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“When the Son of Man comes in hisglory, and all the angels with him, thenhe will sit on his glorious throne. Before

him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheepfrom the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, butthe goats on the left. Then the king will say to those on hisright, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit thekingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and yougave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me . . . ”

Matthew 25:31-46

For I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Food

It has been ten years since the United States Conference of CatholicBishops issued the document For I Was Hungry and You Gave Me Food:Catholic Reflections on Food, Farmers, and Farmworkers (2003).

As the bishops noted, farming “is not just another economic activity.” Our farmers,here and all over the world, feed a hungry world. As we have done in past years,the summer issue of Divine Word Missionaries Magazine gives a snapshot of a justa few of our many missionaries involved in various aspects of agriculture.

Father Antonius Eko Yuliantoro SVD and Brother Simplisius Hanafi SVDdescribe exciting projects in Indonesia, and Father Marselus Anggo SVD writesabout using modern agricultural techniques to improve the lives of the Makuapeople in Mozambique. Seminarians in Kenya, under the guidance of FatherMervin Noronha SVD, are taking advantage of the legendary breeding habits ofrabbits to grace the tables in their dining room and lower their living costs.Father Johann Schubert SVD reports on our winery in Japan, which has beengiven new life by a local charity.

Here in the United States, Divine Word Farms continue to provide financial sup-port to many of our missionary projects, especially those which benefit children.The Russell Kelley family of Lorimor, Iowa, manages Divine Word Cattle Farmand farms our row crop tracts. Chad Kelley introduces the members of theKelley family and traces the roots of his farming vocation.

The bishops point out that, for many Americans, “agriculture is a distantreality.” I see this every day when children visit our farmette at Techny.Here in the northern suburbs of Chicago. Kids, who believe that chickenscome wrapped in plastic in grocery stores, can hand-feed our small flock.The braver children can pet Booger the goat.

Even after ten years, the questions for reflection by our bishops are still relevant:• How can hunger in the human family be overcome?• How can we ensure a safe, affordable, and sustainable food supply?• How can we ensure that farmworkers and owners of small farms, in the

United States and around the world, live and work with dignity?• How can land, water, and other elements of God’s creation be preserved,

protected, and used well in the service of the common good?• How can rural communities in our country and around the world survive

and thrive?

If you would like to read the bishops’ entire document, it can be found atwww.usccb.org.

Bro. Dennis Newton SVDMission DirectorContact me any time; my e-mail address is: [email protected]

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A Winery Improving With AgeJohann Schubert SVD

Thanking God In AdvanceMarselus Anggo SVD

Tree Planting Marks AnniversarySimplisius Hanafi SVD

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Everything is going slowly,but surely. We have alreadystarted to put up a smallcommunity house. It is justenough to protect us fromthe sun and rain.

Miyo koxukhuru maluku pahi.I have already thanked God.

Last January, to mark the one hundredthanniversary of the arrival of Divine WordMissionaries in Indonesia, the missionaries livingin and around the city of Ende on the island ofFlores organized two tree-planting events.

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For twenty-five years, Divine WordMissionaries have worked in Kalimantan(also known as West Borneo), theIndonesian part of the island of Borneo.During that time, they have witnessed aterrible transformation. Years of aggressiveand irresponsible logging activity in theregion is destroying the equatorial rainforests of the region, bringing the island,once known as the “lungs of Asia,” to thebrink of an ecological disaster.

The destruction of Kalimantan’s forests led Divine WordMissionaries to rethink our mission. We decided to renewour way of doing mission in order to answer the currentproblems of our people, especially the situation of the youngpeople in the area. We determined that education mustbecome our highest priority. In 2009, Divine WordMissionaries launched “Go for Borneo” to take action onthose needs in a comprehensive way. Our approach encom-passes training, advocacy, self-reliance, agriculture, catech-esis, and collaboration.

We focused our efforts in the town of Tayan because of itscentral location for the 150,000 Catholics living along theKapuas River and in the area bordering it. Divine WordMissionaries staff three of the five parishes that serve theCatholics: St. Peter Canisius in Tayan, St. Francis Xavier inMeliau, and Christ the King in Traju. There are elementaryand high schools, but higher education is only available inlarger, faraway cities. Most families cannot afford to sendtheir children to the city, so the children eventually becomeunskilled laborers.

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Greetings from Tayan. I arrived here safely after dark.I’m tired, but so happy to get back to the community.This is my first time back since finishing my computercourse. Now I will put to use what I learned to help thepeople here. I know there are a lot of challenges ahead,but I am very optimistic. Fransiskus

That was the first message I received from Brother Fransiskus Zulkipli SVDseveral months ago. He is assigned to start the Tayan Training Centerin Kalimantan.

The Tayan Training Center has three goals: to prepare students for eco-nomic self-reliance; to share the center’s income with students; and tomodel and teach environmentally sustainable agriculture.

To lay the groundwork for this project we acquired thirty-four acres of landand sent four young Divine Word Missionary Brothers to study computerscience, economics, agriculture, and religious education. The four Brothersform the leadership team and our veteran missionary, Brother JosefStemmlee SVD, a carpenter by trade, heads up the project.

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Everything is going slowly, but surely. We havealready started to put up a small communityhouse. It is just enough to protect us from the sunand rain. Three young people are helping me. Weare tapping some of the rubber trees and hope tosell the sap for some income. We are also prepar-ing the vegetable garden and setting up fishponds. Fransiskus

After acquiring the land, building a small house was a bigstep. Until now, the community had no house, no electricity,and no running water. Although the new house has only tworooms, a bedroom and a workroom, it is a place the missionar-ies can call home.

The program has coalesced. All of the Brothers arrived; studentsmoved in; classes began; agricultural projects were launched.

One of the young men assisting Bro. Fransiskus is Kamal. Hecame to Tayan from a nearby village because he wants to learn atrade and better his life. Kamal is willing to work hard, believingthat the training program will lead to self-reliance through educa-tion and a novel program of profit-sharing. Income from the train-ing center will be allocated in the following manner: fifty percentwill be returned to the students and deposited in a local creditunion; twenty percent will be used for living expenses of the stu-dents and staff; and thirty percent will be used for operatingexpenses of the training center. Kamal told Bro. Frasiskus: “I feelvery appreciated in the community, which values my work. It givesme a sense of belonging.”

I am a bit tired, but I want to inform you that weare making progress on the fish ponds. There aremany things we still need to do, but we will walkslowly and surely. Moreover, we know that we donot walk alone. You are there to stand by us herein Tayan. Fransiskus.

The three fish ponds that Bro. Fransiskus mentions are locatednear a creek that provides water for the ponds. The fish bred in the


breakthe cycle of poverty

Kamal is one of the young menassisting Bro. Fransiskus. He came from a nearby villagebecause he wants to learn atrade and better his life. Kamal is willing to work hard,believing that this training program will lead to a new andbetter life through education.

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ponds are local species strong enough to cope withthe weather conditions in the area. The Brothersare also raising pigs and chickens. The TayanTraining Center emphasizes integrated agriculturewith no waste. Leftover food is given to the pigs,cuttings from the vegetable garden are composted,and waste from the piggery and chicken coop areused for organic fertilizer.

Today we started planting the bestspecies of rubber trees. Although ittakes a long time to get results, we arecommitted to this traditional plant,part of our heritage and inheritance.Fransiskus.

We have begun reforestation to begin healing thedamage caused by large corporations whichhave clear cut the rainforest for mining andpalm oil production. World Resources Instituteestimates that forty percent of Indonesia’sforests have been cleared in the past fifty years.In addition to the rubber trees that we planted,we are planting sengon, a fast-growing treewhich is native to Borneo, and oak trees. Tree planting and education help our studentsappreciate the need to be attentive to environ-mental issues.

In our next phase, we plan to build a studentdormitory and classroom to accommodate stu-dents who live on the outskirts of our parishes,too far away to live at home and travel to school.Recently, we received help to purchase buildingmaterials. Now the Brothers, working with thestudents, will build the facility.

I am confident that I will continue to receive positiveand encouraging messages from Bro. Fransiskus ashe reports on the progress of the students and theirmany projects. I will pledge to him your prayersand encouragement.�

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In an effort to make their mission activities financially self-sufficient, DivineWord Missionaries in 1931 founded a large mission house with ample acreagefor a garden and vineyard in Tajimi, a suburb of Nagoya City, Japan. The mis-sion house, affectionately called “the Monastery,” became the seminary to trainJapanese priests. The garden supplied fresh vegetables for the community, andthe vineyard provided Mass wine for the Catholic parishes scattered throughoutthe country.

German Divine Word Missionary Brothers cared for the garden, vineyard, and winery.In 1935, Brother Matthias SVD brought vines from Europe and within a couple ofyears was able to produce wine. He was aided by Brother Sojimus SVD. The wineryfound its mission by providing all the Mass wine for priests in Japan during theSecond World War, when it became impossible to import wine. However, because ofthe pre- and post-war turmoil, the German Brothers returned to Europe.

Japanese Brothers then became responsible for the vineyard and winery. In 1951, Mr. Isao Yamamoto, who had been working for a chemical and pharma-ceutical company, applied for admittance into the Divine Word MissionaryBrotherhood. In religious life he took the name Brother Camillus. His back-ground and experience prepared him to become manager of the winery, a position he held until the early 1960s. However, pastors once again began toimport Mass wine in bulk from the countries of their origin, e.g., Italy, France,Spain, and Germany. The Tajimi vineyard had served its main objective. Brother Camillus and other young Brothers left Tajimi to work in the Divine Word Missionary high schools and university in Nagoya City.

A Winery Improving With Age

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“Men are like wine—some turn to vinegar,

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The winery continued to function with lay workers under the guidanceof Brother Benedict Haga SVD and later Brother Van Vinh Pham SVDfrom Vietnam. But times had changed. The seminary moved to the uni-versity in Nagoya City. Commerical companies imported or producedtheir own wine. “The Monastery” became the parish church for Tajimicity, and its extra rooms were used for retreats. Quarters were set upfor retired priests and Brothers. Also, facilities were made for specialseminars for university students.

In 2001, Father Johann Schubert SVD instilled new life and a broad visionfor the vineyard and winery. Working with Brother Benedict and BrotherVinh, he imported wine from Chili and Argentina to blend with the Tajimivintage. The new wine became a hit, and many visitors to “the Monastery”purchased it as house wine for themselves and as gifts for their friends.

A further development came in 2003, when the vineyard and winerywere entrusted to the AJU, which stands for the Japanese words Ai nojikko undo (Love in Action). This Christian welfare organization wasfounded by the Divine Word Missionary Father Georg Gemeinder SVD.One section of the welfare organization cares for the mentally andphysically challenged in society. The AJU took over the management ofthe vineyard and winery so that some of the mentally and physicallychallenged can be gainfully employed there and have greater indepen-dence in their lives. The winery brings help to the needy, pleasure tothe wine tasters, and progress to the Kingdom of God in Japan. �

“Men are like wine—some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.” Blessed Pope John XXIII

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Since 2006, I have worked among theMakua people in northern Mozambique.Although the Makua face enormous challenges, their fundamental stancebefore God is one of gratitude. One oftenhears the phrase: “Miyo koxukhurumaluku pahi,” which means “I havealready thanked God.”

Mozambique is about twice the size of California. With a population of24 million, Catholics account for approximately 28 percent. In thenorthern region of Mozambique where I work, Divine WordMissionaries and the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters provide pastoralcare and spiritual formation. They are also involved in a wide range ofprojects and services, including care for those with HIV/AIDS, nutri-tion programs, reforestation initiatives, and agricultural training.

Restoring forests and learning new methods of agriculture havebecome critically important, since, as the World Bank has warned,Mozambique can expect “ . . . more intense droughts, hurricane-strength cyclones, unpredictable rains, floods and uncontrolled fires”due to climate change (http://blogs.worldbank.org/nasikiliza/energy/flooding-and-a-changing-climate-in-mozambique).

Thanking Godin AdvanceMarselus Anggo SVD


Deforestation by timber companies and uncontrolledfires have destroyed vast tracts of land. When we beganto discuss tree planting to restore the forest, we metsome resistance. It seems there was a belief among theMakua that when a tree begins to bear fruit, the personwho planted it will die. Fortunately, we were able toovercome this fear through education on the impor-tance of caring for the environment and emphasizingthe many benefits of trees. So far, we have plantedabout one thousand trees, and the only obstacle thatremains is financial.

We have also had success in teaching more scientificmethods of agriculture, including crop rotation and theuse of organic fertilizers. Our current efforts arefocused on annual crops of corn, cassava, and beans.We have introduced crops that require a longer growingperiod, such as tangerines, coconuts, and cashews.

The Macua are a hardworking people who live fromwhat they plant and gather. I have learned that,whether they have a plentiful harvest or food is scarcebecause of drought, the bonds they have with oneanother give them strength. However “Mother Nature”treats them, the people walk together and continue tothank to God for everything. I am glad that we walkwith them.�

Divine Word Missionaries’ commitmentto education has changed the lives ofyoung people all over the world.

For more than 130 years, Divine WordMissionaries have helped poor men, women,and children build a better future. Our worktakes us to communities so remote that evenbasic services do not exist. There is no electric-ity or drinkable water. Medicine and doctorsare in short supply, if available at all.Education as we know it does not exist.

Breaking the poverty cycle in Kenya...In 2009, Divine Word Missionaries establishedDivine Word High School in Katani, Kenya. Todaythe school combines an excellent academic cur-riculum with a modern agricultural technologiesagricultural program. The high school teachesmodern agricultural technologies, trains studentsfor future employment, and provides fresh food forthe school’s dining room, making the school lessreliant on outside funding.

In poverty-stricken communities, the cost ofhot meals, clothing, schoolbooks, and schoolfees are too expensive for most families.

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The Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) highlights the benefits of trees:

• Reduced energy use: Trees and vegetationthat directly shade buildings decreasedemand for air conditioning.

• Improved air quality and lower green-house gas emissions: By reducing energydemand, trees and vegetation decrease theproduction of associated air pollution andgreenhouse gas emissions. They also removeair pollutants and store and sequester carbon dioxide.

• Enhanced storm water management andwater quality: Vegetation reduces runoff andimproves water quality by absorbing and filtering rainwater.

• Improved quality of life: Trees and vegeta-tion provide aesthetic value, habitat for manyspecies, and can reduce noise.(www.epa.gov/heatisland/mitigation/trees.htm)


“The best time to plant a tree wastwenty years ago. The next best time is now.”–Chinese Proverb

Last January, to mark the one hundredth anniversaryof the arrival of Divine Word Missionaries inIndonesia, the missionaries living in and around thecity of Ende on the island of Flores organized twotree-planting events.

With the help and support of local Catholics andMuslims, two sites along the beach were chosen.Changing weather patterns cause higher water levelsalong the beach and serious erosion problems haveresulted. The erosion washed out some sections of theroad along the beach, and some villages have experi-enced flooding. Planting trees that can grow in thesand near the seashore will stave off erosion.

Tree Planting Marks AnniversarySimplisius Hanafi SVD


Two local tree species were chosen: Hibiscus Tiliaccus, aflowering tree which will grow to about thirty feet at matu-rity, and Fiscus Benjamina, also known as a weeping fig,which will grow to about one hundred feet tall.

On January 5, 2013, twenty-eight Divine Word MissionaryBrothers from St. Konrad House were joined by studentsof Pesantren, a boarding school for Muslim students, aswell as people from local villages, to plant over one thou-sand tree saplings along a ten-mile stretch of seashore.The second planting took place on January 12. This teamconsisted of Divine Word Missionaries, local high schoolstudents, police officers, and a group of soldiers and localgovernment officials. This team planted about five thou-sand trees. �


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Father Mervin Noronha SVD has launchedanother project to make the CommonFormation Center in Nairobi, Kenya, moreself-reliant. Back in 2010, we reported onthe small herd of dairy cows that is supply-ing milk for the staff and students at the for-mation house. Recently, Fr. Mervin and theseminarians have begun raising rabbits.

The idea came from a seminarian, AlexOmondi SVD. He converted an area near thecattle barn for the two female and two malerabbits that were donated by a group ofSisters. The rabbits, living up to their repu-tation, soon produced their first litters. We are not sure if Mr. and Mrs. Fluffy havebeen told that their commitment to revenueproduction requires a much higher commit-ment than the one required of the dairycows, which only have to sacrifice their milk.

Fr. Mervin’s next project will be installing abiogas plant to reduce the community’senergy expenses, but that is still in the plan-ning stages. In the meantime, the communi-ty will focus on the dairy and rabbit projects.


People often wonder what makes a farmer.What motivates someone to take up farming,always a tough way to make a living? I am thirty-four years old and a fourth-generationfarmer. Iowa is home for me. Like my greatgrandparents, grandparents, and parents, I have seen fields of crops burned up indroughts, covered by floodwaters, and poundedinto the ground by hailstorms. Farming runsdeep in our blood. It is a family tradition.

Farming, in a way, is all I have ever known. I grew upriding in tractors and combines, often sleeping on thenarrow ledge behind the seat of my dad's 1086International tractor when I was a child. As I grew up,we had many hard times: the farm crisis of the 1980s;the drought of 1988; big industry takeover of hog pro-duction; the floods of 1993; and other tough times thatare part of every farmer’s life.

My dad discouraged me from taking up farmingbecause it can be so difficult. He always emphasized theimportance of an education, and I finished high schoolplanning a career in medicine. Throughout my collegeyears at Iowa State University, the farm was alwaysthere. I drove home every weekend to help on the farm.The more I was away, the more I missed it. As I drove toand from school, I observed the changes in the fields.Fields untilled a week earlier had been planted. Beforelong, the first rows of corn appeared and soybeanspopped up. Over the summer and fall, fields changedfrom vibrant greens to muted browns.

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After graduating with a degree in biology, I decided to take time offand help on the farm until I could make a clear career choice. Theneverything changed for my family. After a routine mammogram, mymom was diagnosed with breast cancer. That diagnosis led to one ofthe most trying times for our family. While my mother went throughchemo and radiation treatments, we all pulled together to keepthings going. I was no longer just a helper but an essential part ofthe operation. My sister stepped up to new responsibilities too. Wegot through it as a family. Happily, mom’s cancer did not spreadand, since the initial bout, she has been cancer free. Almost withoutrealizing it, my sister and I decided to stay on the farm.

My family and I are the faces behind the Divine Word Cattle Farm inLorimor, Iowa. We entered into a farming relationship with DivineWord Missionaries in 2007 and constructed a 500-head-capacityfeedlot where we finish primarily Angus-based cattle. The enterprisehas grown over the years, and now we also take care of a herd ofjust over 200 brood cows for Divine Word Missionaries.

The Divine Word Cattle Farm team includes my dad, Russell, theleader of the family and an astute farm businessman.


His experience and judgment in negotiations with bankers,landlords, and neighbors have been essential. My mom,Sharon, who has been by Dad’s side since their high schoolyears, is known as “the cow lady.” Mom is the authorityregarding animal health in our operation and the first per-son to consult if one of our animals “just doesn’t look right.”My sister, Stacy, is our bookkeeper. She has a degree inaccounting and agriculture business from SouthwesternCommunity College in Creston, Iowa. Stacy monitors thefinances of Divine Word Cattle Farm and cares for my nieceand nephew, Kelsie and Jake (a full time job in itself). Stacybales hay during the summer and drives a semi-truck haul-ing grain every autumn. Jesse, my brother-in-law, began tohelp full-time on the farm last year. He is the guru of mod-ern precision farming technology and keeps all our equip-ment in good condition. He helps with spring planting, har-vesting, and cattle management during winter months. Youmight say I am the scientist of our operation, since I domost of the genetics selection for our crop and cattle pro-duction. I mow and rake hay in the summer, deliver seed inthe spring, till the fields in the spring and fall, run the graincart tractor, keep our harvest records in the fall, and dofeedlot chores.

Lundy and John Weeks are also vital members of our team.Lundy, John’s son, is the cowboy. He spends most of histime on horseback, watching the heifers at calving time,tagging calves, supplying mineral to the cows in the sum-


mer, and along with my mom, monitoring herd health. JohnWeeks rides horses, scrapes pens, and does the manyhandyman jobs around the farm.

Our family is proud to work with Divine Word Missionariesas caretakers of Divine Word Cattle Farm. The fruits of ourlabors benefit the Mother of Perpetual Help Center in NongBua Lamphu, Thailand. Brother Damien Lunders SVD is thedirector there and has visited the cattle farm. He and hisstaff in Thailand respond to the needs of many children,teens, adults, and families affected by HIV/AIDS throughfood and medicine distribution programs, an orphanage, ahospice, a home for teens, counseling, vocational training,and livelihood projects. Part of the outreach includesHIV/AIDS awareness and education programs in schoolsand villages.

Our family also participates in row crop operations for DivineWord Missionaries in Iowa. Proceeds from the row crop farms goto other ministries for children and the needy overseas.

It is gratifying to think how the daily chores and routinework that my family does on the farm benefit people all overthe world. I have often reflected on my earlier desire to gointo the medical field because I wanted to help people. Theproceeds from Divine Word Cattle Farm, from this place inrural America that I call home, provide help to people on theother side of the world. It is almost as if it was meant to be.�

When I was seven years old, my mother told me that I had the AIDSvirus. I didn’t understand AIDS, but I understood that I was sick.

My mother died when I was ten yearsold. Not long after her death, I began to feel that the people inmy village - teachers and friends -did not want to talk to me. I wouldhear people in my village say, “Her mother died of AIDS.” I waslooked down on and I felt veryashamed. I couldn’t even lift myface to look at others. I didn’tdare smile. Even though I was alive,I felt more like I was dead.

Divine Word Missionaries’Mother of Perpetual HelpCenter changed my life.Today, I go to school, I havefriends and I am no longer shunned.I have learned so much about life. I now understand the differencebetween AIDS and HIV. I also under-stand about human rights and dignityin society.

Today I smile and look into the eyes of others with confidence. DivineWord Missionaries gave me the careand education I needed. I amextremely grateful for everythingDivine Word Missionaries has done tohelp a girl with HIV – like me –have a new life.

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Divine Word Farm Weldon is nowequipped with solar panels to

reduce energy costs.

The new solar application will augment the geothermal heatingand cooling system and the three

electricity-producing windmills.

During times of low energyusage, typically during springand fall, the electric meters in

Weldon will be moving in reverse!During times of high demand forelectricity, all three applications

will significantly reduce costs.

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A Rosepoem by John Shevlin SVD

I’m a mountain roseWhom nobody knowsBut the widow whose house I adornAs people brush byNot turning an eyeThey think I am only a thorn

I’m kind to the beeWhen he visits with meI give all my sweetness awayMy greatest delightIs to know each nightI have made a widow’s day

I’m a mountain roseWhom my Maker choseAs a crown for the Savior’s headMy sweetest perfumePervades his tombAs he arose from the dead

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Divine Word Missionaries Mission Center P.O. Box 6099 • Techny, Illinois 60082-6099

The Society of the Divine Word is an international Catholic missionary congregation with over 6,000 members from 70 countries.

They work in over 70 different lands on all the continents except Antarctica.

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DIVINE WORD MISSIONARIES MAGAZINE, Vol. L V No. 3 SUMMER 2013, issued quarterly

Divine Word Missionaries, Mission Center, Techny, Illinois 60082.

Subscription $20.00 a year

Editor: Bro. Dennis Newton SVD Assistant Editor: Carolyn Schmit

Creative Directors: Carmelita J. Linden • Bro. Dan Holman SVD

B r a n c h O f f i c e : P i t t s b u r g h , P A

MEET THE AUTHORSAntonius Eko Yuliantoro SVD is from Muntilan, on theisland of Java, Indonesia. He professed first vows as aDivine Word Missionary in 1987 and was ordained to thepriesthood in 1994. He is the local superior of the commu-nity in Surabaya and a member of the provincial leader-ship team.

Johann Schubert SVD, a veteran missionary to Japan, isfrom Neuwalde, Germany. He entered Divine WordMissionaries in 1955 and was ordained a priest in 1962.Father Schubert currently resides at Holy Cross Parish inNagoya, Japan.

Simplisius Hanafi SVD is from Sika on the island of Flores,Indonesia. He professed first vows as a Divine WordMissionary Brother in 1984. Brother Simplisius is assigned tothe St. Joseph community in Ende.

Marselus Anggo SVD is from Ponggeok, Indonesia. Heprofessed first vows as a Divine Word Missionary in 1997and was ordained to the priesthood in 2004. He isassigned to Saint Francis Xavier Parish in Nampula,Mozambique,and is also the provincial coordinator forJustice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation.

John Shevlin SVD is from Manchester, England. Heentered Divine Word Missionaries in 1952 and worked formany years in India and in the western United States. Anauthor and poet, Father Shevlin resides at Techny.

Chad Kelley is from Thayer, Iowa. A graduate of IowaState University, Mr. Kelley helps to manage Divine WordCattle Farm in Lorimor, Iowa.

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