The SVD Biblical Apostolate

The Biblical Apostolate of the Divine Word Missionaries in Australia is a ministry on spreading the Word of God to everyone.

We take our prime motivation from our founder, St. Arnold Janssen, who zealously promoted God's Word during his lifetime. As a result of his dedication to the Word, he called his new foundation, the Society of the Divine Word.

We take also great inspiration from the statement of Vatican II (1985) which stated that "access to sacred Scripture ought to be open wide to the Christian faithful." (DV #22).

Therefore, our entire membership acknowledges that the Biblical Apostolate is one of our four priority-apostolates (or Four Characteristic Dimensions) in our Society (13 th SVD General Chapter).

Our Activities

We promote Bible enthronement in Christian homes.

We train our students to pray the Bible, reflect on the Word and sing out in joyful songs.

The preaching of our priests is based on the Bible readings

We establish Bible study and Bible sharing groups among lay people.

We also form people to be teachers, ministers, and promoters of the Word of God.

We help the laity to form Bible Core Teams (BCT) and train them to give Bible seminars.

We coordinate in the Bible ministry of the local Church.

We train Bible ministers of the Word at our Bible Centre in Rome .

Our Bible ministry extends to over 45 different countries world-wide.

"Not in bread alone does one live, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God"