Editorial/ Vorwort 147-158 Stephen Beuans, SVD ''Your Light Must Shine before Others" (Matt 5:16): Faithful and Creative Discipleship in a Wounded World. A Reflection on the 2024 SVD General Chapter Theme Winibaldus S. Mere Preferential Option for the Poor: Human Rights and the Ecclesiastical Approach to Sustainable Development Goal 1 1 77 - 198 Anthony Le Duc, SVD Formation of an Ecological Conscience: A Christian Imperative 199-214 Yosef Keladu, SVD/Ignas Ledot, SVD/Kris Ibu John Prior, SVD, and the Option for the Marginalized in Maumere 215-233 Maryta Laumann, SSpS Fu Jen Catholic University: Holistic Mission as Social Healing. The SVD/SSpS Experience on Taiwan 1961-2023 234-257 Anna Damas, SSpS God's Will-Human Desire. The Events that Led to Mother Maria's Transfer to the Cloister 258-275 MISCELLANIA The Legacy of Father Georg Kirchberger, SVD. "A life offered for the mission of God is something of great value" (Lukas Jua, SVD/Otto Gusti Madung, SVD) 276-278 Regarding Geovanne Bustos SVD/Patrick Gesch SVD, (eds). The Word and the Words (Ennio Mantovani, SVD) 279-280