Vocationists

{{Short description|Religious congregation}}

{{More citations needed|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Society of Divine Vocations

| full_name = Societas Divinarum Vocationum (Latin)

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| abbreviation = S.D.V. (post_nominal letters)

| nickname = Vocationists

| formation = {{start date and age|1920|10|18}}

| founder = St Giustino Maria Russolillo, S.D.V.

| founding_location = Italy

| type = Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)

| headquarters = Via Cortina d'Ampezzo 140, 00135 Rome, Italy

| membership = 546 members (345 priests) as of 2021{{Cite web|website=GCatholic|access-date=November 21, 2023|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/140.htm|title=Society of Divine Vocations (S.D.V.) }}

| leader_title = Motto

| leader_name =

| leader_title2 = Superior General

| leader_name2 = Rev. Fr. Antonio Rafael do Nascimento, SDV

| leader_title3 = Ministry

| leader_name3 = Vocationaries, parishes, missions and schools apostolates.

| leader_title4 = Countries served

| leader_name4 = {{col-start}} {{col-2}} Australia Argentina Brazil
Canada
Chile Colombia Ecuador
France
India {{col-2}} Indonesia Italy Madagascar Nigeria Philippines Spain
South Africa United Kingdom U.S.A. {{col-end}}

| parent_organization = Catholic Church

| website = {{Url|www.vocationist.net}}

}}

The Society of Divine Vocations ({{langx|la|Societas Divinarum Vocationum}}) abbreviated S.D.V., also commonly known as the Vocationists, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation founded by Fr Giustino Russolillo in 1920.

See also

References