Divine Word Seminary Riverside

Come and Join us!
Breakfast with the Missionaries - Sunday, November 13, 2016.
Tickets are available in the office or by calling (951) 689-4858.
Hope to see you there!

Greetings to all!

A retreat weekend has opened up at the Divine Word Retreat Center. It is the weekend of September 2-4th, 2016.
If you would like to reserve or if you know of a group that would like to reserve for a retreat weekend, please let us know as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us anytime at (951) 689-4858. or email us here: http://www.divinewordseminary-riverside.com/contact-us.html
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Here wishing Fr. Jose Goopio a wonderful 43rd Ordination Anniversary today! Many Blessings that you have given us and we hope you receive just as many!

Here is a write-up about the Journey with the Missionaries and the Seminarians who put up the cross on the hill behind the Divine Word Seminary.
Written by Fr. Gary Riebe, SVD in 1963:

Our Cross and Our Crown A blazing California sun gazed through an azure sky down on Marygrove below. Here on the summit of a hill behind the Divine Word Seminary, forty-seven seminarians lowered their heavy burden - the...

“A heart filled with joy is more easily made perfect than one that is sad.”
-St. Philip Neri

After over 8 years of service as the Rector of the Divine Word Seminary in Riverside, Fr. Jose Goopio is Leaving.
Let’s wish Fr. Joe well in his new assignment in San Diego.

Please join us for a Despedida / Farewell Dinner on Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 6:00pm at the Divine Word Retreat Center-Dining Room.

Cost will be $25 per person.
Tickets are available in the Divine Word office.

New Reflection by Fr. Robert Fisher, SVD

Spirituality of The Divine Word Missionaries by Father Robert B. Fisher, SVD The founder of the Divine Word Missionaries, St. Arnold Janssen, had a life­long spirituality that was very Trinitarian, an outlook that he passed on to the Society...

If you are free, come join us!!
Hope to see you here next Sunday!

GREETINGS AND BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!
Our Breakfast with the Missionaries Fundraiser next month will be held on Sunday, May 15th. Please mark your calendars!
A special thank you to the the St. George Filipino Ministry who will be the host group for next month. Many Blessings to them!
Hope to see you here!

GREETINGS AND BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!
Our Breakfast with the Missionaries Fundraiser next month will be held on Sunday, May 15th. Please mark your calendars!
A special thank you to the the St. George Filipino Ministry who will be the host group for next month. Many Blessings to them!
Hope to see you here!

FEAST OF SAINT MARK: O God, who raised up Saint Mark, your Evangelist, and endowed him with the grace to preach the Gospel, grant, we pray, that we may so profit from his teaching as to follow faithfully in the footsteps of Christ. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen!

Amazing!

Check out this amazing rainbow which appeared directly above a statue of Jesus Christ at the Divine Mercy Shrine located in Misamis Oriental on the southernmost Philippine island of Mindanao. What's even more amazing is that the rainbow appeared in front of over 10,000 devotees who'd gathered to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday!

A Message from Robert Marquez and our Friends at Hi-Way Safety (God Bless Them Always!):
"No need to worry about that strap holding up the holy cross any longer this stainless steel banding will not deteriorate and is more than strong enough to withstand the wild wind as well as the harsh summers and wet winter's and anything else the good Lord may throw at it. "