Trung Pham, SJ, was born in Vietnam, migrated with his parents to America in 1990 and resettled in Orange County. After graduating from UCLA in Chemical Engineering, he entered the Jesuits in 1998. Inspired by the Spiritual Exercises and the Jesuit tradition for the arts, he earned a Master’s of Fine Arts at the Pratt Institute in New York and taught drawing and painting at Santa Clara University. He is currently studying at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley and will be ordained a priest this coming June 9th, 2012 …

Chris hails from upstate New York, where he received his engineering degree from Clarkson University, in Potsdam, NY. His first job out of college had him relocate to Los Angeles, CA where he lived and worked for several years in a technology related business before answering the call and entering the California Province of the Society of Jesus in 2002.
Deacon Chris will be serving the people of St. Ignatius Church in Chestnut Hill, MA as the Church’s newest deacon, in preparation for his ordination to the priesthood in June 2012 …

Where are you currently missioned and how’s it going?
I am currently missioned to Bellarmine Preparatory School in Tacoma, Washington where everyday I get to watch Jesus and the wonderful faculty and staff transform the lives of our students and their families.
When was the first time you thought of being a Jesuit?
After deciding that I did not want to be a diocesan priest I stopped near Ovando, Montana to fly fish and pray about my vocation. I felt that I still had a vocation to the priesthood even if it was …

The Spiritual Life

1. Where are you currently missioned and how’s it going?
Currently, I am missioned to Manresa Community in Spokane, WA where I am teaching at Gonzaga Preparatory School as part of my Regency. I am teaching Introduction to Scripture and serve as the Director of Diversity at the school.  I enjoy teaching very much especially the opportunity to engage with the stories of scripture on a daily basis and figure out how to present these stories to high school freshmen. In addition to the classroom environment, my job …

As a young Jesuit from Arizona, Anthony Corcoran, SJ went as missionary to Siberia after the fall of the communism. He served in the parishes in and around Novosibirsk and in the formation of young priests.
Sixteen months ago there was a terrible shock among the Jesuits in Russia when regional superior Otto Mesmer and Victor Betancourt were murdered in Moscow. Corcoran was appointed as regional superior for the Jesuits in Russia, Siberia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. His attention goes to the support of …