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Holland - 1875

China - 1882

Italy - 1888

Austria - 1889

Germany - 1889

Argentina - 1889

Togo - 1892

Ecuador - 1893

Brazil - 1895

Papua N.Guinea - 1896

Australia - 1900

Chile - 1900

USA - 1905

Japan - 1906

Philippines - 1909

Paraguay - 1910

Mozambique - 1911

Indonesia - 1913

Poland - 1920 (1892)

Switzerland - 1920

Slovakia - 1923

Hungary - 1924

England - 1930

Belgium - 1928

Australia - 1929

India - 1932

Ghana - 1938

Ireland - 1939

Spain - 1945

Portugal - 1949

Canada - 1950

Zaire - 1951

Taiwan - 1954

Congo - 1957

Mexico - 1962

Colombia - 1964

Angola - 1965

Yugoslavia - 1970

Hong Kong - 1979

Botswana - 1981

South Korea - 1984

Kenya - 1984

New Zealand - 1985

Madagascar - 1989

Belarus/Russia - 1991

Bolivia - 1991

Vietnam - 1998

Thailand - 1999

Tanzania - 1999

South Africa - 2001

Chad - 2004

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The Divine Word Missionaries today

 

In early 1875, when Arnold Janssen went to Archbishop Paul Mechers of Cologne to present a plan to establish a house for the foreign missions, the bishop said, “We live in a time when everything seems to be shaking and sinking. Now you are coming and want to start something new?” Fr. Janssen replied: “We live in a time when much is collapsing and new things must be established in their place.”

This attitude of the founder of the Divine Word Missionaries, developed and sustained by his intense life of prayer and unceasing search for God’s will, enabled him to persevere in his vision. On September 8, 1875, with a few companions, and in spite of doubts, reservations and material poverty, he established German-speaking Europe’s first mission house in the tiny village of Steyl on the River Maas in the Netherlands. Contrary to general expectations, the Mission House of Steyl quickly became widely known and ten years later had already become a Mission Congregation. When Arnold Janssen died (1909) it numbered one thousand members (priests and brothers) serving all over the world.

His statement sums up the trust on which his life grounded.

With the same trust, today’s 6000 Divine Word Missionaries continue their mission especially:

· In pastoral ministry, in building up and accompanying church communities. Priests and Brothers work together as pastoral ministers and collaborators in the most diverse social projects.

· In the proclamation of the Word of God. As “Society of the Divine Word” they see a special obligation to promote the biblical apostolate.

· In commitment to justice, peace and the integrity of creation. This commitment permeates all individual activities and projects.

In the fields of media, communication and research. Through these the Church’s mission as respectful dialogue with all people, following the example of Jesus Christ, will be increasingly deepened and more generally effective.

 

St. Michael’s in Steyl: The Motherhouse of the Divine Word Missionaries (SVD).

 

Our Missionary Life and Service today

 

In creative fidelity to Saint Arnold and according to their Constitutions of 1983/2000 and the resolutions of recent General Chapters, the Divine Word Missionaries define themselves thus:

 

Our Calling

 

In accordance with the words of Jesus Christ, “Peace be with you! As the Father sent me, so I send you” (Jn 20:21), we are willing to leave our country, language and culture and to go wherever the Church sends us. This availability is the essential mark of our missionary vocation.

 

Our Society

 

We are a Catholic religious congregation with lay and clerical members, living in international and multicultural communities. Through this we witness to the worldwide Church and to fraternal relations. Through the vows (poverty, celibacy, obedience) we bind ourselves to this missionary congregation.

 

Our Mission

 

We work especially in areas where the gospel has not yet or has only insufficiently been proclaimed and where the local Church is not yet viable on its own. The example of Jesus, the Word made Flesh, guides us as we live out our mission. Open and full of respect for the religious and cultural traditions of all people, we seek dialogue with all and share the Good News of God’s love with them. Our particular service is to enter into dialogue with people who:

· do not have a faith community and are Faith Seekers,

· are poor and marginalized,

· are of different cultures and

· are of different religious traditions and secular ideologies.

 

The Religious Family of Steyl today

 

SVD Links

 

SVD Generalate

 

SVD World Webpage

 

SVD Provinces

 

SVD Austria

 

SVD Australia

 

SVD Ecuador

 

SVD Germany

 

SVD India

 

SVD Ireland

 

SVD Japan

 

SVD Papua New Guinea

 

SVD Philippines Southern Province

 

SVD Poland

 

SVD Portugal

 

SVD USA Chicago Province

 

SVD USA Southern Province

 

SVD USA Western Province

 

Other SVD Sites

 

Vivat International

 

SVD Sponsored Journal "Anthropos"

 

SVD Mother of Perpetual Help Center for HIV/AIDS Patients

in Thailand

 

Divine Word College Vocations

 

SVD Divine Word College

 

SVD Alumni Assocation - USA

 

SVD Mission in Appalachia

 

SVD Missions

 

SVD CTP Page

 

SVD Techny Towers

 

SVD Gift Store

 

SVD Nanzan University (Japan)

 

SVD Fu Jen University (Taiwan)

 

SVD University of San Carlos (Philippines)

 

SVD Divine Word College of Legaspi (Phillippines)

 

In a Word Publication

 

Wordnet

Catholic Television Ministry

 

Nguyen Trung Tay, SVD

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