SVD Prayer

May the darkness of sin and the night of unbelief vanish before
the light of the word and the spirit of grace.
And may the heart of Jesus live in the hearts of all.
St. Arnold Janssen

Who We Are

We are an international congregation of Catholic missionary priests and Brothers founded in 1875 by Arnold Janssen. We work primarily where the Gospel has not been preached at all or only insufficiently and where the local Church is not yet viable on its own.

Where we Work

Parish Ministry has been at the centre of missionary activity of the SVD in Ghana and Liberia.

Apostolate

The Orthopedic Training Centre (OTC) was begun by the Divine Word Missionaries in 1961

Institutions

TICCS is a research and teaching institute established by the Catholic Church in Tamale

AJSC

The AJSC offers you a sacred space of silence…to facilitate an encounter with God.

LATEST NEWS & EVENTS

Bishop Fianu elected vice president

SVD Ghana
10 November 2022

Bishop Emmanuel Fianu, SVD Catholic Bishop of the diocese of Ho Ghana, was elected the vice president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference at the Annual Plenary Assembly, which is

Final vows 2022

SVD Ghana
03 November 2022

Eight of our conferes from the Common formation center CFC Ghana are scheduled to take their final vows on the 17th November 2022. We ask you to pray for them

New rectory for St. Dominic

SVD Ghana
16 October 2022

Today the 16th of October 2022, was the blessing and commissioning of the new rectory of St. Dominic Parish Adweso. The blessing and commissioning was done by His grace, Rev.

Ghanaian SVD’s in the German

SVD Ghana
16 October 2022

Every year The SVD's in Germany celebrate World Mission Sunday in Sankt Augustin together with the Universal Church. The Motto for this years celebrationis "I will give you hope and

Maame Gladys Awerewa laid to

SVD Ghana
15 October 2022

Today 15th of October 2022 at the St. ARNOLD JANSSEN CATHOLIC CHURCH Kranka, maame Gladys Awerewa mother of our confere working in Australia (Fr. Clement Baffoe,SVD) was laid to rest.

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