Fr. Hung Pham, S.J.

Fr. Hung Pham currently serves as Director of the Office of Ignatian Spirituality (OIS) of the Central and Southern Province of the USA (UCS). The mission of OIS consists of exploring and cultivating various types of directing the Spiritual Exercises, forming future formators in the Ignatian tradition, and maintaining and fostering collaborative networks among various Ignatian centers and ministries in the province and beyond.  Before having missioned to this responsibility, Fr. Pham served as the provincial assistant for formation for five years and taught Ignatian Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara in Berkeley, California for seven years.

A Jesuit for 26 years, he taught biology and chemistry at St. Louis University High School and served as a teacher-trainer with the Jesuit Refugee Services in Thailand before studying to be ordained to the priesthood. Ministerially and pastorally, Fr. Pham has lectured and led seminars on different Ignatian themes and topics as well as directed numerous Ignatian workshops and retreats in Belize, Canada, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Fr. Pham earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics at Regis University, Master of Arts in Philosophy at Saint Louis University, Master of Divinity and Licentiate in Sacred Theology at Western Jesuit School of Theology, and Doctorate in Sacred Theology at Universidad Pontificia de Comillas de Madrid, Spain.

Committee:  School Affairs