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First Vows 2024

Photo credit: Fr. C-Y Kao, SJ

On Saturday, August 10, 2024, four Jesuits professed their First Vows in the Society of Jesus at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Syracuse, NY. Pictured above from the USA East Province are Mitchell Tu, SJ, Eric Panicco, SJ, and François Venne, SJ, and from the Province of Canada, Alejandro Lozano, SJ.

Please keep these men of faith in your prayers as they continue on their formation journey.

Provincial Fr. Joseph O’Keefe, SJ (center) and Director of Novices Fr. George Witt, SJ (far right) stand with newly vowed USA East Jesuits Mitchell Tu, SJ, Eric Panicco, SJ, and François Venne, SJ.

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