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The Trenton Monitor, news source of the Diocese of Trenton, features the 150th anniversary celebration in New Jersey.
Father Jesus Briones SVD went where he was called to serve.
One brother and seven seminarians professed perpetual vows this autumn. Coming from as far as Vietnam to the west and Angola to the east, they represent the intercultural nature of the Society of the Divine Word.
A Divine Word Missionary reflects on the beauty of perpetual vows and the ceremony that illustrates the Society of the Divine Word's intercultural nature.
The Catholic Opinion, official news source of the Archdiocese of Kingston, Jamaica, recognized the 50th jubilee of Brother Bernie Spitzley SVD and the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Society of the Divine Word.
Despite 20-plus years in Papua New Guinea, Father Joseph McDermott never lost his connection to home.
Cristo Rei parish in Mississauga, Canada, held a dynamic food festival as part of their celebration for the 150th founding anniversary of the Society of the Divine Word.
A missionary priest in religious vows for 70 years, Father Joseph Bisson SVD left a loving legacy in Papua New Guinea.
The Trenton Monitor, news site of the Diocese of Trenton, recognizes Father Martin Padovani SVD as he moves from New Jersey to Illinois.
Gratitude underscores Hoang Son Vu SVD's road to the Society of the Divine Word.