Fr. Anton, son of Martin and Anna Martinkova and a native of Stiavnik, Slovakia, entered the SVD seminary in that city in 1932. He went through novi­tiate and philosophy in Nitra and went on to Vienna for his theology. Ordained a priest in 1946 he passed through Rome and then to Australia, where he...

Fr. Werner, born to Albert and Maria Kremer, grew up in Bienen, diocese of Muenster. He began his studies in Steyl in 1955, went to St. Gabriel for his novi­tiate and philosophy before proceeding to S10 Augustine for his theology and ordination. Assigned to PNG in 1969 he worked in the stations of...

Fr. Wilbert's father and mother were from the Lower Rhine region, Germany, who immigrated to Miller City, Ohio, USA. His parish priest, a former SVD from Germany, remained t close to the Society and led many of the Morman boys to our f seminary. His brother Edmund also became an SVD, another )...