News & Events | January 13, 2025
Preaching the truth Fr. Paul Phong Hoang, SCJ (pictured below), was one of the closing presenters at the 7th Annual Preaching Conference at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology which took place January 7-8. Fr. Mark Mastin, SCJ, was the opening speaker; he is pictured above with Fra. Michael Wodarczyk, SCJ, asking a question of Fr. […]
News & Events | January 06, 2025
Continued ministry to Ukraine A small group of Dehonians continue to serve the people of Ukraine: nine SCJs in parishes located in the regions of Zhytomyr and Kyiv. Last week the community posted an update on the general website. “Our main problem now is the ongoing war,” they write. “Although direct hostilities are far from […]
News & Events | December 16, 2024
We pray… Jesus, to touch our hearts you put aside your divine glory and became a child. To repair a broken world, you embraced our poverty. To bring us the friendship of God, you offered yourself to your Father and emptied yourself on our behalf. Jesus, as we remember the day of your birth, we […]
News & Events | December 09, 2024
We pray… Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, a few short years after the gospel was preached on our shores you came to us, bearing your Son, Jesus. Others had come with greed in their hearts, guns in their hands, and disease in their bodies, but you came with our Savior in your womb. You came […]
News & Events | December 02, 2024
Advent begins God of kindness, you so loved the world that you sent Jesus, your Son, to become one of us. In response to your love, we offer you our lives: our energies, our needs, our intentions. Receive our offering; enable us to unite it with your Word made flesh. During these days full of […]
News & Events | November 25, 2024
Giving thanks, and remembering those who came before For Dehonians in the US Province, this week includes two special moments for expressing gratitude. Thursday, November 28, is American Thanksgiving. Officially it is a day to give thanks for our many blessings, but also a time to be with family, friends, or to simply relax in […]
News & Events | November 18, 2024
75 years! On November 9, Holy Family School in Holly Springs, MS, hosted a 75th anniversary celebration. Bishop Joseph Kopacz of Jackson was the main celebrant at a Mass that kicked off the day’s events; he is pictured above with SCJ Frs. Guy Blair, David Szatkowski, Vien Nguyen and Jack Kurps. The school opened in […]
News & Events | November 11, 2024
Celebrating anniversaries and honoring veterans On Saturday, November 9, parishioners at St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin, WI, celebrated two significant anniversaries: 50 years of Dehonian ministry at the parish, and 20 years since the Dedication Mass of SMOT’s newly built church. In 1998, Fr. Charlie Bisgrove, SCJ, was pastor of Sacred Hearts of Jesus and […]
News & Events | November 04, 2024
Vocation Awareness Week From November 3-9, we celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, a time dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life. Throughout the week, the Province Vocation Office is sharing brief quotes from our seminarians about their experience of following God’s call. They appear on the province Facebook page and Instagram. “No […]
News & Events | October 28, 2024
Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere! An annual fall tradition for students in the ECS program at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology is a visit to the Godsell Farm to share a meal, visit the animals, and – of course – carve a few pumpkins! The students are pictured above with their creations; seated in the […]