Salvatorian

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Salvatorians are members of the Society of the Divine Savior (Latin: Societas Divini Salvatoris), a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Father Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan in Rome on December 8, 1881. As of April 2005 the Society of the Divine Savior counted 1177 members and worked in 33 countries around the world. Salvatorians use the post-nominal letters "S.D.S."They are located in Australia in Perth and Sydney. As of 2006 they have been a religious order for 125 years.

They should not be confused with the Basilian Salvatorian Order, which is a Melkite Catholic religious community named for its mother-house, Holy Saviour (Deir Mukhalles in Arabic), and also maintains a center in Methuen, Massachussetts.