Fr. Vien installed as provincial superior

During a liturgy at Good Shepherd Chapel at Sacred Heart at Monastery Lake Fr. Vien Nguyen, SCJ, was installed as the 16th provincial superior of the US Province of the Priests of the Sacred Heart (Dehonians). He was elected to the position by fellow SCJ priests and brothers on January 4 during the province’s Election Assembly. Prior to his election, Fr. Vien was vice rector and assistant professor of Scripture Studies at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology in Hales Corners, WI.
Also beginning their three-year term with Fr. Vien is the five-member Provincial Council: Fr. Jack Kurps, SCJ (executive director of Sacred Heart Southern Missions in Mississippi, he is now vice provincial), Fr. Rafael Querobin, SCJ (administrator of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Houston), Fr. Greg Schill, SCJ (chaplain at St. Joseph’s Indian School in South Dakota), Br. Duane Lemke, SCJ (superior of Sacred Heart Monastery and province director of Justice, Peace and Reconciliation) and Dn. David Nagel, SCJ (treasurer of the US Province).
Download Fr. Vien's homily at: https://dehoniansusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Installation-Homily_to-be-publishe.pdf