News & Events | June 16, 2025
Reelected! Just a week ago members of the US Province were arriving in Milwaukee to elect a provincial administration for the 2025-2028 term. By lunchtime on Tuesday, Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, was reelected to a second three-year term as provincial superior. By midday on Thursday, the last of the five-member Provincial Council was in place. […]
News & Events | June 09, 2025
Inspiring others to find their vocation Fr. Christian Hoper, SCJ, was the main celebrant of the monthly Vocation Mass at the Provincialate chapel last Friday. During his homily he talked about his own vocation, saying that as a teen “I wanted to be an Idol!” What he meant was that he wanted his chance at […]
News & Events | June 02, 2025
A week from today… Election Assembly The US Province Election Assembly will begin a week from today (June 9) at 1:30 p.m. at the Provincial Conference Center in Hales Corners. SCJs from around the country will gather to discern the province leadership team for the next three years. Sr. Cathy Bertrand, SSND, is the assembly […]
News & Events | May 19, 2025
Jubilee Colloquium On May 12, representatives from the Faculdade Dehoniana in Taubaté, Brazil, joined faculty and staff from Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology in a “Jubilee Colloquium.” Funded by an In Trust Grant, the colloquium was an opportunity for academic conversations between the two Dehonian institutions. The name “Jubilee Colloquium” was in honor […]
News & Events | May 12, 2025
Habemus Papam! As soon as word got out that white smoke had been seen over the Sistine Chapel, students and staff at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, as well as others from nearby Dehonian ministries, crammed around the television screen at the SHSST lobby to learn who the new pope would be. “It’s […]
News & Events | May 05, 2025
Coffee and conversations On April 29, Fr. Frank Wittouck, SCJ, was the most recent speaker in the “Coffee and Conversations” series at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake. During his hour with residents he shared stories of his over 67 years of religious life as a Dehonian. Originally from Chicago, Fr. Frank had polio as a […]
News & Events | April 28, 2025
Flanagan Center blessed On April 25 Bishop Joseph Kopacz of the Diocese of Jackson blessed the newly renovated Flanagan Center in Walls, MS. Completed in mid-January, the work turned the facility into a modern hub for the organization’s critical programs: a bustling food pantry, social services, volunteer operations, and HIV/AIDS support. Plans for the overhaul […]
News & Events | April 14, 2025
We pray… God of mercy, with our founder, Leo John Dehon, we remember the mysterious ways of your love. In this time of new birth, we recall the way of the cross and we offer you our hearts. We want to do your will in all things in the way that Jesus did. In all […]
News & Events | April 07, 2025
Reflecting on God’s love “I have daily experiences as an elementary school principal [of witnessing] where our love regenerates,” wrote Bridget Martin in this month’s As a Rule, reflecting on Rule No. 20 of the SCJ Rule of Life. “Students learn that giving love isn’t about the material goods you have to give, it is […]
News & Events | March 31, 2025
Where am I being like Christ’s Heart? On March 25, Dr. Jeremy Blackwood, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology, gave the Lenten Hour of Reflection for employees, volunteers and other collaborators of the Priests of the Sacred Heart. His theme: “Dilexit nos and the Layers of the Heart,” […]