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
(Last in a four-part series on the tertians of the 2018-2019 Asia Pacific Tertianship programme) From all over the world, eight Jesuits have gathered in the Philippines for the Asia Pacific Tertianship from September 2018 to March 2019. Please pray … Continued
Fifteen Jesuits–14 from Arrupe International Residence and one from Loyola House of Studies–were ordained on October 27 at the Church of the Gesù, Ateneo de Manila campus in Quezon City, Philippines. Family, friends, and members of religious communities gathered bright … Continued
On 27 October, 15 candidates from Arrupe International Residence and Loyola House of Studies will be ordained to the diaconate. Here they are, sharing in their own words about their consolations, struggles and hopes for the future.
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
A Thai and a Vietnamese were among 16 Jesuits ordained deacons by Cardinal Walter Kasper on April 3 at the Church of Gesù in Rome. Fr General Arturo Sosa SJ, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, concelebrated the ordination … 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