News & Events | September 14, 2026
50th annual powwow
This weekend, September 17-19, St. Joseph’s Indian School in South Dakota will celebrate its 50th Annual Powwow. St. Joseph’s powwow is unique in that it is for kids and teens.
Approximately half of the student body takes part in the powwow, joining youth from neighboring communities. Powwows celebrate connections to tradition and spirituality, to the Earth and to one another in a social, personal and spiritual meeting.
Visit the school’s Facebook page now and throughout Powwow Weekend to view videos, photos and news clips from events.
Click on the image below to view a video preview of the event.
Dehon Book Club
Fr. Joseph Mukuna, SCJ, director of the Dehon Study Center, writes that “Our Dehon Book Club meetings will resume on October 2, 2026. We will begin reading selected materials from Fr. Van Hai Ngo’s book, Léon Dehon: Spiritualité du Cœur du Christ et engagement sociétal (Leo Dehon: Spirituality of the Heart of Christ and Social Engagement).
“Since the book is written in French, I will provide an English translation of the section we will be reading and discussing. I will send those materials to participants soon.”
To register for the October 2 meeting, and to receive the materials for it, please contact Fr. Joseph at:
Sr. Wendy Cotter, CSJ, PhD
Advent Hour of Recollection
The Advent Hour of Recollection for SCJs has been scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 10:00 a.m. (Central). Sr. Wendy Cotter, CSJ, PhD, will speak in-person at the Provincial Conference Center on “Turn Around and Believe the Good News (Mk 1:15): The Advent Call of Jesus and the Markan Miracle Stories.
“Through selected miracle narratives from the Gospel of Mark, she will reflect on Jesus’ invitation to embrace new wisdom, new life, and a renewed heart as we prepare for the Advent season,” said Fr. Joseph Mukuna, SCJ, director of the Dehon Study Center and organizer of the event.
A Zoom link will be made available closer to the event date.
For those attending in person, lunch will be available after. Click here to take part in person. Please indicate in your email if you are staying for lunch.
Sr. Wendy is a member of the St. Joseph of Canada community and a Professor Emerita of New Testament at Loyola University Chicago, with particular expertise in the Gospel of Mark and the miracle stories of Jesus. Click here to read more about her.
Congrats and good luck!
Fr. Long Nguyen, SCJ, who was ordained to the priesthood in August, recently accepted a full-time chaplain’s position with Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee. Today is his first day.
Congratulations and good luck Fr. Long!
Available
The Dehon Study Center has four copies of Studia Dehoniana 71 with the title, “Leon’s ‘Pure Love: Explorations into a Figure” by Fr. John van den Hengel, SCJ (Canadian Region). The copies are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here to contact Fr. Joseph Mukuna, SCJ, for more information.
Fr. John’s article is also available online through StudiaDocs Dehoniana. Click here to access it.
Please remember
Mrs. Sylvia McCormick, the sister of Fr. Jim Casper, SCJ, of the Toronto community, died September 12. Please keep the family in prayer.
Former superior general visits
Bishop José Ornelas Carvalho, SCJ, bishop of Leiria-Fátima (Portugal) is in Hales Corners this week to give the Dehon Lecture on Wednesday at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. The lecture is primarily an in-house event for SHSST students and faculty, but SCJs and area staff are welcome to attend. If you plan to do so, click here for more information and to RSVP.
The Dehon Lecture will be recorded and made available on the SHSST YouTube channel.
On Thursday evening, Bishop Ornelas will be with the Sacred Heart Community at SHML for prayer and dinner. All SCJs are invited to join the community for the evening. If you are from outside of the SHML community, please click here ASAP so that the house manager knows how many to plan for.
Outdoor Mass
As a young priest in Poland, Fr. Karol Wojtyła, later Pope St. John Paul II, famously organized wilderness outings with youth and university students. During these excursions, he often celebrated Mass using an upturned kayak or canoe as a field altar. On Sept. 18 at 5:00 p.m., Fr. Ziggy Morawiec, SCJ, SHSST vice rector, will celebrate an outdoor Mass in the tradition of the pope on the grounds of Sacred Heart. Dinner will follow. The Mass and dinner are a part of Sacred Heart’s alumni gathering.
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