Arnold Janssen, was a German-Dutch Catholic priest and missionary who is venerated as a saint.
11 Facts About Arnold Janssen
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Arnold Janssen founded the Society of the Divine Word, a Catholic missionary religious congregation, known as the Divine Word Missionaries, as well as two congregations for women.
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Arnold Janssen was canonized on 5 October 2003, by Pope John Paul II.
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Arnold Janssen took up the study of philosophy at the Academy of Muenster, and then entered the University of Bonn.
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Arnold Janssen was ordained to the priesthood for the diocese of Muenster on 15 August 1861.
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Arnold Janssen devoted some years to pastoral work and the teaching of Christian doctrine, in 1873 becoming chaplain and director at the Ursuline convent of Kempen.
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The Kulturkampf hampered his efforts, and Arnold Janssen purchased land in Steyl, the Netherlands, to begin his seminary, dedicated in 1875 as the "St Michael the Archangel Mission House".
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Arnold Janssen founded two congregations of religious sisters: The Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters on 8 December 1889, and the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters on 8 September 1896.
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Arnold Janssen died at Steyl, Holland, on January 15,1909.
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Arnold Janssen's cause was formally opened on 10 July 1942, and he was declared a Servant of God.
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Arnold Janssen was elevated to sainthood after the healing of Pamela Avellanosa, a Filipina teenager living in Baguio who fell from a bike and was not expected to recover from the resulting head injury.