Jesuit scholastics Dominic Vũ Chí Kiên SJ and Dominic Đỗ Hùng Dinh SJ were ordained as deacons in the chapel of Saint Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 19 March, feast of St Joseph, spouse of … Continued
The Japan and Korean Provinces of the Society of Jesus celebrated the ordination to the diaconate of Japanese Scholastic Obedientia Murayama Hyōe SJ and Korean Scholastic Oh Hyun-cheol Francis SJ. They were ordained on 7 March by Tokyo Archbishop Fr … Continued
Scholastics Fransiskus Pieter Dolle SJ from Indonesia and Isaías Abílio Caldas SJ from Timor-Leste were ordained deacons in Madrid at the Jesuit parish of San Francisco Javier and San Luis Gonzaga in the neighborhood of Ventilla on 8 February. They … Continued
The Vietnamese Jesuit Province celebrated the ordination to the priesthood of nine Jesuit deacons on December 3 at St Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate in Ho Chi Minh City by Most Rev Joseph Dang Duc Ngan, Bishop of Da Nang diocese. The … Continued
Eight Jesuits made their promises as deacons before a Philippine bishop on October 26 in the Church of the Gesu, Ateneo de Manila University. Bishop Sofronio Bancud of Cabanatuan ordained as deacons Paul Tu Ja from Myanmar, Peter Tran Hoan … Continued
Three Myanmar Jesuits, Cyril Phocho Nay Myo Htet, Pius Than Naing Lin and Joseph Zau Gun were ordained to the priesthood together with six members of the Yangon Archdiocese on Saturday, September 21 at St Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon. After … 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
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