Jesuits
Jesuits
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (AMDG) - For the Greater Glory of God
Giving back to got what God gave us
Discernment - seeking Guidance from God for large decisions
Consolation - feelings of fulfillment, peace, being close to God
Desolation - result of distance from God
3 Different Names
Companions
Society Jesus
Jesuits
Jesuit Work
Not limited by mandatory prayer time
their work is considered prayer time
St. Ignatius opens up schools
Messina - first Jesuit school for non-Jesuits
These become popular, people ask them to open more
Ratio Studiorum - skeleton of Jesuit education
Nativity School - middle school to help marginalized students get up to speed of a Jesuit high school
Cristo Rey School - work-study programs (work 1 day a week) to help students pay for tuition
JSN - Jesuit Schools Network, international program, share practices with other schools to help all benefit
2 Standards
Jesus (Jerusalem)
Poverty
Humility
Contempt
Satan (Babylon)
Riches
Pride
Honor
4 Jesuit Priorities - apistolic plan for the Eastern Province
4 Jesuit Preferences
Helping People find God
Caused by
Helping Others
Finding God in all things
Retreats
Effects
Growth in True Self
Consolation Overflow
Reaching out to the Excluded
Addressing all forms of Abuse
Child Abuse (Physical + Sexual + Emotional)
Elderly / Disabled
Human Trafficked
Addicted
Journeying with Youth
Offering assistance grow to their True Self
Forces against growth
False Message from society for Material wealth
Discrimination + Prejudice
Lack of Education / Opportunity
Caring for our Common Home (Earth)
Shared Vocation to help limit waste
The Suppression (1772-1813)
Jesuits came under fire
Enlightenment figures thought they were too religiously focused
Political leaders demand their disbandandment
European countries began kicking them out of colonies, then countries
Pope Clement XIV officially suppresses and disbands Jesuits (August 16, 1773)
Pope Pius VII restores society (August 7, 1814)
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Historical Context
Spanish inquisition began 1 year before his birth (Rid of Heretics + Muslims)
Enduring conflict between French + Spanish over the region
Protestant Reformation - New Ideas of practicing religion
Early Life
Born in Azpeitia (Town), Navarre (Provence) in 1491
Family was Nobility
Inigo Lopez de Loyola
Born in Northern Spain
Becames page to Royal Treasurer
Becomes Military Leader
Ignatius is youngest of 13
Very rambunctious
Drank + gambled often
Vainglory - having excess pride, being too in love with yourself
Many different professions
Courtier, soldier, hermit, pilgrim, student, counselor, correspondent, administrator
Conversion
Battle of Pamplona (May 21, 1521)
French tries to recapture Navarre from Spanish
Ignatius believes leading battle is the only way to success
Ignatius is hit with a Cannonball, legs are shattered
The French help him because they are impressed of his bravery
Recovery
Can only read 2 Books
Life of Christ - Thomas Kempis
Lives of the Saints
Feels 2 strong pulls to be heroic
Hero in serving King of Spain
Hero in serving King of Heaven
Chooses to serve King of Heaven
Schooling Journey
Attended Latin School in 30s
Had to learn Latin for college
Attended 2 Universities in Spain
Arrested by Inquisition for teaching religion without schooling
Attended University of Pairs
Roommates
Peter Faber
St. Francis Xavier
Growth of the Religious Group
Composed of Peter Fabor, St. Francis Xavier, St. Ignatius Loyola
3 Vows
Poverty
Chastity
Obedience
Taken in St. Paul Church, St. Denis Chapel
Plan A
Go to Jerusalem
Plan B
Go to Rome
Be at disposal of the Pope
Journey to Jerusalem
Visits Montserrat
One of the first Abbeys
Statue of Our Lady of Montserrat
Confesses his sins for 3 days
Gives fancy clothes away to beggar
Spends the night in prayer before Mary
Surrenders his sword
Visits Manresa
Expected to stay for 3 day, 1 year in actuality
Intense Prayer + Labor
Working at hospice, caring for dying
Intense ascetical practices
Kicked out by the Franciscans
He becomes extreme in his practices
Grows suicidal
He accepts this
Aha moment at River Cardoner
God is in everything that has been created
Writes a book about his experiences (Spiritual Exercises)
30 day retreat
Vision at La Storta
Small Chapel in outskirts of Rome
First Jesuits wanted to get approval from Pope for community
Vision in 1537
Jesus is carrying the cross
God says, “I will be favorable to you in Rome”, “I will unite you to the way of my Son”
Reason to why Jesuits call themselves the Society of Jesus
First Principle + Foundation
Goal of our lives is to move to God, as we came from Him
Indifferent / Detachment - separating from materialistic pleasures
Turns to God
Works with (not against) others
Gift of Tears - intense feelings of consolation during prayer to the point of tears
The Spiritual Fruits of Manresa - Ignatius realizes God is in + with everything
Jesuits in Rome
Ignatius deals with 3 Popes
Pope Adrian
Gives permission to go to Holy Land
Pope Paul II
Allows the Jesuits to operate as an order (1540)
Pope Gregory XV
Canonizes St. Ignatius + St. Francis Xavier (March 12,1622)
St. Ignatius Feast day (March 12)
Prayers / Books
The Constitutions
Rule Book for Jesuits
The Pilgrim
Autobiography
Written by Palanco (Secretary)
Spiritual Exercises
Prayer for Generosity
Suscipe Prayer
God gives everything
We should strive to give back
Examen of Consciousness
Magis - doing more to help
St. Francis Xavier
Early Life
Born into aristocrat family
Father dies when he is 9
Brother loses war with France
They lose their castle
He feels inspired to become Bishop + regain power + wealth
Studies at University of Paris
He gambles + has debt
Peter Faber helps him with rent
Ignatius lends him money, rescues him from bookies
Conversion
Ignatius gives him Spiritual Exercises
”What does it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Matthew 16:26)
Xavier + Ignatius + Peter Faber + 4 others start Society of Jesus
Later Life
Put himself at service of Pope
Pope needs him as missionary to go to Goa, India
Missionary Work
Moves up and down Indian coast, preaching
13 months long
In Sri Lanka
Talks to fishermen
Hears of Japan
In Japan
Very hierarchical society
He must present himself well
Inculturation - borrowing ideas from a culture to be accepted, to appeal
Talks to lost sailor
Hears of China
In China
Spent 3 months on island of Sancian
Dies December 3rd 1552
Feast day: December 3rd
Pedro Arrupe
Father General of Jesuits
Came up with Phrase “Men and Women for Others”
At Hiroshima during Atomic Bomb drop
Claimed being faithful of Ladyof Fatima for their survival
Set up Hospital afterwards
JRS - Jesuit Refugee Service
Started in 1970s
Helped Vietnamese people escape communism