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Society of the Divine Word

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.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: R.C. religious congregation from the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Divine Word Missionaries”, “Divine World International Church”, “Missionaries from Steyl”, “S.V.D.”, and “SVD”
  • Address: 2002 Waukegan Road, Techny, IL 60082

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sunset Ridge Country Club and Northbrook station.

Golf course
is a private country club located in , just outside the city limits of , a suburb of . Founded in 1923 and renovated in 2005, it features a 6,752 yard 18-hole course. is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Society of the Divine Word.

Railway station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Northbrook is a commuter railroad station on 's Milwaukee District North Line in . The station is located at 1401 Shermer Road, is 21.0 miles away from , the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and . is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Society of the Divine Word.

Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
North Glenview is one of two commuter railroad stations on 's Milwaukee District North Line in . The station is located at 3000 Old Willow Road, is 18.5 miles away from , the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and . is situated 1½ miles south of Society of the Divine Word.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Techny and Northbrook.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood of , , United States. Once a separate community, it was annexed by Northbrook in 1989. The North American headquarters of the Divine Word Missionaries has been located in since 1896.

Photo: bogdanstepniak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city of 33,000 people in . 's downtown shopping district features boutiques and specialty stores.

is a city in The of It is about 20 miles North of the city of Chicago. The Population is around 5500 people. The city is primarily a residential village, with a small section of commercial real-estate.

Society of the Divine Word

Latitude
42.11697° or 42° 7′ 1″ north
Longitude
-87.8059° or 87° 48′ 21″ west
Elevation
666 feet (203 metres)
Open location code
86JJ458V+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 354233812
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Geo­Names ID
4889948
Wiki­data ID
Q696656
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Society of the Divine Word” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Berbitak”
  • Basque: “Jainko Hitzaren Misiolariak”
  • Basque: “SVD”
  • Belarusian: “вэрбісты”
  • Belarusian: “Місіянэры Божага слова”
  • Catalan: “Missioners del Verb Diví”
  • Catalan: “S.V.D.”
  • Catalan: “SVD”
  • Central Bikol: “Kaayonan nin Diosnon na Tataramon”
  • Central Bikol: “S.V.D.”
  • Central Bikol: “SVD”
  • Chinese: “圣言会”
  • Chinese: “聖言會”
  • Croatian: “Družba Božje Riječi”
  • Croatian: “S.V.D.”
  • Croatian: “SVD”
  • Croatian: “Verbiti”
  • Czech: “S.V.D.”
  • Czech: “Společnost Božího Slova”
  • Czech: “SVD”
  • Czech: “Verbisté”
  • Dutch: “Gemeenschap van het Goddelijk Woord”
  • Dutch: “Gemeenschap van het Goddelijke Woord”
  • Dutch: “Gezelschap van het Goddelijk woord”
  • Dutch: “Missionarissen van het Goddelijk Woord”
  • Dutch: “Missionarissen van Steyl”
  • Dutch: “Paters van het Goddelijk Woord”
  • Dutch: “S.V.D.”
  • Dutch: “Societas Verbi Divini”
  • Dutch: “SVD”
  • Esperanto: “Familio de Steyl”
  • Esperanto: “S.V.D.”
  • Esperanto: “SVD”
  • French: “S.V.D.”
  • French: “Société du divin Verbe”
  • French: “Société du Verbe divin”
  • French: “Société du Verbe Divin”
  • French: “Societe du Verbe-Divin”
  • French: “SVD”
  • French: “Verbites”
  • Galician: “S.V.D.”
  • Galician: “Sociedade do Verbo Divino”
  • Galician: “SVD”
  • German: “Congregatio Servarum Spiritus Sancti”
  • German: “Gesellschaft des Göttlichen Wortes”
  • German: “Gesellschaft des Göttlichen Worts”
  • German: “Rosa Schwestern”
  • German: “S.V.D.”
  • German: “Societas Verbi Divini”
  • German: “Society of the Divine Word”
  • German: “Steyler Anbetungsschwestern”
  • German: “Steyler Mission”
  • German: “Steyler Missionar”
  • German: “Steyler Missionare”
  • German: “Steyler Missionarinnen”
  • German: “SVD”
  • German: “Weite Welt”
  • Hebrew: “חברת דבר האלוהים”
  • Hungarian: “Isteni Ige Társasága”
  • Hungarian: “S.V.D.”
  • Hungarian: “SVD”
  • Hungarian: “verbita rend”
  • Indonesian: “S.V.D.”
  • Indonesian: “Serikat Sabda Allah”
  • Indonesian: “SVD”
  • Italian: “S.V.D.”
  • Italian: “Società del Verbo Divino”
  • Italian: “SVD”
  • Italian: “Verbiti”
  • Japanese: “神言会”
  • Japanese: “神言修道会”
  • Korean: “말씀의 선교수도회”
  • Latin: “S.V.D.”
  • Latin: “Societas Verbi Divini”
  • Latin: “SVD”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guds ords selskap”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “S.V.D.”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Steylermisjonærene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “SVD”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Verbittene”
  • Norwegian: “Guds ords selskap”
  • Polish: “S.V.D.”
  • Polish: “SVD”
  • Polish: “werbiści”
  • Polish: “Werbiści”
  • Polish: “werbista”
  • Polish: “Zgromadzenie Słowa Bożego”
  • Portuguese: “Congregação do Verbo Divino”
  • Portuguese: “Missionários do Verbo Divino”
  • Portuguese: “S.V.D.”
  • Portuguese: “Sociedade do Verbo Divino”
  • Portuguese: “Svd”
  • Portuguese: “SVD”
  • Portuguese: “Verbitas”
  • Romanian: “Societas Verbi Divini”
  • Russian: “Вербисты”
  • Russian: “Общество Слова Божия”
  • Slovak: “S.V.D.”
  • Slovak: “Societas Verbi Divini”
  • Slovak: “Spoločnosť Božieho Slova”
  • Slovak: “SVD”
  • Slovak: “verbisti”
  • Spanish: “Congregacion del Verbo Divino”
  • Spanish: “Congregación del Verbo Divino”
  • Spanish: “Misioneros del Verbo Divino”
  • Spanish: “Misioneros del Verbo”
  • Spanish: “S.V.D.”
  • Spanish: “Sociedad del Verbo Divino”
  • Spanish: “Society of the Divine Word”
  • Spanish: “SVD”
  • Spanish: “Verbitas”
  • Ukrainian: “Вербісти”
  • Yue Chinese: “圣言会”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖言會”

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