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Vocation Stories
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Radmar A. Jao, S.J.
After attending a “Come and See” retreat at the Jesuit Novitiate, Radmar Jao, S.J., says he was inspired to enter the Society of Jesus in 2001. Today, he is studying theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.
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Scott R. Santarosa, S.J.
A native of Sacramento, Father Scott Santarosa, S.J., tells how he switched gears from studying civil engineering to entering the Society of Jesus in 1989 and his current assignment as pastor of Dolores Mission Church, a Jesuit parish in Los Angeles.
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John T. Tanner, S.J.
A scholastic studying at Fordham University, John (J.T.) Tanner, S.J., talks about his transition from being a college student and youth minister to joining the Society of Jesus in 2007 and his experiences at the Jesuit Novitiate at Ignatius House in Culver City, Calif.
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Roberto Carlos Durán, S.J. (en Español / in Spanish)
Roberto Carlos Durán, S.J., de San Salvador, El Salvador, es un novicio en su segundo año en el Noviciato Jesuita en Culver City, California. Nos habla sobre su trabajo como profesor en El Salvador y como tomó su decisión para ingresar a la Sociedad de Jesus en el 2007.
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Joseph Frias, S.J.
Brother Joseph Frias, S.J., talks about his decision to become a Jesuit and his current teaching assignment at Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles.
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Trung Pham, S.J.
Scholastic Trung Pham, S.J., talks about his work as a Jesuit and an artist—and how he combines both vocations to serve God and His people.
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Michael Mandala, S.J.
Fr. Michael Mandala, S.J., pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church in Hollywood, discusses his vocation as a Jesuit, the challenges of bringing culturally diverse people together as a church and working together with laymen and women.
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John Francis Vu, S.J.
Fr. John Francis Vu, S.J., discusses his spiritual journey beginning with his escape from Vietnam to a refugee camp in Thailand, his spiritual life as a Jesuit, and his work in campus ministry in California.
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Greg Boyle, S.J.
Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., executive director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, discusses why he was attracted to Jesuit life and the rewards of working with youths in the nation’s largest gang-rehabilitation program.
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