The Vietnamese Province of the Society of Jesus has three new priests. Thomas Aquinas Tạ Trung Hải SJ, Joseph Chu Thái Hiệp SJ, and Anthony Nguyễn Thành Nguyên SJ were ordained to the priesthood on August 22, 2013. His Eminence Michael Hoàng Đức Oanh, Bishop of Kon Tum Diocese, presided at the celebration in Thuduc during which five Jesuit scholastics were also ordained deacon. The new deacons are Dominic Vũ Duy Cường SJ, Joseph Bùi Quang Minh SJ, Mathiah Nguyễn Kim Đoàn SJ, Michael Bùi Hà Ngân SJ, Thomas Vũ Ngọc Tín SJ. Another religious, a Carmelite, was ordained deacon during the same Mass.
Vietnamese Jesuit Provincial Joseph Phạm Thanh Liêm concelebrated with more than 60 other Jesuit, local and visiting priests. The ordinations were witnessed by about 2,500 family, friends and clergy.
The Mass closed with the song “generous devotion”, based on a prayer of St Ignatius of Loyola about the desire to devote everything to serving God and others.
Main picture: L to R (top row) The new Jesuit priests Thomas Aquinas Tạ Trung Hải SJ, Anthony Nguyễn Thành Nguyên SJ, Joseph Nguyễn Thái Hiệp SJ. (bottom row) The new deacons, with Bishop Hoàng Đức Oanh: Thomas Vũ Ngọc Tín SJ, Joseph Nguyễn Đức Phương O.carm, Michael Bùi Hà Ngân SJ, Mathias Nguyễn Kim Đoàn S.J, Joseph Bùi Quang Minh SJ, Dominic Vũ Duy Cường SJ.
