This is graduation week at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology. Commencement is on Friday, May 9; Fr. Levi Dos Anjos Ferreira, SCJ, vicar general and an alumnus of SHSST’s ESL program (now, English and Culture Studies) is the commencement speaker. Also among the visitors will be a delegation from the Faculdade Dehoniana in Taubaté, Brazil. The school of theology in the Brazil-Saó Paulo Province and SHSST have been exploring opportunities for partnership during the past year. During their visit to the US Province, the Brazilian group will travel to South Dakota to learn about SCJ ministries there.
At 10:00 a.m. on Friday, six students will receive their ECS certificates during a ceremony led by Fr. Tom Cassidy, SCJ. The event will take place in the main lobby; anyone is welcome to attend. Among the ECS students to be recognized are five SCJs: Fr. Floribert Bulo Dhelo, Fr. Ari Saputra, Fr. Jean-Didier Mumbata Ndongala, Fr. Piotr Chmielecki and Mário Henrique da Costa Nunes.
On Wednesday, Milwaukee’s Archbishop Emeritus Jerome E. Listecki will preside at SHSST’s all-school Mass at 11:00 a.m. in the Sacred Heart Chapel. It is an opportunity for the seminary community, and the Priests of the Sacred Heart, to express gratitude for Archbishop Listecki’s many years of faithful ministry and collaboration with the seminary. “On May 14 he will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, and we are honored to recognize that milestone with him during his visit to campus,” said Dcn. Anton Nickolai, SHSST Vice President of Institutional Advancement. SCJs are very welcome at the Mass.
