Article of interest on Migration (News Stories, 2 October 2014)

Nowrot Piotr, a musician and an organist, entered the Society of the Divine Word in 1974 after completing his studies in theology and sociology at the Catholic University of Lublin in Poland. His passion for music started when he was a child. He sang as a contralto and as a tenor in a children’s choir in Poznan when he was eight until he was nineteen.

He observed that music is closely related to religion, for the fact that Jesus, the apostles and even the Virgin Mary along with the church have been singing throughout the generations. At the moment, he claims that this discipline is “one of the methods for the new evangelisation.” The life of Nowrot Piotr is pure art in a family that has great affection for culture and the arts.

The image of an iceberg is often used to illustrate how much of cultures, contexts, and life situations are below the surface—that is, about 90%. Sincere attempts to acknowledge, understand, appreciate and bridge the differences among nationalities, ethnicities, “races”, generations, genders, personalities, and economic/social classes requires looking under the “water level.” That area can seem to be unclear, overly complex, and even contradictory at first, whether we are looking at our own “world,” but especially when plunging into the depths of the “world” of the “other.” And yet as Catholics and as missionaries, we believe that God’s grace and life can be discovered “in the depths” of those “worlds” of meaning, order and identity.

Documentary Video made by Alfons Müller, SVD and Bana Ngayime ( Divine Word Missionaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo).

"I'm back after a journey of many surprises and tiredness. I went with a catechist to a place where we do not have communities but we were there to see the chances to start one.

In Vienna, Fr. Franz Helm talks with enthusiasm about a new form of prayer: called the Guerrilla Prayer. This way of praying was inspired in the context of guerrilla activities.

Christians are a minority in Chad. Islam is pressing southwards and the danger of misunderstandings and conflicts between different religious and ethnic groups are present. The presence of the Divine Word Missionaries has been an instrument of dialogue and bridge-building among the various groups.

Heinz Kulüke: Currently the Superior General of the Divine Word Missionaries; before he was a Professor of Philosophy and a garbage hunter, together with the marginalized children of Cebu, in the southern part of the Philippines.

Catacombs, a hidden treasure of faith

Imagine a typical African village. A village named Kpowé is of that nature, which is in the northern part of Togo. The nearest small town is some 10 km away. The source of water for people in this village is the Binah river, which runs 6 km away from the village. In summer, men dig small holes here and there in the river, and the women folk wait until water appears. 

“Janvikas Society” is an NGO based in Indore, in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. It was started in the year 2001 as an organ for social action in Indore by the India Central Province of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD).

Santa Cruz! Finally, we make it to hogar (orphanage). I think it’s about 1.30 am, middle of the night. The climate is hard. Very hot, tropical air surrounds us. I can’t fall asleep. I am a classic winter being, can’t stand high temperatures. I go to my room, lie down on my bed with a glimpse of hope, that maybe somehow will manage to catch some sleep. But there’s another problem.

An Interview with Father Kornelius Jogo Puka, svd PDF

It is 6:30 in the Beno Mission, located about 70 km from the city of Bandundu, on the banks of the Kwilu River, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Among the trees, you can see the first rays of the sun. It is a sign that life is beginning in the Beno countryside. The marathon day of the "jungle missionary" is also started, as Fr. Kornelius, originally from Indonesia, is called here.

Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra, the regional communication center of MP&CG organized a four-day Media training program for the coordinators of CCBI (Conference of Catholic Bishops of India) commission for women at Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra, Indore, the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh from 16 to 19 June 2023.

Students and teachers at St. Francis of Assisi English Medium School in the village of Kanchanpur participated in a one-day program on media awareness and communication on Nov. 10. The seminar took place in the school hall.

A new television serial on Jesus in Hindi began some months ago from Monday to Friday on &TV and since then it is gaining it's popularity with viewers day by day.

Diocese of Jaipur is newly erected Diocese in the year 2005. It is bifurcated from the Ajmer-Jaipur Diocese. It consists of 12 civil districts of Rajasthan namely; Alwar, Bikaner, Churu, Dausa, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Karauli, Nagaur, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar and Sri Ganaganagar. Most Rev. Oswal Lewis, Coadjutor Bishop of Meerut was appointed by the Holy See as the first Bishop of Jaipur on July 20, 2005.

It was the dream of the Church in Asia to have a radio of their own to proclaim the Goodnews of Jesus to all Asian counties, which was realized when 100 bishops from Asia and Australia gathered at Manila in 1958. Their proposal to start a radio was approved by Pope John XXIII. But to start, the project had to face many hurdles including huge finances. By God’s grace many church organizations came forward to help and thus on 11th april, 1969 through short wave technic, the first broadcasting of Radio Veritas Asia took place in Manila, the capital of Philippines.

If it is not communicated, then it does not exist: Read more here

The 8th of September 2010 was a memorable day in the history of the Paraguayan province of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), not only for the centenary celebration of missionary presence in Guarani land, but also for the commencement of a Radio communication project.

By: Bob M´landu/Bana Ngayime.

The Arnold Janssen festival is a music competition organized every year in honour of St. Arnold Janssen, the founder of the Divine Word Missionaries. It is aim is to promote the local culture and to make the congregation of the Divine Word known in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Team of the program TV mass in the family

By: P. Aureenhor Ian Nercua, SVD. The TV MASS IN THE FAMILY project was launched on the 11th July 2015 at St. Cayetano parish in the city of Palpalá of the province of Jujuy, Argentina. During the launch the Holy Mass was celebrated by bishop, Monsignor Cesar Daniel Fernández.