One of the SVD Directions concerns its mission through education and research. It calls on the provinces, regions, and missions that choose this as one of their priorities ad extra to evaluate their education policies, institutions and programs with a special concern for the Catholic character of the institution, social justice and interculturality. One of the SVD Directions concerns its mission through education and research. It calls on the provinces, regions, and missions that choose this as one of their priorities ad extra to evaluate their education policies, institutions and programs with a special concern for the Catholic character of the institution, social justice and interculturality.