ST' ARNOLD JANSSEN

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ST. ARNOLD JANSSEN
Who was he?
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Born on
November 5, 1837
in
GOCH, GERMANY
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ARNOLD'S FAMILY
MOTHER
FATHER
Ana Katharina Welsen
Gerhard Janssen
11 children
Arnold is the second oldest.
BROTHERS
SISTERS
DECEASED
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They lived a simple
Janssen's Family House
and modest life
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ARNOLD'S
Father, Gerhard
Gerhard earned
the family's living
through their small farm
Mother, Katharina
and freight hauling.
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A devoted
Catholic Family
praying every night
The Rosary
Gerhard read about the the church and mission in
the different countries.
and
the
Young Arnold listened
Prologue
attentively.
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EDUCATION
Arnold started school at the
age of seven
at Goch Primary School
Finished Secondary Education
at the age of eighteen
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1849 - 1861 A Time of Studies
Minor Seminary at Gasdonck
Mathematics and Natural Sciences
at Bonn University
He excelled in Math and Natural Sciences
Theological Studies at Munster
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Ordained Priest
at the age of twenty four
in Munster on August 15, 1861
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Priestly Ministry
Bocholt
Taught 12 years at a Secondary School
Pastoral Care at St. George Parish
Munster
Diocesan Director of the Prayer Apostolate
Kempen
Rector of the Ursuline Convent
Published "Little Messenger
of the Sacred Heart"
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FOUNDATIONS
September 8, 1875
- Arnold Janssen founds
St. Michael's Mission Seminary
in Steyl, Holland.
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Johann Anzer
Josef Freinademetz
In 1879 the first two Divine Word
Missionaries (SVD) depart for China
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The first Brother Postulants
entered Steyl on May 4, 1877.
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Mo. Josepha
Mo. Maria
Helena Stollenwerk
Hendrina Stenmans
Together with
Helena Stollenwerk and Hendrina Stenmans
Arnold founds the Missionary Sisters Servants
of the Holy Spirit on December 8, 1889
in Steyl, Holland
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Arnold founds the third Congregation -
Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit
of Perpetual Adoration on December 8, 1896
in Steyl, Holland.
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Arnold Janssen dies
on January 15, 1909
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From early on Arnold's relationship
to God had been
GOD AS TRINITY.
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Arnold's motto prayer,
"Vivat Cor Jesu in Cordibus Hominum! ---
MAY THE HEART OF JESUS
LIVE IN
THE HEARTS
OF ALL
PEOPLE,"
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(Arnold's Favorite Prayer)
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Arnold Janssen and Josef Freinademetz
were beatified on October 19, 1975
in Rome by Pope Paul VI
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Arnold Janssen and Josef Freinademetz
were canonized on October 5, 2003
in Rome by Pope John Paul II
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What Arnold Janssen began in Steyl
continues today.......