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