Seven Jesuits were ordained to the priesthood in Thu Duc, Hồ Chí Minh City on Saturday, August 20, 2015.
Peter Nguyễn Xuân Anh SJ, Joseph Phạm Đình Cư SJ, Anthony Nguyễn Hoàng Dũng SJ, Matthias Nguyễn Kim Đoàn SJ, Francis Javier Nguyễn Thanh Hùng SJ, Peter Đào Kim Sơn SJ, and Paul Nguyễn Thái Sơn SJ received the sacrament of Holy Orders from Bishop Stephen Tri Bửu Thiên of the Cần Thơ Diocese in a ceremony concelebrated by Vietnamese Jesuit Provincial Fr Joseph Phạm Thanh Liêm SJ and more than 120 local and visiting priests, including other Jesuits.
At the end of the ordination mass, Bishop Tri Bửu Thiên thanked the Jesuits in Vietnam for their collaboration in the formation of seminarians in his diocese.
Main photo: (From left to right) Fr Joseph Phạm Đình Cư SJ, Fr Peter Nguyễn Xuân Anh SJ, Fr Matthias Nguyễn Kim Đoàn SJ, Fr Peter Đào Kim Sơn SJ, Bishop Stephen Tri Bửu Thiên, Fr Paul Nguyễn Thái Sơn SJ, Fr Anthony Nguyễn Hoàng Dũng SJ, and Fr Francis Javier Nguyễn Thanh Hùng SJ