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The Steyler Fathers (Latin ''Societas Verbi Divini'' (abbreviated SVD), English ''Society of the Divine Word'') constitute a Catholic missionary congregation, founded by Saint Arnold Janssen in 1875 .

They receive their name from the small village of Steyl in the Netherlands , near Venlo . The Steyler Fathers operate there several monasteries.


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  • Steyl (has links to German and English translations)