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. …
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 …
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 …