Precious is the Life Given for Mission

By: SVD-SSpS-SSpSAP Common Publication

January 28, 2008, and January 15, 2009, marked the 100th anniversary of the death of St. Joseph Freinademetz and St. Arnold Janssen, respectively. We in the Arnoldus Family (Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration, and Society of the Divine Word) celebrated the year (January 2008 to January 2009) in honor of our two saints. During that time there were many reflections and presentations given in various provinces and/or through various media. At their joint meeting in January of 2009, the General Councils of the Missionary Sisters and Divine Word Missionaries, decided to gather the items together and publish them in some format for posterity.

This publication is a collection of some of the reflections, homilies, conferences and presentations written specifically during that year to deepen our appreciation of these two saints and our own spirituality. It is not a researched compendium but a booklet that can serve the members in further reflection on the life and spirituality of these two saints.

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We commemorated the 100th death anniversary of our two saints Joseph Freinademetz on January 29, 2008 and Arnold Janssen on January 15, 2009. The SVD 16th General Chapter recommended that the SVD Generalate and Provinces/Regions organize celebrations for these centennials. In line with this recommendation, the SVD General Council and the SSpS Congregational Leadership Team met on January 22, 2007 to discuss and plan the celebrations together. In this meeting they agreed to celebrate these events in common as the Arnoldus Family. Our Adoration Sisters were subsequently invited, and they agreed to join us in this family celebration. By celebrating these events in common, we wish to strengthen the desire and vision of St. Arnold that we sustain and complement each other in the same mission.