For Indonesia’s Laurensius Woda, being a part of the Divine Word Missionaries’ Overseas Training Program in New Zealand and Australia has helped him find the real meaning of being a religious missionary.

The Overseas/Cross-Cultural Training Program (OTP) gives missionary students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a new language, experience a new culture and engage in supervised ministry.

The SVD Postulants of the Australia Province have been visiting SVD parishes and sharing their personal stories as part of special Vocations Weekends.

Postulant Steve Desveaux says it was a great experience to meet people in SVD parishes and share some of his own vocation journey with them.

World Mission Sunday 2013 will be celebrated on Sunday, October 20.

It is a day when the worldwide Church celebrates and confirms its missionary nature and encourages all to take up their baptismal call to God's mission.

All parishes are invited to mark the day in their own unique way and we'd love to hear some of the things you have planned. 

Australian-born Archbishop Douglas Young SVD, the Archbishop of Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea has spoken out strongly against the death penalty being introduced as punishment for crimes.

Archbishop Young has told the Fides Catholic News Agency that he condemns the pro-capital punishment campaign being carried out in the country.

Every morning, as the bright sun rises over Central Australia and the desert country slowly comes to life, a small group of Religious, from a variety of congregations, begin their day by gathering together to praise God.

Leadership in Mission must be prophetic, attentive to the Spirit, and should always be based on Jesus’ model of servant leadership, the Mission: One Heart Many Voices conference heard.

The Australian Province of the Divine Word Missionaries has an extra spring in its step this month, following the participation of many of our confreres and lay collaborators in the “Mission: One Heart Many Voices” conference.

The amazing grace of mission is that it involves participating in the work of the Trinity, making us partners in mission with God, visiting missiologist, Professor Stephen Bevans SVD has told a mission conference in Sydney.

If you’re a night owl in Melbourne, looking for some inspirational late night TV this week, why not tune in to Channel 31 or 44 at 11.30pm on Wednesday, to see Fr Stephen Pilly SVD being interviewed about his missionary vocation on the Spirit of Life program?

Parishioners at Sacred Heart Parish, Preston are gearing up to be inspired and uplifted when “The Catholic Guy” comes to lead them in a parish mission.
Bruce Downs and the Catholic Guy Team will present the mission from May 15 to 21.
Bruce and the Team, who host a weekly TV program on the Christian Channel, invite people to “experience the power of God in a real and relevant way through Scripture, music, and the arts”.