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Living the Year of Consecrated Life as Divine Word Missionaries

The following is a reflection of Fr. Herbert Scholz, the current Generalate Archivist. He shares from the perspective of someone who lived in big communities for the past 60 years.

New “Divine Word parish” in CALI, Colombia

Upon the bishop’s suggestion, Msgr. Jesús Dario Monsalve, the new parish was named Parroquia del Verbo Divino (Divine Word Parish).

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VIVAT International, NGO in the U.N.

Vivat International is a NGO founded by seven Catholic missionary congregations to defend human rights, justice and peace inside the U.N. This year, VIVAT made important contributions to the Sustainable Development Assembly (CDS) and this article attempts to help us to understand the scope of this new mission field that lies before us. Read More
Meeting of the MAVD Lay Missionaries with Fr. Heinz

We were in Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico) with some of the coordinators of the Lay Missionaries of MAVD and we asked them what impressions they had got of Fr. General Heinz during his recent visit to Mexico? Read More
Our Mission through Education and Research

One of the Congregational Directions concerns our mission through education and research institutions (IDW 11: 14-15). It calls on the provinces, regions, and missions that choose this as one of their priorities ad extra to “evaluate their education policies, institutions and programs with a special concern for the Catholic character of the institution, social justice and interculturality.” Read More
We view leadership as "a commitment to serve"

In some provinces/regions and missions in the Society, for the triennium 2014-2017, new superiors and councilors are assuming their role of leadership for the first time. They are commissioned with the noble task to interact, dialogue and collaborate with the 6,000 SVD members working in 76 countries. Read More
Workshop for the New SVD Provincials

The Workshop for the New Provincials of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) concluded this July 5, 2014 at the Mass celebrated by the Superior General, Fr. Heinz Kuluke SVD at the Centro Ad Gentes Chapel in Nemi, Italy. Read More
2014 Priestly Ordinations in Techny, USC

Most Reverend J. Terry Steib, SVD, bishop of Memphis, ordained three members of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) on Saturday, May 24, at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Techny, Ill. Read More
Indigenous Pastoral in Mexico

The SVD in Mexico has recently taken the responsibility of a second parish in the Diocese of Chiapas. We asked Fr. Carlos Salcedo, SVD about the characteristics of this new mission and the SVD commitment in that region? Read More
Seven young men profess Vows as SVD Missionaries

On Saturday, August 16, 2014 in the Holy Spirit Chapel in Techny, Illinois, seven young men professed theirs First Vows as Divine Word Missionaries. Read More
Bible Workshop in California

The Bible Workshop organized by the Bible Ministry team (Ministerio Biblico Verbo Divino - MBVD) in California under the leadership of Joe Scott and Roberto Flores was a great success. Read More
Ministering in the Witch Camps in Northern Ghana

Asuncion Vazquez is a Divine Word Missionary seminarian originally from Paraguay, who is participating as a part of his formation, in a program entitled Cross-Cultural Training Program (CTP). Asuncion chose to complete his year of missionary practice in Ghana, West Africa and he shares with us an interesting experience. Read More
Our new Zonal Coordinator

Marcelo Cattanéo svd, is our new Zonal Coordinator PANAM and share with us his experience of the recent meeting of Provincials and Formators of the South & Andina subzones. We have also the agenda for the next Panam meetings. Read More
Giving one’s body and soul in the peripheries

From the missionary agenda of Pope Francis one can derive the right attitude towards the peripheries, an intrinsic subject of Christian theology. The God of Jesus, the Divine Word, incarnates from the geographical, social and existential peripheries of His time. Read More
Waking Up the World

To celebrate the religious vocation and to mark its importance for the church, Pope Francis has declared the year 2015 as the Year of Consecrated Life, starting in November 21, 2014 and concluding on February 2, 2016. Read More
The poor evangelize us (SVD High Schools of Chile)

Every Saturday night, young students of our Divine Word High School of Los Angeles, go out to share a hot meal and a nice conversation with the homeless of this Chilean city. Read More
Missionary Week in Schools of ARS

The Southern Province of our congregation in Argentina developed its missionary work in two major areas: parishes and schools. As for the schools, we have six large institutions with a long history and prestigious tradition of good education. Read More
Summer missions revive the Christian communities

Summer holidays in Argentina are quite long. However, these summer months are suitable for carrying out an evangelizing mission with youth, especially during the months of January and February. Read More
The Experience of Learning a new language and culture

Seminarian Raymond Asagdem, SVD was born in Wiaga, Ghana. As part of his formation, he began the Cross-Cultural Training Program (CTP) in 2013 and traveled to Bolivia. He writes here about his first year in another new culture. Read More
2014 Priestly Ordinations in Techny, USC (2)

Most Reverend J. Terry Steib, SVD, bishop of Memphis, ordained three members of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) on Saturday, May 24, at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Techny, Ill. Read More
Minutes of the Meeting of PANAM Zonal Committee in Colombia

In the city of Medellin, on the third day of November 2014, the PANAM Zonal Committee met. Fr. Emigdio, Superior Provincial of Colombia, welcomes our confreres. Read More
Novices Make 30-Day Retreat

The eight novices departed Techny on Sunday, December 28, headed to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where they will make their 30-day retreat under the direction of Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Catherine Griffiths and our confreres Walter Bracken and Walter Miller, beginning on January 2. Read More

REBILAC 2014 Meeting in Ecuador

The Ecumenical Biblical Network for Latin America and Caribbean (REBILAC in acronym) held his 2014 National Meeting in Crucita, province of Manabi in Ecuador. These meetings help each year to promote biblical activities and workshops at an ecumenical level with other sister churches.

BRC: In Defense of the Environment

Defending the Environment is part of our mission to promote Justice and Peace as well as the integrity of creation. Fr. Nicholas Bakker, SVD explains how (in Brazilian)