Father Norbert Cuypers SVD was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1964 and was ordained to the priesthood in May 1997. Over the years his path has taken him to Papua New Guinea and Austria, among other places. Since 2011 he has been living and working in Germany. The theme of spirituality has accompanied him for many years: whether as a retreat master, as a spiritual director in the seminary, or as novice master in Berlin. Currently, he lives in a hermitage in North Rhine-Westfalia.

Father Brian Mbulubaya SVD was born in January 1982 in Zambia. He was ordained to the priesthood in July 2012 and was assigned as a missionary to Paraguay. He has worked in parish ministry and formation and is now pastor of San Roque González de Santa Cruz parish, which is located in a rural area.

Father Loie P. Da-ilesan SVD was born in the Philippines in 1966. He was ordained into the priesthood in December 1999. Soon after his ordination, he was sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo for his first mission assignment. He stayed there for 13 years before being reassigned to the Philippines.

He is currently pastor of San Miguel Parish in the Diocese of Ipil. His work includes ecclesial community organization, youth ministry, social action and family and life outreach, especially with the fisherfolk, whose boats he helps to repair so they can maintain their livelihood.

Father Fred Timp SVD was born in Minnesota in 1945 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1971. He was first assigned to Divine Word Seminary in Bordentown, New Jersey, and served there from 1972 until 1983. He then was sent to Ghana in 1983 and remains there to this day. In Ghana he has done pastoral and formation work as well as primary evangelization. From 1999 to 2008 he was chancellor of the Diocese of Yendi. Since then he has served as provincial secretary and treasurer and is currently the provincial archivist.

Father Vishal Stephen D’Souza SVD was born in Kuwait in 1983 and was ordained to the priesthood in May 2014. He is a Divine Word Missionary of Indian ancestry who has served in Madagascar since 2015. His ministry has included parish work in the Mananjary and Ambatondrazaka dioceses. He is currently treasurer of the Madagascar Region and resides in the capital city, Antananarivo.

Father Higinio Yescas Martinez SVD was born in 1957 in Oaxaca, Mexico. He was ordained to the priesthood in April 1987. That year his first assignment was to Nicaragua, where he developed an interest in therapeutic counseling to families dealing with the consequences of that country’s civil war. He received training in pastoral counseling and related disciplines in Chicago and Mexico. After this education, he returned to Oaxaca, where he now serves as director of neo-missionaries at the Philosophy House.

Father Dennis Ryan Varquez SVD was born in the Philippines in 1991. He was ordained a priest in December 2017 and assigned to Zimbabwe in April 2019. He is currently the assistant priest at a mission based in Ndolwane that serves a large bush territory. He also helps with formation work at the St. Gabriel Formation House, also in Ndolwane.

Father James Fuzhong Liu SVD was born in Taiyuan, Mainland China, in July 1983 and was ordained to the priesthood in May 2014. He was assigned to the Kenya - Tanzania Province, and started his pastoral mission in the Arusha Diocese in Tanzania. In July 2017 he began his current mission to the Maasai people living in Tanzania’s bush regions. He has translated two books—“Meeting St. Luke Today” by Daniel J. Harrington and “Mary, Mother of  Mercy” by Cardinal Walter Casper—into Chinese.