Word Missionary Order

About this place

The entry “Divine Word Missionaries” in the package refers to the Naechon St. Arnold Janssen Spirituality Center of the Society of the Divine Word (S.V.D.) in Naechon-myeon, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do. The Catholic Church directory in Korea registers the facility among religious-order institutions in the territory of the Diocese of Chuncheon and gives the English name Divine Word Missionaries: S.V.D. The key point is therefore that this is a spirituality center operated by a religious congregation, not an ordinary parish church.

The name St. Arnold Janssen in the center’s title refers to the founder of the Society of the Divine Word, and the site is identified as a place connected with the congregation’s spiritual and communal life. Within the limits of the official directory information available publicly, the Pocheon-Naechon spirituality center is clearly the same place represented by the package entry “Divine Word Missionaries.” It is best understood through this present identity as a religious-order spirituality facility rather than through changeable visitor or liturgical schedules.