The Four Provinces Novitiate based in Birmingham held a weekend for prospective novices in March 2015. There were five young men from different backgrounds and cultures all interested in exploring Jesuit life.

On 4 January, Milltown Park chapel witnessed the ordination to the diaconate of three Jesuits. Two were Koreans. The third, Shane Daly, is a 41-year-old Irishman from County Kildare. Archbishop performed the ceremony.