Uncategorized | November 07, 2011
Holy Family student wins state writing competition Brentson Hall, a Holy Family School eighth grader, recently won first place in the Junior High Short Story Division of the annual University of Mississippi Writing Competition. The Office of Academic Competitions received almost 500 entries from 7th through 12th grade students from all over the Mid-South area. […]
Uncategorized | October 24, 2011
Homily from the opening Mass of the European Conference on Secularity In his Gospel Luke is the only one who tells the story of the mission of the 70 – or as some traditions say, 72 – disciples. It is interesting that this periscope of the Gospel was chosen for today’s liturgy. It sets Luke […]
Uncategorized | September 22, 2011
Today, September 22, is the Feast of Blessed Juan Maria de la Cruz, the first SCJ to be named blessed. He was beatified on March 11, 2001. “On July 23, 1936, in the midst of a leftist controlled, anticlerical government in Spain, Fr. Juan traveled incognito to Valencia seeking refuge with one of the congregation’s […]
Uncategorized | September 07, 2011
On July 12, the first full day of the 2011 Province Assembly, Fr. John van den Hengel of the General Council gave two presentations. In the morning he presented the statistics of the congregation, showing how the face of the Priests of the Sacred Heart is changing, and how it will continue to change in […]
Uncategorized | August 15, 2011
August 5-7, Divine Heart Seminary’s class of 1961 gathered at Sacred Heart School of Theology for its 50th reunion. Among the attendees was Fr. Bernie Rosinski, who was a DHS teacher in 1961. Fr. Bernie wrote the following reflection on the reunion: August 5-7 saw a Donaldson alumni class gather for the 50th anniversary of their graduation […]
Uncategorized | August 15, 2011
Bishop Virginio Bressanelli, bishop of Coadjutor Bishop of Neuquén Patagonia-Comahue, Argentina, ordained 11 Indian SCJs to the priesthood in two ceremonies last week. The bishop was superior general of the Priests of the Sacred Heart when the community first began its presence in India. The following are the homilies he gave at the two ordinations. Dear Brothers […]
Uncategorized | August 15, 2011
The following is written by Fr. McQueen Mascarenhas, SCJ, a member of the Indian District. One of the first Indian SCJs to be ordained, Fr. McQueen writes about the August ordination of 11 more members of the district: The Indian District experienced great joy as eleven brothers were ordained as priests in Kerela and in […]
Uncategorized | June 27, 2011
The following SCJs have registered for the July 11-14 Province Assembly: Bossie Bob Brackin Jim Brown Charles Burke Mike Bursnick Frank Casper Paul Cassidy Tom Clancy Frank Czyzynski John de Jong Jan Dean Joe Diaz Clay DiLeo Rick Elder Lenny Fette Mike Fortner Mark Griesemer Ed Grizzelle Reid Paul Haaland Byron Huffstetter Stephen Humpfer Ben […]
Uncategorized | May 02, 2011
Fr. John van den Hengel, a member of the General Council, was asked by the German Province to write a reflection on Pope Benedict’s recently published second volume on Jesus of Nazareth. The reflection will appear in one of the province’s periodicals. Fr. John’s text: Pope Benedict XVI allowed us to reflect on this mystery […]
Uncategorized | April 11, 2011
In May and June the U.S. Province celebrates the priesthood ordination of two of its members: Dn. Duy Nguyen, SCJ, on June 11 and and Dn. Greg Schill, SCJ, on May 21 . Classmates, Dn. Duy was ordained to the diaconate last October and Dn. Greg was ordained a deacon in November. Dn. Greg, 34, […]