It was a joyful occasion on 3 December, the Feast of St Francis Xavier, as three Jesuits from Vietnam were ordained to the priesthood bringing up the total number of Jesuit priests in the Vietnamese Province to 98. Fr Peter … Continued
Fr Eka Tanaya SJ was ordained to the priesthood on 14 November at St Ignatius Church, Richmond by Most Rev Shane Mackinlay, Bishop of Sandhurst. The ordination, which fell on the Feast of St Joseph Pignatelli, the patron of asylum … Continued
Upon seeing a post announcing our diaconate ordination, a good and long-time friend exclaimed, “Wow, I only now realised that it takes almost two decades to form a Jesuit!” To which I but reluctantly replied, “Yes, but I am one … Continued
The Society of Jesus in Indonesia celebrated its first ordination since the pandemic. Four Jesuits received the grace of ordination to the diaconate along with five other candidates from the Semarang Archdiocese, the Congregatio Missionariorum a Sacra Familia (MSF), and … Continued
The presbyteral ordination of Filipino Jesuits Fr Amado T Tumbali SJ and Fr Robbie John Paolo Paraan SJ at the Oratory of St Ignatius, Loyola House of Studies on 22 August was definitely one for the books. A senior Jesuit … Continued
The Australian Jesuits are blessed to have a new priest. Ramesh Richards SJ was ordained to the priesthood at St Mary’s North Sydney on 8 August, the feast day of St Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first saint. Bishop Michael McKenna of … Continued
The Church in Timor-Leste and the Society of Jesus celebrated on 1 August the ordination to the priesthood of Isaias Abilio Caldas SJ and Julio Antonio Sousa Costa SJ at the Nossa Senhora de Fatima Parish in Railaco. It was … Continued
On 1 July, five Jesuits in the Korean Province were ordained as priests. They are Fr Kim Hak-joon Michael, Fr Kim Min-ho Martino, Fr Kim Woo-jung Stephen, Fr Kim Hyun-jhik Thomas, and Fr Oh Hyun-cheol Francis. The ordination Mass was … Continued
Moved by their deep desire to serve in the vineyard of the Lord, six young men from the Chinese Jesuit Province were ordained as priests and deacons in four separate celebrations in Rome, Hong Kong, Ottawa, and Taipei. D Xu … Continued
Philip Shi, a scholastic from the Chinese Jesuit Province, was ordained deacon on 27 June in St Ignatius Chapel in Hong Kong. He shares a reflection on his ordination day. It just occurred to me, in the Gospel according to … Continued