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Divine Word Missionary priests have long worked in African American communities in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi, in Chicago, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and elsewhere. Numerous African Americans have joined the Society of the Divine Word as priests and brothers and have served as foreign missionaries throughout the world. [29]
Twomey grew up in Cork, where he attended Christian Brothers College.He entered the Divine Word Missionaries in 1963. After philosophical studies at Donamon, County Roscommon, and theological studies at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, he was ordained priest on 6 January 1970.
After completing his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Father Lovasik was ordained a missionary priest of the Society of the Divine Word on August 14, 1938. [1] Lovasik was assigned to St. Paul's Mission House in Epworth, Iowa (1939–1941) where he helped prepare students for the priesthood.
Arnold Janssen SVD (5 November 1837 – 15 January 1909), was a German-Dutch Catholic priest and missionary who is venerated as a saint.He founded the Society of the Divine Word, a Catholic missionary religious congregation, also known as the Divine Word Missionaries, as well as two congregations for women.
Patrick Michael Rice (also Patricio Rice) (September 1945 – 8 July 2010) was an Irish human rights activist and former Catholic priest and religious who became a resident of Argentina. He was a campaigner on behalf of the families of the " disappeared ", the victims of that nation's dirty war during the 1970s.
He became archdiocesan treasurer in 2005, and the local superior of the Divine Word Missionaries in 2008. [2] [3] On 20 June 2009, Kaliyanil was appointed the third archbishop of Bulawayo by Pope Benedict XVI. [1] He succeeds the politically outspoken Pius Ncube, who resigned as archbishop in September 2007 amid accusations of adultery. [4]
It was founded by the Divine Word Missionaries in 1964. It educates students for missionary service in the Catholic Church as priests, brothers, sisters, and laypersons. It is owned and operated by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD). The college offers three baccalaureate degrees as well as English classes as a second language (ESL) to other ...
Fritz Bornemann SVD (ed.), A History of the Divine Word Missionaries, Divine Word College: Rome 1981. (internally published as: A History of our Society, Analecta SVD 54/2, Romae 1981, 434 pp. Fritz Bornemann SVD, As wine poured out. Blessed Joseph Freinademetz. Missionary in China 1879-1908, Divine Word Missionaries, Rome 1984, 485 pp.