vocation
Jubilees of Religious Life in Rome: Fr. Enzo Brena and Fr. Yudis in Thanksgiving
On October 11, 2026, Fathers Enzo Brena and Yudis Adifitrityassanto, serving at the General Curia, celebrated their 50th and 25th jubilees of religious life in Rome. Their testimony is a source of encouragement for young religious.
The Ordination of Father Simon Obuangwe, SCJ: A Seed of Peace for the Diocese of Wamba
On September 17, 2026, Father Simon Obuangwe, SCJ, was ordained a Priest in Ibambi by Most Rev. Emmanuel Ngona, Bishop of Wamba in the DR Congo. An ordination that emerges as a seed of peace within a diocesan context that has been in crisis for several years.
“Not the end of a path, but an important milestone”
From Madagascar to Germany, Brothers Patrice Rakotoniaina, Clement Randrianasolo, and Bruno Rafanomezantsoa made their final vows in Freiburg on September 13, 2026, after several years of formation.
Father Jean Jacques, First Haitian Dehonian Priest: The Story of a Vocation
Interview with Fr. Jean Jacques on the day after his priestly ordination in Brazil: the vocational story of the first Haitian Dehonian, who met the Dehonians while working at a reception center for migrants.
“Without God’s grace I could accomplish nothing”
Bishop Ronilton Souza de Araújo, former Provincial of the SCJ Province of Central Brazil (BSP) and currently Bishop of the Diocese of São Raimundo Nonato, in Brazil, shared with us his personal experience and deep motivations in his episcopal ministry.
Sint Unum in the dehonian formation in Brazil
The Interprovincial Meeting of Dehonian Formators of Brazil was held from April 28 to 30 in Recife, Brazil. This gathering brought together 15 formators with the goal of improving the quality of Dehonian formation through a shared perspective.
Perpetual Vows and Ordinations in Angola
In this Dehonian Jubilee season, the District of Angola joyfully celebrated on March 14th and 15th the perpetual professions of Brother Agostinho Longuia Butica and the Diaconal Ordination of both Brother Agostinho and Brother Adão Manuel Mateus.
Mozambique: The Era of Flourishing Dehonian Vocations
"All our formation houses are full," declared Father Carlitos Miguel Joaquim, Provincial Superior of Mozambique. These words attest to an increasingly joyous reality, 78 years after the arrival of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (SCJ) in Mozambique and 27 years since the erection of the Province.
“Urged by the Love of Christ”: Eight Dehonian Ordained in Indonesia
On August 27, 2025 Archbishop Yohanes Harun Yuwono ordained 6 dehonian priests and 2 deacons at St. Mary Parish, Tugumulya, South Sumatera, Indonesia. The bishop urged the new ordained to never stop moving and to give their very best for Christ.
Perpetual vows in Cameroon
On Saturday, December 4, 07 SCJ confreres made their perpetual vows. It was in Yaoundé, Cameroon, during a Eucharistic celebration presided by the Provincial Superior of Cameroon.
