Founded in 1881 by Father Francis Jordan, and initially named The Apostolic Teaching Society, the Society of the Divine Savior is a Catholic community of priests, Brothers, and lay people, collectively known as Salvatorians.
Today, over 2700 Salvatorians minister in the United States and in countries throughout the world, including –
(States that are blue, have a SDS parish)
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- Columbia
- Poland
- the British Isles
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… and many more.
Eternal life is this: To know you, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. (John 3:17)
Salvatorians seek to serve our Savior through an active love and concern for others. This they fulfill through a wide variety of apostolates, such as –
Parish ministry
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In areas affected by a critical shortage of priests, Salvatorians have introduced "team ministry," where three or four Salvatorians work together to meet the pastoral needs of Catholic families. Father Jordan was convinced that religious ignorance was the root of all evil; thus Salvatorians make a special effort to insure that strong programs of religious instruction are in place in every parish they serve.
Youth ministry
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Young people are the future of both our Church and our world. And Salvatorians are devoted to making our Savior's goodness known in ways that young people understand. Each summer, Father Glen Willis, SDS and the staff at Camp St. Charles host youngsters from less fortunate families to several weeks of fun combined with moral and spiritual development. Other Salvatorians teach at schools for the physically and emotionally challenged, as well as in homes and centers for troubled youth.
Chaplains
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Salvatorians staff Newman Centers at universities and other institutions of higher learning, such as Father Mike Newman's ministry at California State University in Sacramento, where tomorrow's Church leaders are encouraged to grow both academically and spiritually. Many other Salvatorians have served, and continue to minister, as military and hospital chaplains throughout the US and across the globe.
Training priests and leaders for tomorrow's Church
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In schools and seminaries across America – as well as in Morogoro, Tanzania -- Salvatorians are helping others to discover their vocations as witnesses to our Savior's mercy. Preparing priests and other ministers of the Gospel has been, and today remains, a key Salvatorian apostolate. Toward this end, Father Andre Papineau, SDS and others share their "story telling" and homiletic skills with candidates for the priesthood, as well as with lay men and women seeking opportunities to be of greater service to our Savior and humankind.
Lay Salvatorians
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From the start it was Father Jordan's dream to found a religious "movement" that would include both vowed clergy and religious, as well as lay people. Today a growing number of women and men both married and non-married, are professing vows as lay members of the Society of the Divine Savior. They work and pray to proclaim our Savior's love and mercy through their jobs, their relationships with family and friends, and through involvement with their communities and parishes.
Our Mission:
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To proclaim the love and mercy of our Savior, Jesus Christ, through all possible means.
Salvatorian ministries are distinguished by an unusual degree of diversity. Each is an expression of the individual's gifts and talents.
Through simplicity, generosity, and hospitality, Salvatorians seek to be one with those they serve -- believing, as Father Jordan did, that through our Savior all things are possible.
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