Born:8-6-1939 in the hospital in Horst in the Province Limburg-Netherlands -Kindergarden  for several years in Tienray-Limburg-NLD -Elementary school in Tienray-Limburg-NLD -Primary school in Swolgen-Limburg till grade 7 -Secondary school in the SVD Missiehouse in Teteringen and then in Deurne...

Madagascar is one of the poor countries in the African continent. Political instability is perhaps, the major cause, preventing better development of the nation.  This affects road infrastructure, health and education services.  We work in 3 dioceses; however concentrate more in the...

Except for the personal ‘profile’ just below, I quickly pass over the earlier years of family and formation and begin the story with my appointment to Papua New Guinea. Thanks to the Arabs and Romans for a useful decimal numbering system and the 365 day-twelve-month calendar! Both these tools help...

Yangpela bilolng Pita (Bilong redim tok bilong yangpela bilong Peter, mi bin yusim wanpela pepa famili bilong em i bin salim. Ol yet i wokim lotu long asples bilong em nau tasol na ol i yusim dispela pepa. Yumi ken stap wanbel wantaim ol.     Na tu mi yusim ol toktok Pita, na...

Fr. Ernest Thomas Golly, SVD Born on the 21st December 1933 at Cisowa in Upper Silesia, Poland Died on the 7th May 2010 at St. Augustine On the 13th of April after a very tiring journey Fr. Golly arrived in Frankfurt. He had still celebrated Lent and Easter in his community at Yomba in Madang...

Dear Joe, thanks for your e-mail with the report about the Mass for Fr. Golly. By now you people might have heard from the Superior Delegate about the funeral. The Mass began at 2 pm in the big seminary church. Quite a number of Fr. Golly's relatives were there. Archbishop Meier, who had arrived a...

Fr. Limbrock Eberhard – 1896 – 1910             Born 23 May 1859 Ahlen, Mo Joined the SVD - 1877             Final Vows –...

6th August 1939 – Fokker Universal twin engine plane, Teresia, crashes on the take off. The pilot, Wilhelm Schafhousen, Otto Baden, James Dwyer, Kirschbaum and a catechist all die instantly on the impact. According to the investigation accident happened because the plane was overloaded. The pilot...

SVD’s Akikaze – shot by Japanese soldiers, 17 March 1943 Bp. Loerks Joseph Fr. Manion Arthur Fr. Henry Meyer Fr. Mueller Andreas Fr. Prinz Gerard Fr. Romanski John Fr. Waechter William Fr. Winzenhoerlein Francis – Superior Regionalis Br. Posmik Ananias Br. Matyl Andreas Br. Warnke Ansgar Br. Wolf...

First published in English as THE MORSCHHEUSER PAPERS by Father Bernard Fisher S.V.D. October 1991 This is a translation and adaptation of the German work "Missionar in Neue Guinea, P. Karl Morschheuser SVD" by Father Fritz Bornemann S.V.D. 1938. Printed and published by the Mission Press of St....