THE BEGINNING…
In response to the call of the Holy Spirit and the needs of peoples where the services of women are crucial, on 08 December 1889 in Steyl in the Netherlands, Arnold Janssen, the Founder of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), together with Mother Maria, Helena Stollenwerk, and Mother Josepha, Hendrina Stenmanns, lays the foundation of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS), as a religious-missionary community dedicated to the life-giving Spirit. In 1896 he establishes yet another congregation, Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration (SSpSAP). Initially the two foundations for Sisters are one Congregation with two branches depending administratively and financially on the SVD.
mission spread through out the world including Timor Leste. In 1975, SSpS started mission in Timor Leste – Oeccussi to respond to the needs of people who seek for security and protection. As the year went, SSpS growing in numbers. In November 2021, SSpS Timor Leste became a provinces added to the provinces existed in our congregation. And December 2022, SSpS will celebrate 47 years presence in Timor Leste. A time to look back with gratitude, live the present with passion and look at the future with hope…