Christmas 2025: Celebrating 150 Years of Mission, Renewing Hope for a World Awaiting Redemption
With the celebration of Christmas, the year 2025 also comes to an end. It has been a historic year for our missionary family, as we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the missionary movement begun by Saint Arnold Janssen, which led to the founding of three religious congregations and to the involvement of countless lay people in missionary work.
The Mission and Integrity of Creation
We have returned to normal. On September 8, we concluded the Jubilee Year. What inspiration and motivation do we carry forward for our mission? How can we bear witness to the Light as faithful and creative disciples in a wounded world shaken by multiple crises, including the worsening ecological crisis?
Caring for creation is part of our mission and heritage.
Two Cardinals, One Spirit: Messages of Hope at the SVD 150th Jubilee
The year-long celebration of the SVD’s 150th Jubilee concluded on September 8, 2025, with Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime preaching at the Closing Mass in Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Benedetto da Norcia and Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle delivering an inspirational message at the Community Dinner in Collegio Verbo Divino, Rome.
Faith Remembered, Future Embraced: The Lessons of the Jubilee
As we are closing our sesquicentennial Jubilee, we are invited to reflect once more on this milestone of our history. Our “150th Anniversary Prayer”, translated into many languages, has been used in all our PRMs since we started our Jubilee in September 2024 with the opening Eucharistic celebration in Steyl.
SVD Formation Today: Nurturing Missionaries for a Prophetic Calling
We are celebrating the 150th anniversary of our Society with the theme, “Witnessing to the Light; from everywhere for everyone,” thanking God for His blessings, renewing our commitment to Missio Dei, and deepening our formation through creative, faithful service inspired by St. Arnold Janssen.
Francis, a Father who introduced us to the joy of the Gospel
The message of the President of the Union Superiors General (USG), Fr. Arturo Sosa: As we bid farewell to Pope Francis we become aware of what he has represented for us all, especially for us superiors general and for all consecrated life.
A Story for Us This Easter
Let me share a story—one we all know well, but one that continues to unfold in new ways among us. It’s the morning of that unforgettable day. Mary of Magdala, full of sorrow but moved by something stronger than grief, walks in the darkness toward the tomb. She doesn’t fully know why she’s going. Perhaps she simply wants to be near the one who changed her life forever.
Our Priorities for the Sexennium 2024-2030
Dear Confreres,
We have been celebrating the yearlong Sesquicentennial Jubilee of the Foundation of our beloved Society at different levels and in a variety of ways befitting our community contexts and involving the people we serve and our partners in mission. We cherish with gratitude the amazing story of our providential journey of 150 years as Divine Word Missionaries in responding to the mandate of the Missio Dei. This occasion has created opportunities to tell our stories, learn lessons from our history and seek more creative and faithful ways of responding relevantly to different situations and generations.
Jubilee Year: A Call to Forgiveness, Restoration, and the Restitution of Dignity
As the Society celebrates its Jubilee Year, Superior General Fr. Anselmo Ricardo Ribeiro, SVD, calls for a deep reflection on its true meaning: forgiveness, restoration, and the restitution of dignity. More than a mere celebration, this Jubilee is a sacred opportunity for both personal and communal conversion and healing.
Message from the Leadership Team to Cardinal-elect Ladislav Német, SVD
The news of the nomination of Ladislav Német, SVD to the College of Cardinals by the Holy Father Pope Francis comes to us with great joy and pride
