St. Arnold Jansen
1837 - 1909
Canonized By: Pope John Paul II
Founder of the Society of the Divine Word. Born in Goch, Germany, on November 5, 1837, Arnold studied at Gaesdonck, Munster, and Bonn. He was ordained in 1861 and served as a parish priest. He also served as a chaplain at an Ursuline convent at Kempen. In 1875, he founded the Society of the Divine Word in a mission house in Steyl, Holland. This society was designed to provide priests and lay brothers for the missions. The congregation was approved in 1901. Arnold also founded the Servant Sisters of the Holy Ghost for the missions in 1889. He died in Steyl on January 5, 1909, and was beatified in 1975 by Pope Paul VI. He was canonized on October 5, 2003 by Pope John Paul II
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happy feast day St. Arnold Jansen. thank you for being a great role model.
i thank you for the information you provide to us especially about these wonderful and inspiring saints. i am called jancen, that is why i tried to look for information about such a saint so that i may be able to take him as my modle if worthy and indeed he is. i am a seminarian keep praying for me. i wish to come and see the official site of his. keep providing me with information about him and his works.
My parish is Divine word parish kayole.THE 2 SAINTS Arnold and Joseph Freinadernetz statues were put in our church recently. by Father Tony. i will devotedly pray for their intercession to pray for our parish and bring sanity in the church. There is a lot of desecration with women(RECTORS) entering the sacristy and sitting at the altar. young ladies who change the altar covers and have no reverence. liturgical dancers who i don't understand whom they entertain. God is to be worshiped and adored but not dancing. no wonder we have so many problems today. eucharistic ministers who have no business holding our blessed master.
plus a lot of protestantism or even worse.
i believe the 2 saints will sort out these issues.otherwise the shepherds(priests) really try to guide the pilgrim church.
God bless.
i am studying in one of the school founded by the svd fathers and i am so inspired about his holy life.
i am a student in his school!
intervention of the saints in my life has been a great consolation and remedy in times of trouble
Arnold Janssen is now Saint Arnold Janssen. He was canonized last October 2003 together with first SVD Missionary Saint Joseph Freinademetz and Religious Founder Saint Daniel Comboni.