Profiles
Father Tho Vu, S.J.
Pronouns: He/him/his
Title/s: Assistant to the Vice President for Student Development and Director of Values Implementation & Staff Empowerment
About
Fr. Tho Vu, S.J., 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 and went on to serve as a Chaplain at Loyola University Chicago in 2022.
Currently, he serves as Assistant to the Vice President for Student Development and Director of Values Implementation and Staff Empowerment. In addition to his ministry at Loyola and the surrounding Chicago area, he serves as a chaplain at one of the student residence halls and is involved in various other student organizations. 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 with Loyola University medical students. 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.