Divine Word College

Divine Word College is a private undergraduate Roman Catholic seminary in Epworth, Iowa.

Founded in 1964, It educates students for missionary service in the Catholic Church as priests, brothers, sisters, and laypersons.

In 1931, the Society purchased property in Epworth, Iowa,[6] where it established St. Paul's Mission House, an SVD high school seminary.

[7][8] During their final semester of undergraduate studies at Divine Word College, young men who choose to continue with the SVD may apply for the Society's one-year novitiate program at the Chicago Province Headquarters in Techny, Illinois.

These men may then apply to profess first vows as members of the Society near the end of the novitiate program and continue with seminary studies at the Chicago Theologate.