As noted last week, August 12 marked the opening of the Jubilee Year in recognition of the centenary of Fr. Leo John Dehon’s death in 2025, as well as the 150th anniversary of the foundation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in 2028.
Fr. Carlos Luis Suárez Codorniú, SCJ, superior general, officially opened the Jubilee in Brussels, Fr. Dehon’s final home before his death.
“[I]n this house where our Venerable Founder Father Léon Jean Dehon died on August 12, 1925, I declare open the journey of our Dehonian jubilee, which runs from this memorable day until June 28, 2028,” said Fr. Carlos. “May these years of preparation, formation and celebration renew our response to the vocation of love and reparation that we have received, increase our missionary zeal, strengthen our unity and our passion for justice and peace, for the care of our common home, so that we may always and everywhere be ‘prophets of love and servant of the reconciliation of men and the world in Christ’ (Cst 7).”
Fr. General is pictured below (middle of the top row) with members of the SCJ community following the Opening Liturgy in Brussels. Joining the SCJs were lay Dehonians and other friends of the community.
