On August 15, Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Vietnamese Jesuit Fr Dominic Pham Minh Thang pronounced his Final Vows in a Mass presided by Vietnamese Jesuit Provincial Fr Pham Van Mam at the Sacred Heart Novitiate … Continued
Eight deacons of the Indonesian Jesuit Province chose these words as the motto of their ordination to the priesthood on July 31, the feast of St Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. The phrase represented their common experience … Continued
A crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered at the Nossa Senhora da Graça parish in Metinaro, a village in the outskirts of Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste, to witness the ordination of one of their own, Fr Roberto Madeira … Continued
For Jesuits, tertianship is a very special period of grace that happens only once in a lifetime. Through this time, Jesuits aspire to be fully incorporated into the Society of Jesus. Four Korean Jesuits were able to realise this aspiration … Continued
The Jesuit Region of Thailand has two new priests. Fr Pipat Muepae SJ and Fr Sarayuth Konsupap SJ were ordained on June 29 at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Chiang Mai by the bishop, Most Rev Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana. … Continued
On July 3, two Jesuits, Kim Sung-hyun Raphael and Lee Chang-joon Rosario, were ordained to the priesthood at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul by Most Rev Lee Han-taek SJ, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Uijeongbu. The two newly ordained Jesuits … Continued
South African Jesuit Lodewicus Barnard came to Taiwan in 2015 where he spent three years under the International Regency Programme of the Chinese Jesuit Province. He was ordained a deacon at the Holy Trinity Church in Braamfontein, South Africa on … Continued
On June 15, Australian Jesuits Kieran Gill and Andy Nguyen were ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Gregory O’Kelly SJ, during a well-attended ceremony at St Ignatius’ Church in Richmond, Victoria. The ordinands’ families as well as their Superior at … Continued
Nine Jesuit novices, coming from various places in Indonesia, pronounced their First Vows on June 24 at St Stanislaus Church, Girisonta, Ungaran. This year’s cohort includes one brother: Robertus Sigit Adi Nugroho from Semarang, and eight scholastics: Lambertus Alfred from … Continued
A solid human formation is foundational to every Jesuit. The recent gathering of formation delegates of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) focussed on how to help Jesuits in formation to grow in affective maturity and celibacy. This year’s … Continued