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Empowered by the WordMain MenuEmpowered by the Word: 125 Years of the Society of the Divine Word in North AmericaExhibit Introduction: A Constant yet Ever-Changing MissionAbout the ExhibitSociety of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
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1media/Wendelin Meyer calling card.jpgmedia/1894 Wendelin cropped 2.jpg2020-08-27T08:45:58-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9First Divine Word Missionary arrives in America70Brother Wendelin Meyer SVD stepped off the boat in Hoboken, NJ, which began 125 years of history of the Society of the Divine Word in North Americaimage_header2020-10-16T17:22:54-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/St. Joseph.jpgmedia/St. Joseph_cropped.jpg2020-09-02T07:09:37-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Cornerstone laid for St. Joseph's Technical School in Techny, Illinois34By the fall of 1900 the first American SVD foundation was well on its way to completion, with the first students arriving in April 1901image_header2020-10-14T09:01:41-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Priest House Chapel Bay St. Louis.jpgmedia/Priest House Chapel Bay St. Louis.jpg2020-07-28T13:00:29-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Southern missions begin in Mississippi190The first Divine Word Missionary arrived in the Southern United States to begin work in impoverished, rural Black communitiesimage_header10123692022-01-10T07:48:58-08:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Mission Press Workers.jpgmedia/Mission Press Workers.jpg2020-09-18T08:42:23-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9First English language SVD magazine printed in Techny, Illinois33The first full issue of Christian Family was printed, allowing the Society to reach a new audience in Americaimage_header2020-10-17T16:49:56-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/aerial view of the seminary - jpg.jpgmedia/aerial view of the seminary - jpg.jpg2020-09-01T14:05:07-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9St. Mary’s Mission House founded in Techny, Illinois25St. Arnold Janssen approved the establishment of the first North American seminary belonging to the Society of the Divine Wordimage_header2020-10-14T10:18:27-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Sacred Heart Mission House.jpgmedia/Sacred Heart Mission House.jpg2020-08-24T13:31:36-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Sacred Heart Seminary opens in Girard, Pennsylvania75Sacred Heart Seminary, which would boast 192 students at its peak, was prepared for its first classimage_header2020-10-17T16:51:20-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Black parishes banner image.jpgmedia/Black parishes banner image - Copy Copy - Copy.jpg2020-08-28T13:58:48-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Black parish work in the Rust Belt begins76Over a century of pastoral care began at a Chicago church founded by the first American Black priestimage_header2020-10-14T12:55:41-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/King Clark ordination Oct 1920.jpgmedia/China banner image.jpg2020-09-01T10:07:43-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9First American-born Divine Word Missionaries ordained in China41Clifford King and Robert Clark had left Techny for the Society’s missions in Shandong in 1919image_header2020-10-09T12:12:55-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/First students at Miramar.jpgmedia/Miramar Exterior - Copy.jpg2020-09-06T12:17:08-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9St. Francis Xavier Seminary opens in Duxbury, Massachusetts55St. Francis Xavier Seminary, commonly known as Miramar, served as a high school seminary for decadesimage_header2020-10-14T12:39:02-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/St. Augustines Seminary cropped.jpgmedia/St. Augustines Seminary cropped.jpg2020-08-18T13:35:35-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9St. Augustine’s Seminary opens in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi118North America's first Black Catholic seminary moved from Greenville to Bay St. Louis, MSimage_header2022-01-10T07:43:31-08:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/St. Francis Xavier Church, year unknown.jpgmedia/St. Francis Xavier Church, year unknown - Copy.jpg2020-09-04T10:35:45-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Japanese and Black parish work begins in California35The Society received the Japanese mission of St. Francis Xavier in San Francisco, CA, which led to work at Black parishes in the areaimage_header2020-10-14T12:28:39-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/East Troy banner image.jpgmedia/East Troy banner image.jpg2020-09-04T12:03:19-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Holy Ghost Mission House opens in East Troy, Wisconsin as a high school seminary19After 16 years as the home for Divine Word clerical novices, the community at East Troy became the site of a high school that endured for over half a centuryimage_header2020-10-17T08:51:52-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/St. Michaels Mission House.jpgmedia/St. Michaels Mission House - cropped 5.jpg2020-08-31T10:31:36-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9St. Michael's Seminary in Conesus, New York dedicated67The property at Hemlock Lake began with a winery but later became an educational hub for Divine Word Missionariesimage_header2020-10-12T12:31:32-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/PNG banner image.jpgmedia/PNG banner image_cropped.jpg2020-09-10T13:55:03-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9American Divine Word Missionaries arrive in the New Guinea Highlands30Discoveries in the island’s unexplored interior, and the effects of World War II, placed American SVDs at the helmimage_header2021-02-03T08:56:03-08:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Rev Charles Schneider SVD.jpgmedia/Rev Charles Schneider SVD.jpg2020-09-16T10:27:37-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9First Divine Word Missionaries arrive in Ghana34The American-led mission in Ghana focused on education and helped to erect the country’s first Catholic dioceseimage_header2020-10-16T18:13:50-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Bordentown exterior.jpgmedia/Bordentown exterior cropped vignette.jpg2020-09-14T10:37:15-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9St. Joseph’s Mission House opens in Bordentown, NJ26The seminary for belated vocations was moved to a historic property in Bordentown, NJ which later served as a high school seminary for decadesimage_header2020-10-09T14:11:28-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Canada banner image.jpgmedia/Canada banner image.jpg2020-09-18T13:04:16-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Mont Saint-Jean-Baptiste Seminary opens in Granby, Québec16The SVD’s Canadian high school seminary served as a center for vocations until educational reformsimage_header2020-10-17T08:50:29-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Epworth banner image.jpgmedia/Epworth banner image.jpg2020-09-04T12:05:03-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Divine Word College opens in Epworth, Iowa31While the college was a new venture, Epworth had been the site of an SVD seminary since 1932image_header2021-05-06T14:00:55-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Perrysburg Exterior Postcard.jpgmedia/Perrysburg Exterior Postcard.jpg2020-07-28T12:59:26-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Divine Word Seminary opens in Perrsyburg, Ohio112The high school seminary along the Maumee River endured for 30 yearsimage_header2020-10-16T18:14:19-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Fr Ken Reed Appalachia - flipped.jpgmedia/Fr Ken Reed Appalachia - flipped vignette crop.jpg2020-08-26T10:15:28-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Missionary work in Appalachia begins62Divine Word Missionaries were sent to staff parishes in West Virginiaimage_header2020-10-16T18:15:31-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9
1media/Chicago Province banner image drone photo.jpgmedia/Chicago Province banner image drone photo.jpg2020-09-24T06:26:58-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9Foundation of the Chicago Province21New provincial borders led to new missions and ministriesimage_header2020-10-17T08:48:30-07:00Society of the Divine Word Chicago Province Archives6cf8a3cefe11c9d4c533bd04865769f3cf7d3ec9