News & Events | March 24, 2025
Much has changed in 30 years! The Dehon Study Center has come a long way since its days in the basement of Dehon House. Established in 1994, the center was a response to a mandate by the US Provincial Council to make the founder’s works better known and available to English-speakers. Fr. Paul (PJ) McGuire, […]
News & Events | March 17, 2025
Postcard from South Dakota “On Friday, March 14, Bishop Scott Bullock came to the SCJ community house in Chamberlain to meet with the Lower Brule pastoral team,” wrote Fr. Greg Schill, SCJ, local superior of the South Dakota community. “Bishop Bullock was ordained and installed as bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City on September […]
News & Events | March 10, 2025
Celebrating our founder’s birth Friday, March 14, is the 182nd anniversary of the birth of Ven. Fr. Leo John Dehon. As a part of the commemoration of the founder, the German Province created a prayer service that is being distributed throughout the congregation by the General Postulator. From the opening text: “As part of our […]
News & Events | March 03, 2025
As Lent begins, we pray… We thank you, Lord Jesus, for the love you showed us. You brought abundant life to a broken world. You brought light to those in darkness. And in the great sign of love, you allowed your heart to be pierced, that all might be one. And so, Lord, as we […]
News & Events | February 24, 2025
Dehonians sponsor Catholic women’s leadership gathering Approximately 25 Milwaukee-area women gathered February 19 at the Provincial Conference Center in Franklin, WI, for the first of two sessions of the “Catholic Women Leaders’ Winter Series.” Organized by the Dehonian Associates Office and sponsored by the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians), the theme of this year’s […]
News & Events | February 17, 2025
Mission send-off During the Saturday morning Mass at Sacred Heart Monastery the community held a formal missionary send-off ceremony for Sr. Ramona Pandan and Sr. Grecely Tangcogo. Both are members of the Missionary Congregation of Mary (MCM), a diocesan religious community founded in 1970 in the Philippines with the mission of educating children, caring for […]
News & Events | February 10, 2025
Preparing “ambassadors of Christ in everyday life” “[Y]ou play a crucial role in carrying out the Church’s mission in the world by engaging with important issues regarding justice, peace, protection of life, nurturing the young at heart, and upholding the dignity of all people. You are ambassadors of Christ in everyday life. And by embodying […]
News & Events | February 03, 2025
Happy New Year! The Vietnamese community at St. Martin of Tours parish celebrated a special Lunar New Year Mass yesterday, February 2. Known as “Tết,” it is one of Vietnam’s most significant holidays, a time for families to reunite and honor their ancestors. Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, provincial superior, was the main celebrant and homilist. […]
News & Events | January 27, 2025
Celebrating Catholic Schools Week! Schools throughout the province are celebrating Catholic Schools Week from January 26 – February 1. At Our Lady of Guadalupe in Houston there are special activities each day, including a panel discussion about vocations (Fr. Henry Nguyen, SCJ, vocation director, and Fra. Michael Wodarczyk, SCJ, are among the panelists), service projects […]
News & Events | January 19, 2025
On Love… Each year we note some of the parallels in the writings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and our founder, Ven. Fr. Leo John Dehon. Below are reflections from both on the topic of “love.” “Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, “Love your enemies.” It is this: that […]