Houses of Formation

The first Divine Word Missionary to arrive in the United States was Bro. Wendelin Meyer, SVD, in the fall of 1895.  Since then, the SVD has operated several seminary and formation programs across the country.  Below is a list of the different programs and cities where they were located.

• Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
• Bordentown, New Jersey
• Chicago, Illinois (Theologate)
• Conesus, New York
• Duxbury, Massachusetts (Miramar)
• East Troy, Wisconsin
• Epworth, Iowa
• Erie, Pennsylvania (St. Marks)
• Girard, Pennsylvania
• Granby, Quebec
• Lake Gogebic, Michigan
• Los Angeles, California (Casa Guadalupe)
• New Orleans, Louisiana (Tolton House)
• Perrysburg, Ohio
• Riverside, California
• Techny, Illinois
• Washington, DC (Wendelin House)