Joseph Freinademetz, S.V.D., was a Ladin Roman Catholic priest and missionary in China. He has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
Urdaneta, officially the City of Urdaneta, is a 2nd class component city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 144,577 people.
Marist is a noun or adjective derived from the name Mary – in particular Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ. It may refer to:
The Society of the Divine Word, abbreviated SVD and popularly called the Verbites or the Divine Word Missionaries, and sometimes the Steyler Missionaries, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men. As of 2020, it consisted of 5,965 members composed of priests and religious brothers working in more than 70 countries, now part of VIVAT international. It is one of the largest missionary congregations in the Catholic Church. Its members add the nominal letters SVD after their names to indicate membership in the Congregation. The superior general is Paulus Budi Kleden who hails from Indonesia.
The Divine Word College of Bangued is a private, Catholic higher education institution run by the Philippine Northern Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Bangued, Abra, Philippines. It was founded by a Divine Word Missionary priest in 1920 and given the name Colegio del Sagrado Corazon. In 1964 it was renamed the Divine Word College of Bangued. The college is the most famous in the province.
The Divine Word College of Calapan also referred to by its acronym DWCC is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Central Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. It was established by the Divine Word Missionaries in April 1946 and was then called Mindoro Junior College until January 1981. The academic programs offered on its first year of operation were normal education, liberal arts, pre-law, including short term courses in typing and stenography.
The Divine Word College of Laoag is a private Catholic, basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Northern Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. It was founded by Rev. Fr. Alphonse Mildner, SVD in 1946.
The Divine Word College of Urdaneta is a private Catholic educational institution of higher learning run by the Philippine Northern Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Philippines. It was founded by the Divine Word Missionaries in 1967. Saint Joseph Freinademetz, the first SVD missionary to China, is the patron saint and model of the school.
The Divine Word College of Vigan also referred to by its acronym DWCV is a private, Catholic, co-educational institution of higher learning run by the Philippine Northern Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. It was founded in 1822 by the society as the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepción. The current president is Rev. Fr. Edsel R. Demillo, SVD, PhD.
The Divine Word College of San Jose is a private, Catholic, coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Central Province of the Society of the Divine Word or SVD in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. It holds the distinction of being the first and oldest educational institution in Mindoro island, even predating the island-province's separation in 1950 into two provinces by five years.
The Divine Word College of Legazpi (DWCL) is a private Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Central Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Legazpi, Albay, Philippines. It was founded by Rev. Fr. Juan Carullo, a retired Army Chaplain in 1947.
The Divine Word Academy of Dagupan (DWAD) is a private, Catholic, basic education institution run by the Philippine Northern Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Dagupan, Philippines. It was founded by the Divine Word Missionaries in 1957. It is one of the few schools in the Philippines that offer an education in Chinese culture in addition to the regular curricula required by the Department of Education (Philippines) and by private schools, in combination with the ideals of a Catholic education.
The Liceo del Verbo Divino, also referred to by its acronym LVD, is a private, Catholic, co-educational basic education institution run by the Philippine Southern Province of the Society of the Divine Word in Tacloban City, Philippines. It was founded by the Divine Word Missionaries in 1929.
Nanzan University is a private, Catholic and coeducational higher education institution run by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in the Shōwa Ward of Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious private universities in the Chūbu region.
Colegio del Verbo Divino is a school in Chile catering to grades from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. It was founded in 1950 by the Congregación del Verbo Divino, which continues administration of the school to the present day. The organization and school's mission is that of forming leaders of the Catholic viewpoint, who will work to contribute social justice and solidarity.
Tacloban, Philippines, has a variety of public and private educational institutions. Foremost of these are the University of the Philippines in the Visayas - Tacloban College, Eastern Visayas State University, the Leyte Progressive High School, a provincial branch of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, the Leyte Normal University, the Liceo del Verbo Divino formerly known as the Divine Word University of Tacloban and the St. Therese Educational Foundation of Tacloban, Inc. otherwise known as STEFTI.
Leopoldo C. Jaucian is a Roman Catholic Bishop of the Philippines and the current Bishop of Bangued in Abra (Philippines).
Lorenzo Ruiz (1594–1637) was a Chinese Filipino martyr.
