Andy Nguyen, SJ

Andy, a Jesuit scholastic of the Australian Province, is Vietnamese by birth, American by education and Australian by divine providence. He studied architecture and worked in the USA and Australia. In his first year of regency, Andy was a chaplain at Loyola Senior High School in Mount Druitt, far western Sydney. His pastoral works also included the weekly bingo at the nearby Jesuit parish. He recently finished an assignment coordinating the design and construction projects for the Jesuits in East Timor. His favourite pastimes include playing TwoDots and spamming his fellow scholastics with YouTube clips of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Building a Nation

Published May 18, 2016 in Global Catholicism, Justice ~ Approx 8 mins

East Timor forges the long road of nation-building. Andy Nguyen, SJ reflects on being a foreigner who tried to do something useful for this young country.

Francis, at the Heart of an Ecological Conversion

Published Oct 26, 2015 in Justice, Pope Francis ~ Approx 4 mins

We may treat Pope Francis like a celebrity, but Andy Nguyen, looking at Laudato Si’, shows how the Pope is calling us to a conversion of heart.

Building a Nation

Published May 18, 2016 in Global Catholicism, Justice ~ Approx 8 mins

Francis, at the Heart of an Ecological Conversion

Published Oct 26, 2015 in Justice, Pope Francis ~ Approx 4 mins

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