The Philippine Jesuit Province is blessed to have two new priests. Fr Mamert Mañus SJ and Fr Nikki James Lee SJ were ordained in the Church of the Gesú, Ateneo de Manila University, on 19 June. As ordaining prelate, Most … Continued
10 May was a special day for the Indonesian Jesuit Province as two of their men, Martinus Dam Febrianto SJ and Philipus Bagus Widyawan (Wawan) SJ, were ordained as deacons in a small but intimate ceremony at the church of … Continued
Fr Roy Cenon Ragas SJ of the Philippine Province professed his Final Vows to the Society of Jesus on 25 March in the Chapel of the First Companions at the Arvisu House Jesuit Candidacy in Quezon City. The Mass was … Continued
Anthony Trần Khắc Bá SJ and Vincent Vũ Tứ Quyết SJ were ordained deacons on 6 April at the Church of the Gesù in Rome, while Joseph Nguyễn Minh Đỗ SJ was ordained a deacon in the chapel of the … Continued
Fr Francis Alvarez SJ professed his Final Vows to the Society of Jesus on 24 March, the eve of the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, at the Oratory of St Ignatius of Loyola, Loyola House of Studies inside … Continued
In a country besieged by a raging civil conflict, a Jesuit was ordained to the priesthood on 25 March in the diocese of Myitkyina, in the northern part of Myanmar. Just a few weeks earlier, two people had been shot … Continued
Vietnamese Jesuit Nguyễn Văn Toàn SJ was ordained to the Diaconate by Tokyo Archbishop Tarcisius Kikuchi Isao SVD on 6 March in the chapel of the Scholasticate at Wakamiya in Tokyo. Deacon Toàn was born in 1982 as the youngest … Continued
In the beginning of 2021 even in the midst of the pandemic, two Korean Jesuits took their Final Vows, through which they have been definitively incorporated in the Society of Jesus. On 4 January, Fr Kim Youn-su Stefano SJ made … Continued
The Region of Malaysia-Singapore had occasion to celebrate when Fr Stanley Goh SJ was ordained to the ministerial priesthood in a very simple Mass on 28 January at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Singapore by Most Rev William … Continued
The profession of Final Vows is a very special moment in the life of a Jesuit. For Br Jeffrey Pioquinto SJ, making his Final Vows in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Ateneo de Zamboanga University on 19 … Continued