The Missionary Work of St. Arnold Janssen Flashcards
a fundamental to the mission activities of the Society of the Divine Word or SVD
Teaching
When and where was Arnold Janssen born?
November 5, 1837, in Goch, Germany
Who are his parents?
Gerhard and Anna Katharina
He was the ___ child and was raised in Christian discipline
second
his parents instilled in him love for _____ and _____ to the Catholic faith
religion and fidelity
Attending sunday masses in honor for the ____ and monday masses in honor of the _________
Trinity and Holy Spirit
His family religiosity influenced Janssen to proceed in_________
theological studies in Bonn and Muenster
when he was ordained as priest and started teaching in highschool in Bocholt
August 15, 1861 at age 24
in what year Janssen joined a mathematics competition?
1858
he was known for being strict and disciplinarian
Arnold Janssen
after the class in the morning and before lunch he would pray at the___________
the Way of the Cross
a prayer movement founded in 1844 by the Jesuit teachers and students in France
Apostleship of Prayer
to further promote the apostleship prayer, he engaged in writing and publishing. he pub;ished a book entitled
Association of the Apostleship of Prayer for the Practice of Intercessory Prayer to the Most Lovable Heart of Our Savior Jesus Christ
In 1869, he attended the ____________ in Duesseldorf where he succeed proposing the Apostleship of Prayer
General Assembly of Catholic Association
at the age of _____________ he became a chaplain for the Ursuline sisters in Kempen, a work that gave him more time for the Apostleship of Prayer
36 years old
fr. arnold janssen’s great concern for the foreign missions led to the establishment of the
St. Michael Mission House in Steyl, Netherlands
The country was under the rule of German chancellor Otto von Bismark who launched the________
Kulturkampf or the culture struggle
the inauguration of the house was done during the ______________ on September 8, 1875
Feast of the Nativity of Mary
The SVD community had only a few occupants in the beginning. Those were___________
- Heinrich Erlemann
- Pastor Peter Bill
- Franz Reichart
- Brother Juniper
- John Baptist Anzer
- Fr. Arnold Janssen
what is the reason why fr. anzer and janssen are the only ones left in the community?
because of the strict ascetical ideas of Fr. Janssen
the latin word of the Society of the Divine Word is
Societas divini Verbi
who are the priests that was sent in China around 1879 for steyl’s first missionaries?
Fr. Anzer and Fr. Freinademetz
it was both a school and a center of training and formation of missionaries
St. Michael’s Mission House or Seminary
In 1882, a 28 year old daughter of the farmer went to Style and expressed her intention to join Fr. Janssen
Helena Stollenwer
