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 […]
News & Events | October 21, 2024
Issues of Fr. Dehon’s time are issues of today “Although Fr. Dehon never heard the term ‘global warming,’ he lived in the pollution of the Industrial Revolution in Saint Quentin [France],” said Fr. Jim Schroeder, SCJ, to participants at the Dehonian Conference on Climate Change and Nuclear Weapons. “And even though Fr. Dehon never heard […]
News & Events | September 23, 2024
Meet our 2024-25 students! Each year, we ask those in formation to introduce themselves. During the current academic year there are three seminarians in pastoral assignments, two full-time students at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology and one student doing undergraduate studies. Excerpts from a few of the intros: “I felt called to the […]
News & Events | September 16, 2024
48th annual Powwow The 48th Annual St. Joseph’s Indian School Wačhípi is next Saturday, September 21. As is tradition, a royalty competition set the final days of preparation for the event in motion. Five young women competed for Miss St. Joe’s, and 14 for Junior Miss St. Joe’s. Eleven young men presented for Eagle Staff […]
News & Events | September 09, 2024
Congratulations Fr. Tom! On August 28, during the Opening Mass for the 2024-25 academic year, Fr. Thomas Cassidy, SCJ, was installed as the 11th president-rector of Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. A position that Fr. Tom has held previously, he is serving as interim president-rector. Fr. Stephen Huffstetter, SCJ, former vicar general, will […]
News & Events | August 26, 2024
Congratulations! Congratulations to Frater Long Nguyen, SCJ, who graduated last week from an extended, year-long CPE program (Clinical Pastoral Education) through Aurora Healthcare. “This year-long extended CPE program is three units for the purpose of board certification by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains,” said Frater Long, who took part in entry-level CPE training in […]
News & Events | August 19, 2024
Vow renewals Congratulations to Frater Hung Pham, SCJ, Frater Truc Tran, SCJ, Frater Thuan Nguyen, SCJ, Frater Michael Wodarczyk, SCJ, and Frater Jacob Smith, SCJ, who renewed their vows on August 12 during Mass at St. Joseph Chapel at Sacred Heart Monastery. Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, received the vows. The community also commemorated the 99th […]