Jesuit Superior General Fr Arturo Sosa arrived in Vietnam on Sunday, December 2, for his first official visit to the Vietnamese Jesuit Province and his second official trip to the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific. Last year Fr Sosa visited … Continued
“Why don’t I talk about Jesus through the media?” I asked myself two years ago. Since then, I have been learning more about mass communication. When I joined Jesuit Communications Vietnam (JESCOMVN), I met many other young people who had … Continued
The Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) Migration Network has published a second book. “Settling down: the struggles of migrant workers to adapt” brings together stories and analyses of migrant workers from six different countries in Asia Pacific. The different … Continued
Six decades after the return of the Jesuits to Vietnam, the province held its first assembly of Jesuit brothers in Thu Duc district, Saigon City. With 16 Jesuit brothers in attendance, the assembly from April 3 to 6 aimed at … Continued
On March 28, St Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate (SJJS) in Ho Chi Minh City celebrated its first Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology (STB) graduation after becoming affiliated with the Loyola School of Theology (LST), an ecclesiastical faculty of the Jesuits in the … Continued
The Jesuit Social Center Migrant Desk in Tokyo is discussing ways to collaborate with the Vietnam Jesuit Province, after seeing a sharp increase in the number of Vietnamese workers entering Japan under the guise of trainees. Within the last three … Continued
Three Jesuits scholastics were ordained to the diaconate and a deacon to the priesthood in Vietnam on February 9. Bishop Joseph Do Manh Hung, auxiliary bishop of Saigon Archdiocese, presided over the ordination held at the chapel of St Joseph … Continued
The Vietnam Jesuit Province has five new priests. Fr Peter Tran Vinh Danh SJ, Fr Thomas Aquinas Nguyen Khanh Duy SJ, Fr Joseph Nguyen Hai Dang SJ, Fr Augustine Nguyen Thai Hiep SJ and Fr Anthony Nguyen Huu Khanh SJ were ordained by Bishop Joseph Dinh Duc Dao, Prelate of Xuan Loc Diocese, on August 24 in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Vietnam Jesuit Province recently celebrated the profession of final vows of Br Vincent Phạm Đức Tuấn SJ and the ordination to the diaconate of four Jesuits.
Br Vincent pronounced his final vows on January 18 in the chapel of Saint Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate in Saigon, Vietnam. He entered the Society of Jesus on September 9, 1997 and will be celebrating his 20th year as a Jesuit this year. At the end of the ceremony, Br Vincent asked those present to pray for him. “Pray that God grant me a lot of love and grace to live my vocation as a Jesuit filled with happiness.”
Jesuit Mission is working with local Catholic Church groups to provide urgent emergency response to families affected by severe floods in Central Vietnam. Over 600,000 people have been directly affected by the floods, with an estimated 100,000 houses fully submerged.
