Good news from the Vatican!
In his decree dated 13 January 2023, Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, has approved the establishment of ST. JOSEPH JESUIT SCHOLASTICATE, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as an Ecclesiastical Higher Educational Institution of the Holy See, with canonical public juridic personality under Church law.
The Prefect has also thereby approved the Statutes of SJJS and the affiliation of SJJS with LST for a period of five years, in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the Instruction on the Affiliation of Institutes of Higher Studies (Art. 17; 10 par 2).
By virtue of this affiliation, students of SJJS who successfully complete their theological program are granted the ecclesiastical degree, Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology (STB), by LST.
Congratulations to St. Joseph Jesuit Scholasticate and the Vietnamese Province of the Society of Jesus!
