Rev. Tho Vu, SJ, is the youngest child born into a large family in Bien Hoa, Vietnam 1984. At the age of six, he and his family immigrated to Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating from a local high school, Fr. Vu enrolled at Omaha’s Creighton University, earning a BS in EMS, and was an active paramedic. Following graduation, he entered the Jesuit Novitiate in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 2007. In 2009, Fr. Tho completed graduate studies in philosophy and theology at Saint Louis University and the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri. For his Regency period of Jesuit formation, he taught Scripture and held various extracurricular positions at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School-Twin Cities in Minneapolis, MN. In 2014, Fr. Tho became a pastoral associate at Saint Thomas More Catholic Community in Saint Paul, where he helped parishioners in their sacramental preparations. In addition, he was a director of RCIA and helped create a young adult group at the parish. In 2015, Fr. Tho was assigned to Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, at the School of Theology and Ministry to complete his theology requirements by earning M.Div. and Th.M. degrees. Following completion of those graduate degree programs, he was ordained to priestly ministry in June 2018. Since 2022, his current assignment has been as a Chaplain at Loyola University Chicago. His Jesuit formation has included extensive travel to several underdeveloped countries to help extend medical care. Since then, he has continued to travel abroad; this summer takes him to Bolivia for an immersion trip for Loyola University medical students. As well as his ministry at the campus chapel, he is a chaplain in a university-sponsored student resident hall and participates in various other student organizations. He serves on several committees, one of which is the Ramblers Brotherhood Project, a student success initiative at the university. Fr. Tho speaks several languages, including Vietnamese, French, and Spanish.