took their first perpetual vows on the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola during a Mass presided over by Rev. Fr. Joseph Pham Tuan Nghia, SJ, Provincial of the Vietnamese Jesuit Province, at Epiphany Parish in Thu Duc City, Vietnam, on Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Scholastics Nguyễn Minh Toàn and Naoki Ochi were ordained deacons in Tokyo on 5 March by Archbishop Kikuchi of Tokyo in the chapel of the Scholasticate.
On behalf of Vietnamese Jesuits, Fr Provincial Vincent Pham Van Mam, SJ, has sent Christmas greetings to fellow Jesuits, the Province’s benefactors, friends and collaborators.
The Advent recollection before Christmas cannot be made offline as usual. However, in that quietness and difficulty, many students from different Catholic groups in Thu Duc have made the right choice. They know that one thing is necessary and they have chosen what is better and it will not be taken away from them.
Two Vietnamese Jesuits: Joseph Pham Dinh Ngoc, SJ and Joseph Tran Van Ngu, SJ, together with a diocesan seminarian, were ordained to the Diaconate by Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, on Saturday 11 December 2021, at the church of Saint Teresa of Avila in Budapest, Hungary.
Activities and events such as priesthood ordination, diaconate ordination, vows mass, etc. of the Province are updated here.
OUr implementation of the uaps
Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) are the fruit of a process of discernment lasting almost two years. All Jesuits were invited to take part and in addition our mission partners. It concluded with a confirmation from Pope Francis in a special meeting with Fr General Arturo Sosa. The Preferences give a horizon, a point of reference to the whole Society of Jesus. They captured our imaginations and awaken our desires. They unite us in our mission. The new Preferences are four areas vital for our world today. The Society of Jesus will pay special attention to them in the next ten years. We invite you to learn more and take action with us! We want to make a Gospel difference.
