Divine Word Seminary, Pune is the Alma Mater and pride of the SVDs. The final years of formal training and formation are spent here at Divine Word Seminary (DWS). The first batch of Indian SVDs, five Theology and 14 Philosophy …
SVD Shishyalaya The SVDs had always envisioned a minor seminary in Maharashtra and since there were many vocations from Vasai, the Provincial administration decided to start a seminary in Vasai. The spade work for this ministry was entrusted to Fr. …
SVD Vachana Jyothi Pilathara from now on will be known as Vachana Jyothi Social Centre (VJSC). VJSC is a registered nongovernmental nonprofit organization based in pilathara, kannur Dt. Kerala. Over the years it has grown remarkably and diversified its activities. …
St. John’s Mission Seminary Changanacherry, Kerala, was started in 1962 for higher Secondary school students. Fr. Zimmerman who pioneered vocation promotion in South India was the one who was entrusted with the task of establishing the house. He, with the …
Prarthana Niketan, was started in the year 1959 by Fr.Peter Verhaelen, SVD as a recruitment and formation centre for high school boys. The Provincial Chapter held in 1976 mandated to convert the premises into a Catholic Center to help Lay …
In the early 1970s, the erstwhile Bishop of Mysore, Most Rev. Mathias Fernandes and the Principal of St. Philomena’s college, Fr. Frank D’Souza, welcomed the SVDs warmly to Mysore. In June 1974, VidyaNiketan saw its first day light and in …
The SVD foreign missionaries who landed in Indore, Madhya Pradesh in 1932 searching for indigenous vocations reached Mangalore in the year 1951. Fr. Peter Verhaelen can be rightly named as the pioneer among SVD vocation promoters in Mangalore, even though …
Goa was always in the minds of Fr. Zimmermann and companions for Indian recruits for the Society. After Goa became part of the Indian Union in 1961, plans were ready and the great pioneer, Fr. Peter Verhaelen, who had pioneered …
Holy Family Church, Marcela, Goa is called ‘Sagrada Familia Igreja em Marcela, Goa’ in Portuguese. The Holy Family Church, Marcela, Goa is popularly called ‘The Marcela Church’ locally in Goa. The Marcela church was originally a primitive chapel which was …
The INM Leadership Team took charge during a simple community Eucharistic celebration on April 1, 2020 at SVD Provincial House, Bandra in the presence of 6 community members, Fr. Nicolau and a lay person, niece of Fr. Paul, Ms. Tincy. …