Saint Arnold Janssen S.V.D. (November 5 1837 – January 15 1909) was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary and is venerated as a saint. He is best known for founding the Society of the Divine Word a Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation also known as the Divine Word Missionaries as well as two congregations for women. In 1889 he founded in Steyl Netherlands the Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit and in 1896 at the same place the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters.
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