The Jesuits in Thailand and Vietnam rejoiced with the ordination to the priesthood of Deacons Matthew Narongrit Daorueangphadung SJ and Thomas Pham Ngo Hoang Dung SJ at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Chiang Mai on 27 August. Most Rev Francis … Continued
This year, 2022, marks 65 years since the return of the Society of Jesus in Vietnam at the invitation of the local Church. The Jesuit mission in Vietnam had ceased with the worldwide suppression of the Society of Jesus in … 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
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
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
The Arrupe Month is a time of grace for Jesuit scholastics. In addition to the eight-day retreat, participants have the opportunity to meet different people and listen to their vocation stories, to discuss a wide range of topics, from Ignatian … Continued
On the evening of 11 December, Cardinal Péter Erdő, the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, presided over the diaconate ordination of two Jesuits and a diocesan seminarian at the church of St Teresa of Avila in Budapest, Hungary. The new Jesuit deacons … Continued
On the second Sunday of Advent, 5 December, five Vietnamese Jesuits – three priests and two brothers – professed their Final Vows in a Mass presided by Vietnamese Provincial Fr Vincent Pham Van Mam SJ in the chapel of Saint … Continued
Six Vietnamese Jesuit deacons were ordained priests in the chapel of St Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate in Thu Duc, on 3 December by Most Rev Emmanuel Nguyen Hong Son, Bishop of Ba Ria Diocese. The new priests are Fathers Francis Xavier … Continued