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On 14th July João Manuel Silva, sj was ordained, in the Crypt of the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora do Sameiro, in Braga, together with three new priests from the Archdiocese of Braga.

With almost 11 years of life as a Jesuit, João Manuel Silva was ordained in the city where he was born. The new Jesuit priest received the Sacrament of Order from the imposition of hands of Archbishop D. Jorge Ortiga of Braga, together with other three new priests from the Archdiocese of Braga: Fernando Jorge Carneiro, José Tiago Varanda and Vítor Hugo Gonçalves. The provincial of Portuguese Jesuits, P. José Frazão Correia, and many other jesuits were at the celebration, as well as well as members of the diocesan clergy of Braga and family and friends of the new priests.

During the homily, D. Jorge Ortiga invited the assembly to give thanks for the vocations that God offers to the community. He also spoke about the need to find new rhythms of celebration and the need that each disciple must feel to deepen his intimacy with the Lord. Commenting on the Gospel of the Good Samaritan, Archbishop D. Jorge Ortiga emphasized that "there is no true worship without service to one's neighbor". The Archbishop of Braga also asked the new priests to never cease to combine "knowledge by doing", keeping open to ongoing formation.

After the Eucharist, the guests of Fr. João Manuel Silva, sj and the Society of Jesus were received at Casa da Torre in Soutelo for a festive moment of encounter.

Fr. João Manuel Silva was born in Braga in 1984, where he lived until 2008, the year in which he joined the Society of Jesus. Before that, he graduated in Law from the University of Minho (2007). As a Jesuit, he studied Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Portuguese Catholic University in Braga, worked at the the High-School of Imaculada Conceição (CAIC) in Cernache (Coimbra) and studied Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome, where he was ordained deacon in April 2018. He currently lives in Boston, where he will continue his studies in the area of Personal Moral Theology in the next academic year.

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