About the Exhibit
About this Exhibit:
The exhibit Empowered by the Word: 125 years of the Society of the Divine Word in North America was created using the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture's Scalar platform and published in October 2020. Curated, written, and edited by Kristen Gravelin and Andrew Rea, the exhibit is a collaborative effort between the Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives, Society of the Divine Word Provincial Administration, and the Chicago Province Department of Public and Media Relations. All materials are from the Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives unless stated otherwise, and collections are cited when applicable.Acknowledgements:
The Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives would like to thank Provincial Superior of the Chicago Province Very Rev. Quang Duc Dinh SVD and Provincial Council members Rev. Carlos Macatangga SVD, Rev. Stephen Bevans SVD, Rev. Adam Oleszczuk SVD, Rev. Guilherme Andrino SVD, Brother Daniel Holman SVD, and Rev. John Szukalski SVD; we would also like to thank Mr. Tom Artz, Ms. Regina Thibeau, and Ms. Theresa Carson for their care and assistance as the exhibit progressed.Finally, we are deeply indebted to those who have also documented the histories of the North American SVDs, including Dr. Ernest Brandewie for his book In the Light of the Word: Divine Word Missionaries of North America (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2000), Fr. Josef Alt, SVD, Fr. William Bonner, Fr. Franz Markert, SVD, and all those who contributed to Communities of the Word: Stories of the Chicago Province.