Jesuits

how did Jesuits help reform education

• 1556, over 100 jesuit houses of education

• 1581-1615, jesuits had 22 colleges and 14 other establishmemts in poland

• 1584, created Il Gesu

• 1551, Jesuit roman college founded

• 1542-52, Francis Xavier doing active missionary work in Japan and India

• 1552, first non clerical jesuit school set up in billom france

How did Jesuits help reform doctrine?

• 1534, Loyola and his supporters take a vow to dedicate their lives to God

• 1568, first jesuit sodalities for Laypeople

• 1584, Jesuits create Il Gesu

• 1599, the Ratio Studiorum established common curriculum and objectives for Jesuit colleges

How did Jesuits help reform discipline?

• 1534, Loyola and his supporters take a vow to dedicate their lives to God

• 1547, the Society’s Consitiutions formulated in detail

How did Jesuits reach the people?

• 1523, Loyola went on a pilgramage to Jerusulum

• 1543, peter canisius becomes active in Germany

• 1542, Francis Xavier does active missionary work in china and India

• 1581, Ricci arrives in China

• 1584, jesuits sponser first asian embasy

• move to brazil paruaguay and the dominicans

How did the Jesuits combat protestantism?

• 1540s, took a hard line approach in reconcilling with protestants

• found jesuit college a Douai in Flandera, 1568

• 1595, Jesuits are expelled from France before

• 1543, peter canisius becomes active in Germany

• 1580, strong Jesuit presence established in the Netherlands

• 1586-93, Bellermine publishies the Controversies refuting protestant ideology