Gregory Jordan - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 30 Jul 2015 01:03:31 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Gregory Jordan - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Jesuit Father Gregory Jordan remembered with love https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/07/31/jesuit-father-gregory-jordan-remembered-with-love/ Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:52:46 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=74720 Emotional tributes are flowing from across Australia for beloved spiritual grandfather, Brisbane-based Jesuit Father Gregory Jordan, who died suddenly on July 19, aged 85. Born in Hamilton, New Zealand on 13 July 1930, Fr Jordan spent his secondary education in Wellington at St Patrick's College. At 18 after leaving school he entered Loyola College, Watsonia, Read more

Jesuit Father Gregory Jordan remembered with love... Read more]]> Emotional tributes are flowing from across Australia for beloved spiritual grandfather, Brisbane-based Jesuit Father Gregory Jordan, who died suddenly on July 19, aged 85.

Born in Hamilton, New Zealand on 13 July 1930, Fr Jordan spent his secondary education in Wellington at St Patrick's College.

At 18 after leaving school he entered Loyola College, Watsonia, Victoria as a Novitiate.

In training for the priesthood, he studied theology and philosophy at the College over the next eight years during which time he also graduated with a BA Hons in English from the University of Melbourne.

In 1964, Fr Jordan returned to his homeland as Spiritual Father to first year seminarians at Christchurch's Holy Name Seminary before travelling to France where he undertook a Tertianship at Paray-le-Monial. Continue reading

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