On August 12, 2006, Novice Francis Xavier Thai Tran Duc professed the vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience in the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in the Philippines.

The ceremony took place in the chapel of the Holy Infant Seminary in Pagadian City. The vows were taken in the presence of SCJ confreres, priests, religious and lay people and were accepted by Fr. Rino Venturin, scj, the District Superior of the Philippines.