We celebrated the Holy Mass on December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, with much joy and gratitude. This day begins the Jubilee Year of our congregation, the Year of Grace. On December 8, 2021, we will be celebrating the 125th Anniversary of our foundation. Thank God, through Fr. Arnold [...]
This year we have the joy of welcoming and meeting with the different groups of the SVD-SSpS Tertiate Course participants. Every year different Tertiate groups at different time come to Steyl, the Netherlands for a renewal course because Steyl is the place where St. Arnold Janssen started his three missionary congregations: the Society of the [...]
We met the participants of the SVD-SSpS Spanish-speaking Nemi-Tertiate Course participant last Thursday, March 3, 2016. Since they cannot speak English, our PowerPoint about our Co-foundress was translated so that they could understand it. We had a lively discussion afterwards. One of them interpreted the questions and answers from Spanish to English and vice versa. [...]
The SVD's and SSpS from all over the world, who are having their Retreat Guide Workshop here in Steyl came today, February 7 at 4:00 P.M. to meet us and also to get to know more about Mother Mary Michael, our Co-foundress. We presented them first a PowerPoint and then proceeded afterward with sharings and questions and [...]
Fr. Egide Muziazia, an SVD from Congo, stationed here in St.Michael's Missionhouse in Steyl, taught us today a Christmas song in French, his main language, and a "Kyrie" in the native Swahili. He wants us to sing them on the second day of Christmas when he will celebrate Holy Mass with us - and surely he will accompany us [...]
The SSpS English International Tertiate 2015 was held in their Motherhouse, Sacred Heart of Jesus Convent, just a street away from us. Included in their program is a visit to our community in order to meet us and to know more about our Co-foundress, Mother Mary Michael. As we have the same Father-Founder, St. Arnold [...]
