St arnold janssen biography of william shakespeare

Arnold Janssen, SVD. Joseph Freinademetz, SVD. The second of ten children, his parents instilled in him a deep devotion to religion. He was ordained a priest on August 15, for the diocese of Muenster and was assigned to teach natural sciences and mathematics in a secondary school in Bocholt. There he was known for being a strict but just teacher.

This apostolate encouraged Arnold to open himself to Christians of other denominations. Little by little he became more aware of the spiritual needs of people beyond the limits of his own diocese, developing a deep concern for the universal mission of the church.

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He decided to dedicate his life to awaking in the German church its missionary responsibility. With this in mind, in he resigned from his teaching post and soon after founded The Little Messenger of the Sacred Heart. This popular monthly magazine presented news of missionary activities and it encouraged German-speaking Catholics to do more to help the missions.

These were difficult times for the Catholic Church in Germany. In this chaotic situation Arnold Janssen proposed that some of the expelled priests could go to the foreign missions or at least help in the preparation of missionaries.

Just two years after ordination he contacted Fr. Arnold Janssen, the founder of a mission house which quickly developed into the Society of the Divine Word.

Slowly but surely, and with a little prodding from the Apostolic Vicar of Hong Kong, Arnold discovered that God was calling him to undertake this difficult task. Many people said that he was not the right man for the job, or that the times were not right for such a project. With the support of a number of bishops, Arnold inaugurated the mission house on September 8, in Steyl, Holland, and thus began the Divine Word Missionaries.

Already on March 2, the first two missionaries set out for China. One of these was Joseph Freinademetz.