Priests of the Sacred Heart - Community Update - Congratulations to Deacon Thi Pham, SCJ


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CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Deacon Thi Pham, SCJ, who was ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Richard Sklba on Saturday, August 12, at Sacred Heart Monastery in Hales Corners, Wis.

Bishop Sklba poses with Dn. Thi Pham's family. Dn. Thi was ordained at Sacred Heart Monastery on Saturday. He will be doing his diaconate internship at Christ the King parish in Mississippi.

Dn. Thi, 31, is originally from Vietnam. He is the youngest boy, and the eighth of nine children. Two of his brothers were the first of his family to immigrate to the United States. It took ten years before his entire family would be united. They settled in San Antonio, Texas.

Thi kneels before Bishop Sklba during the ordination ceremony. Fr. Charles Bisgrove, Fr. Richard MacDonald and candidate Son Ho look on.

Quickly adapting to his new home, Dn. Thi entered high school, graduating in May, 1995. Soon after, he was a candidate with the Priests of the Sacred Heart. He did his undergraduate studies while living as a candidate in the San Antonio formation program. He professed his first vows in 2002 and began his theology studies soon after.

The newly ordained deacon at the altar with Bishop Sklba.

During the 2004-05 academic year, Dn. Thi did pastoral ministry at St. Martin of Tours parish in Franklin. Last fall he completed his theological studies. In May, he professed his final vows.

Fr. Yvon Sheehy, Dn. David Nagel, Bishop Richard Sklba, Dn. Thi Pham, Fr. Richard MacDonald and Fr. Francis-Vu Tran

Talking about his vocation, Dn. Thi says that "I still continue praying for and seeking my own vocation to commit myself to serve God's people… One of the things which attracts me to the religious life, especially with the Priests of the Sacred Heart, is that we all have different personalities, come from different backgrounds and bring different talents to our vocation. Yet, together we work as a team to support the Church, and to bring God's words to His people. The religious life is a call to live together and to support one another in times of joy as well as times of hardship."

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From the very beginning of the Congregation, the Priests of the Sacred Heart have accepted calls to serve the Church throughout the world. Currently, the Priests of the Sacred Heart are engaged in ministries in the following countries:

Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bylorussia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Congo, Croatia, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Moldavia, Mozambique, The Netherlands, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, The Ukraine, The United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.