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Fr. Larry Craig, ss.cc.
 While
attending a meeting of senior high students at LaSalle High School
in Providence, RI, Father Larry Craig heard Father Francis Larkin,
ss.cc., give a talk on the work of the Sacred Hearts Missions. He
became interested in joining and made his novitiate in 1936. Later
in 1941 he was ordained.
In July 1949, Fr. Larry traveled by ship to
Yokohama and then to Hawaii to study Japanese for six months with
Fathers Albert Evans and Patrick Heran, who also were founders of
the Mission in Japan. Later, they were assigned to Ibaraki
Prefecture, one of the apostolic prefectures making up the Diocese
of Urawa. Within a year, Fr. Larry had a parish with two missions in
the town of Mito.
Fr.
John Fee, ss.cc.
 As
a member of the Sacred Hearts Community for over fifty-six years, it
has always been a consolation for me in times of trouble to know
that I will be helped through the prayers of our worldwide SS.CC.
Community, both living and deceased. I
believe their intercessions have often seen me survive many- a- dark
night of the soul and many- a-hectic day of activity. My heartfelt
congratulations go out to all our Jubilarians wherever they may be.
They are all long-term, hardworking, faithful workers of our noble
and beloved Congregation of the Sacred Hearts. May God love and
bless all of our members more each day, and may Our Lady of Peace be
near us always. Ad Multos Annos
Fr.
David Reid, ss.cc.
 With
the SS.CC. community, I have learned to live against the grain and
perhaps never more than when it comes to priesthood.
This is what I believe. Everyone baptized participates in the one
and only priesthood revealed to humankind: that of Jesus raised in
the release of the Holy Spirit to glorious victory for our salvation
by an all loving and
faithful God.
Every Christian vocation, therefore, is a variation on the theme of
the priesthood of Christ. Jesus of Nazareth did not belong to any
priestly family, but given the communal title of Christ in the
resurrection, is priest forever! Religious life has taught me this
communal aspect.
The number forty seems to indicate a time of learning and
incubation. If Moses was then ready to move on and, indeed, Jesus
too, may I pray to move on after forty years to minister with
renewed zeal and zest to those who minister in the priestly ordo of
their baptism to the world.
Fr. Paul Deyo, ss.cc.,
 When
I joined the Congregation as a young man in 1954 in Washington, DC,
and attended Catholic University under the GI Bill, life and
priorities were a lot different than they are now. But people never
change. From my efforts in the great Archdiocese of Los Angeles to a
quiet fishing village of New Bedford, Massachusetts to a bustling
parish in Miami Beach, Florida, the community that I was attracted
to fifty years ago still offers support and fulfillment in my
priestly life.
Although I joined the community to become a missionary, little did I
know that my missions would include the responsibilities of being a
high school dean and a parish priest in the good-old USA. Those who
will come after me will experience as I have a family spirit and
brotherhood rarely found among members of such callings. And now in
the sunset of my life, I am constantly thanking God for having
directed me in his divine providence to the Congregation.
Fr. Michael Marie Shanahan, ss.cc.
 Apart
from whatever Michael does in favor of the
SS.CC. in India,
including his membership in the leadership
team of the brothers, there is something else that we can not but be
grateful to God for. That is simply his
presence: his authenticity, his fidelity, his honesty, his love for
the Congregation that means for us, for those
of us who form it here. For twenty five years he has been devoted to
serving the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Mary in this singular country, India. God will reward him.
Fr. Felipe Lazcanzo
Hamilton, ss.cc.
General Councilor
Former Superior of India
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