15 January St. Arnold Janssen

St. Arnold Janssen was born in 1837 in Goch, Germany. Moved by the desire for the union of all Christians, the preaching of the Gospel and the establishment of the Church among non-Christians, he founded the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in 1875. Realizing the need for women missionaries, he established two congregations of Sisters: The Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS) in 1889 and the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration (SSpS/Pink Sisters) in 1896. St. Arnold Janssen died on January 15, 1909.