the administrations of the US Province and Canadian Region meet to discuss collaborative efforts and shared concerns. Topics related to immigration and internationality have been the primary focus of recent meetings. Both were listed on the agenda of the April 9 gathering held at the US Provincialate in Hales […]