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(Mt 5:16)
The Society of The Divine Word
We are composed of nearly 6000 members of 76 nationalities, interculturality is our DNA. We serve the mission in 79 countries with 59 provinces, regions and missions, we are the sixth largest male religious congregation in the Catholic Church in recent years and the first largest "ad gentes" male congregation.
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"Listening and Fasting:
Lent as a Time of Conversion".
In his 2026 Lenten message, Pope Leo XIV draws specifically from the story of Moses and the Burning Bush to illustrate the theme of listening:
“I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry” (Exodus 3:7).
The Holy Father explains that just as God heard the cry of the oppressed and called Moses to lead them to salvation, our own willingness to listen—both to God’s word and the "cry of the poor"—is the necessary first step for a "story of liberation" and true conversion in our own lives.
“I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry” (Exodus 3:7).
The Holy Father explains that just as God heard the cry of the oppressed and called Moses to lead them to salvation, our own willingness to listen—both to God’s word and the "cry of the poor"—is the necessary first step for a "story of liberation" and true conversion in our own lives.
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- Concluding the 150th Jubilee Celebration
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Fr.
Victor
D'Sa, SVD
Mar 5
Fr.
Laurentius
Useng, SVD
Feb 11
Fr.
Francis
Kochuparambil, SVD
Feb 10
Fr.
Isabelo
San Luis, SVD
Jan 28
Br.
Joseph (Paulus)
Ayitey, SVD
Jan 9
