"With profound sorrow, we inform the Apostolic Nuncio, Cardinals, Bishops, Priests, Nuns, and all the faithful that Mgr. Anton Pain Ratu, SVD, has passed away at the age of 95," said Father Vinsentiun Wun, SVD.
A simple, unassuming, hardworking, loving, and committed religious; and prayerful Divine Word Missionary Brother Juniper (Joachim Kerketta) passed away at around ten o'clock on January 3 in St. Joseph's Home, Catholic Ashram Palda, a town in Indore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
“We feel the concern expressed by Pope Francis in his latest exhortation, Laudate Deum (2023), that ‘the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point’ (LD 2), but we are not doing enough to care for our common home,” said NGO VIVAT International.
The book "William Finnemann: An SVD Filipino Martyr” (for Inspirational Category) was among those awarded at the 17th Cardinal Sin Catholic Book Awards Ceremony on September 15 at the 44th Manila International Book Fair at SMX Convention Center Mall of Asia Pasay City.
Our commitment to research would support the Commission on Higher Education's goal of promoting research in higher education. "Our Basic Education Department introduces high school students to research," said Fr. Renato Aguilay Tampol, SVD.
Swiss "development figure" and Divine Word Missionary (SVD) Father Anton Ernst Waser died in Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia, after 46 years at the age of 94.
The government should "commit to dialogues, collaborate, and share knowledge and resources towards advancing a common agenda to realize a life of dignity for all with Timor-Leste people," Minz said.
The Society of the Divine Word, a Catholic religious order, celebrates its 50th jubilee presence in the Diocese of Surigao, in the province of Surigao del Norte, southern Philippines.
In an exclusive interview with Radio Veritas Asia, Bhopal Archbishop Durairaj, SVD, said people's and religious priests' love, support, encouragement, and cooperation motivate and challenge him to do many things in his mission.
The book is the result of scholars from Asia and other places working together to show the different ideas, approaches, and models that the Church used to communicate during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how this experience helps to inform the communication work of the Church in the future.
Synodality is ultimately about mission says Fr Stephen Bevans SVD , in a major mission conference and deliver a presentation to the SVD community in Australia.
Tracing Janssen's path to founding SVD is a lengthy journey. It encompasses his numerous interactions with a variety of parties. Inevitably, a slew of issues and complications arose during the process. He encountered cultural clashes and religious strife in Germany following the outbreak of the "Kulturkampf," which resulted in the decline of spiritual practices in the country. As a devout Catholic family, Janssen was taken aback by a shift in the public's religious attitude.
A new Divine Word Mission Centre has been opened in the town of Chakpikarong, a subdivision of Chandel district of Manipur state in northeastern India.
