Eleven new Jesuit priests were ordained on the Feast of St. Francis Xavier on Saturday 3 Dec 2022 at St. Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate in Thu Duc city, Vietnam, during a solemn Eucharistic Celebration presided over by Most Rev. Joseph Nguyen Tan Tuoc, Bishop of Phu Cuong.

In unity with the global Society of Jesus in the Ignatian Year, Vietnam Jesuits together with their benefactors, friends and parishioners of the Epiphany parish, a Jesuit-run parish in Thu Duc, Hochiminh city, celebrated the 400th anniversary of the canonization of St Ignatius of Loyola and St Francis Xavier at the Epiphany Church’s compound at 6:00 PM on Saturday 12 March 2022.