Anthony Trần Khắc Bá SJ and Vincent Vũ Tứ Quyết SJ were ordained deacons on 6 April at the Church of the Gesù in Rome, while Joseph Nguyễn Minh Đỗ SJ was ordained a deacon in the chapel of the … Continued
In a country besieged by a raging civil conflict, a Jesuit was ordained to the priesthood on 25 March in the diocese of Myitkyina, in the northern part of Myanmar. Just a few weeks earlier, two people had been shot … Continued
Vietnamese Jesuit Nguyễn Văn Toàn SJ was ordained to the Diaconate by Tokyo Archbishop Tarcisius Kikuchi Isao SVD on 6 March in the chapel of the Scholasticate at Wakamiya in Tokyo. Deacon Toàn was born in 1982 as the youngest … Continued
The Region of Malaysia-Singapore had occasion to celebrate when Fr Stanley Goh SJ was ordained to the ministerial priesthood in a very simple Mass on 28 January at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Singapore by Most Rev William … Continued
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