God had intended the good word to be spread for the betterment of humanity. To do the good deed, the Divine Word Missionaries, labours in countries around the world bringing hope and peace to one and all. Founded in 1875 by St Arnold Janssen, The Society of the Divine Word (SVD - Societas Verbi Divini), popularly called Divine Word Missionaries, is an international congregation of Catholic priests and brothers who primarily work where the gospel has not yet been preached or preached insufficiently and where the local Church is not yet viable on her own.

Today more than 6,000 SVD missionaries work in over 76 countries across the world. The Society of the Divine Word is the only major congregation of religious men which has increased in numbers over the last 30 years.