Divine Word missionary

For Fr. Edgar G. Javier, SVD, mission was not simply something he studied, taught or preached. It was the way he lived.
“Life is mission. Mission is life.”

Filipino Divine Word missionary and prominent missiologist Fr. Edgar Javier, SVD, who devoted five decades to missionary work, priestly formation and theological education, died on September 8 at the age of 77.

A prayer service was held on August 14, 2025, at Our Lady of Charity Parish, Kandhamal, in the Indian state of Odisha, to honor the memory of Emeritus Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, SVD, of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, on his 9th death anniversary

An interview with Fr. Flavie Villanueva, SVD – Founder of Arnold Janssen Kalinga Center and Program Paghilom, Manila

Under the embrace of the Roman sky and in the symbolic heart of global Catholicism, a moving moment unfolded at St. Peter’s Square.

The Society of the Divine Word (SVD) is set to mark its 150th anniversary with an International Conference on Mission, gathering theologians, missionaries, scholars, and activists from across the world.

After long years of service with the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), Brother Valentin Gruener passed away on September 14 at a hospital in Abra, a province more than 400 kilometers south of Manila.