Advent

Experiencing God from the perspective of Advent Advent is not a time for the presence of God, It is the time of God’s absence, of waiting for God. Advent means experiencing emptiness, hunger, lack of meaning. It’s looking at images of wars and not being able to do anything. It is looking at the abandoned […]

Blessed Maria Helena Stollenwerk

Reverend Father Superior,  May I request permission from Your Reverence to make the vow that from now on I will belong wholly and completely to the Holy Spirit. I hope to offer and consecrate to the Holy Spirit my whole being and every moment of my life, and for all eternity I offer and consecrate to […]

World Day of the Poor

World Day of the Poor: “Do not turn your face away from anyone who is poor” (Tob 4:7) This, the seventh annual World Day of the Poor, is a fruitful sign of the Father’s mercy and a support for the lives of our communities. As its celebration becomes more and more rooted in the pastoral […]

Exaltation of the Holy Cross 2023

Saint Joseph Freinademetz and the Holy Cross The feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, which the Church celebrates on 14 September, reminds us of the dedication of the first church over the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and the cross shown to the faithful for veneration. But also the return of the cross stolen by […]

148 years of sharing the joy of the Gospel

148 years of sharing the joy of the Gospel “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed… (Mt 13:31). “The simplicity of this beginning should not discourage us. The mightiest of trees starts from a single seed and the strongest of giants was once a weak baby.” (Arnold Janssen, on the day of the […]

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 2023

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity “May the Holy Triune God live in our hearts and in the hearts of all people” “Love for the Holy Trinity was the foundation of Arnold Janssen’s whole existence, the central core of his innermost being, the goal and the radiating force of his apostolic zeal. Janssen expressed his […]

Pentecost

Pentecost “We celebrate Pentecost as the consummation of the Paschal Mystery. The sending of the Holy Spirit revealed the Church to the world through the testimony of the apostles. As servants of this Spirit, we too, are sent to proclaim the Good News with courage and conviction. Strengthened by the Spirit of Love, we honor […]

Pentecost Novena 2023

Pentecost Novena 2023 Daily Petition: “Come Holy Spirit revive in us the Passion for the Mission of God” General introduction: As SSpS, in the year dedicated to the passion for Global Mission, in Communion with the entire Church and the Arnoldus family, we prepare for the solemnity of Pentecost, fervently imploring the presence of the […]

Easter 2023

Easter Message from Fr. Paulus Budi Kleden, SVD

International Women’s Day 2023

International Women’s Day 2023 It is about stopping the march for a moment and meditating on the place of women in society, on the places of animation and leadership, on access to rights, on violence, on the history of demands, on the fullness to which we are called, on motherhood and bonds, on the instances […]