Bishop Gerald Barnes, Bishop of San Bernardino Diocese ordained eleven men permanent Deacons for the Diocese on Aug. 25 at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, Chino Hills. This was the largest class in the 40-year history of the diocese

More than 6,700 Catholic nuns are among those helping over a million people taking shelter in relief camps after unprecedented floods ravaged Kerala, a southwestern Indian state. “This is the biggest rescue and relief operation the Catholic Church in Kerala has undertaken in its history,” says Fr. George Vettikattil, who heads the church’s relief operations […]

Pope Francis on June 22 met members of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) participating in their General Chapter near Rome. By Robin Gomes Pope Francis on Friday encouraged the Divine Word Missionaries to trust in Divine Providence while preaching the Gospel, especially to those who are excluded, abandoned and trampled, while remaining united […]

Wordnet Productions recently filmed a series of programs by a priest and a rabbi. The programs are based on various topics that concerns both the religious communities like, prayer, workshop, scriptures etc. The program has been produced as a collaborative venture through the contact Rabbi Hillel Chon from San Bernardino, the American Jewish University in […]

The hanging and retractable (stand up) banners of our founders are distributed to all the parishes as follow up on the USW parish profile. The hanging banners are of the Founders Saint Arnold Janssen and Saint Joseph Frienademetez. One of the standup banners gives basic information about the society like our popular and proper name, […]

USW province retreat took place from April 16-21, 2018 at Riverside residence. A large number of members participated in the retreat guided by Steve Bevans, SVD. In his presentations he shared about the upcoming General Chapter, vocation, mission as partnering with God and prophetic dialogue, Holy Spirit, God of Mercy and people of mercy etc. […]

(Steve Pardy attended the recently organized Panam Zonal Assembly of the Brothers. This is excerpt from what he wrote on the Assembly).  The first Panam Zonal SVD Brother’s meeting took place at the SVD Center in Suzano, a suburb of Sao Paulo Brazil on the 21-27 February 2018.  The weeks intensive discussion (in at least […]

The XIX USW Province Chapter and Assembly was held on Wednesday, 28 February at Riverside residence. The Chapter and the Assembly began with Bible enthronement. During the Bible veneration the Provincial declared the Chapter formally open. Later on he explained the modalities and procedures for the day. The provincial in his presentation shared about the […]

Lunar New Year 2018, the Year of the Dog was celebrated at many of our parishes and facilities. Peter Zhai organized a great and grant celebration in San Francisco. The Principal celebrant was Most Rev. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, with concelebrants,  Most Rev. Bishop Emeritus William Justice, Most Rev. Bishop Emeritus Ignatius Wang, Most Rev. […]

The students of Platt College, Ontario Campus spent their one day field trip program at Wordnet Productions on Monday, February 26, 2018. They were led by their teacher and guide Jessica Gonzales. The history of Wordnet and its mission and ministry was shared with them so also some of the primary principles of media and […]