The Society of Jesus in the Philippines rejoices over the priestly ordination of Reverends Edryan Paul Colmenares, Marlon Fabros, and Lloyd Sabio on 4 June at the University Church of the Gesú in Ateneo de Manila. In his thanksgiving remarks, … Continued
On 5 May, the Indonesian Province of the Society of Jesus was tremendously blessed with three new deacons: Yohanes Harry Kristanto, Yohanes Deodatus, and Fransiskus Asisi Wylly Suhendra, who were ordained at the hands of the Archbishop of Semarang, Most … Continued
The Chinese Province of the Society of Jesus celebrated the ordination to the diaconate of two scholastics, Philip Fung Hon-chung SJ and Przemyslaw Mąka SJ, on 7 May at the Holy Family Church in Taipei. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, … Continued
“What are you looking for?” This question of the Risen Christ to Mary Magdalene could well apply to the 13 scholastics from various parts of the world sent to Rome for their Jesuit formation. After almost two decades of searching … Continued
“Father General, what is really new about the Universal Apostolic Preferences?” “I can answer it in different ways: Nothing new, everything new.” Fr Arturo Sosa was responding to Gollapalle Krupa Rao, a scholastic from the Jesuit Conference of South Asia … Continued
The Myanmar Jesuits marked two significant and joyful events in their region at a Mass on 25 March, Feast of the Annunciation, in Yangon. The first was the installation of Fr Girish Santiago SJ as the new Regional Superior, and … Continued
Eight Vietnamese Jesuits were ordained to the diaconate by Most Rev Joseph Nguyễn Tấn Tước, Bishop of Phú Cường, at the chapel of St Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate in Saigon, Vietnam on 26 March, Feast of the Annunciation. The new deacons … Continued
It was a historic moment for the Jesuit Mission in Cambodia when, on 26 March, Scholastic Henry Ky Rike SJ professed his perpetual First Vows to the Society of Jesus. Not since then had a First Vows Mass been held … Continued
Against the backdrop of the country’s worsening situation caused by the violent military coup on 1 February last year, and the crushing economic hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic, there remains a glimmer of hope for the Myanmar Jesuit Region as … Continued
Scholastics Nguyễn Minh Toàn and Naoki Ochi were ordained deacons in Tokyo on 5 March. Archbishop Kikuchi of Tokyo presided at the ceremony, which, because of Covid-19, was held in the chapel of the Scholasticate with no outside visitors except … Continued