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    The Secret Society: the Jesuits The tolling bell echoes through the crowd that mills about the square‚ marking the hour from far above the sprawling city. Patrons‚ artists‚ merchants‚ officials‚ peasants‚ and others trudge by the looming Catholic Church on their way to begin the scorching hot day. However‚ while only the shuffling of feet and the murmuring of voices permeates the stifling air outside‚ more dire happenings are taking place inside the monstrous building that dominates the lives

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    This was during the Reformation‚ when the Protestants and Catholics were clashing in their beliefs‚ and the both sides have loyalists‚ the church is also slowly changing their policies. Some of the church loyalists‚ such as the Society of Jesus decided to spread their beliefs on an international scale‚ such as influencing the Chinese. One of the most important members of this party in China was Matteo Ricci‚ who was fluent enough at Chinese to translate several books into Mandarin‚

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    Ignatius Loyola

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    months. While his leg was healing Ignatius was awfully bored. He had asked the nurse for romance novels‚ however there was none in the castle. The only novels she could find were those of religion. Ignatius had then read about how the saints lived‚ how Jesus lived. Ignatius then recanted all of his sins and started fantasizing. He fantasized about living like Christ‚ it made him happy and at peace. The most influential book he had read was The Life of Christ. This led to Ignatius to become a servant of

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    Ignatius first draft‚ in which the article described the outline of the rules along with orders in the organization. Ignatius Loyola‚ previous solider turned priest and Spanish nobleman constructed and/or formed the Jesuits also known as the Society of Jesus In Paris. Despite being relatively untouched in the military for twelve years‚ Ignatius Loyola was hit by a cannonball defending the Spanish boarder which resulted in the shattering of his right leg‚ because of that traumatic experience it was

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    St. Ignatius of Loyola

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    St. Ignatius of Loyola St. Ignatius of Loyola‚ the founder of the Society of Jesus‚ was born in 1491 in the Basque Country of Northern Spain to parents of distinguished families in that area. He was the youngest of 13 children and was called was called Iñigo. At the age of 15‚ he served as a page in the court of a local nobleman and later embraced a military career and became a valiant soldier. Wounded in battle by a cannonball‚ which broke one leg and injured the other‚ he was taken prisoner by

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    December 8‚ 1871 – The Hijas de Jesus Congregation is born 5. May 12‚ 1996 – Beatification of St. Candida 6. October 17‚ 2010 – Canonization of St. Candida 7. 1932 – The year when the HIjas de Jesus Congregation arrived here in the Philippines 8. 1911 – The congregation’ first expansion to Brazil Names: 1. Candida Maria de Jesus - Name of St. Candida when she became a foundress 2. Juana Josefa Cipitria Y Barriola – Baptismal name of St. Candida 3. Maria Jesus Barriola Y Querexeta – Mother

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    The Jesuits

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    The Society of Jesus‚ a Roman Catholic order of religious men founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola‚ noted for its educational‚ missionary‚ and charitable works‚ once regarded by many as the principal agent of the Counter-Reformation and later a leading force in modernizing the church. The Jesuits have always been a controversial group regarded by some as a society to be feared and condemned and by others as the most laudable and esteemed religious order in the Catholic Church. The Society ’s founder

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    evidently clear by the fact that he was canonized a saint by Pope Gregory XV on March 12‚ 1622 A.D. Other signs of his sanctity can be seen in the various papal approvals that he got for the establishment of the Society of Jesus‚ the Spiritual Exercises‚ and the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus. As for his understanding of the historical context in which he lived‚ Saint Ignatius was well aware of the need for reform within the Catholic Church of his time. At the time of his conversion (1521 A.D.)

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    My Life with the Saints

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    led his roommate in Paris through those exercises and his roommate would come to be known as St. Francis Xavier‚ one of the church’s greatest missionaries. St. Ignatius’s actual name was Inigo but he changed it for unknown reasons. He began the Society of Jesus after a tough time getting it approved through the church hierarchy.  St. Ignatius was actually a soldier. ​ St. Peter plays a very important role in Father Martin’s life. How his poverty of spirit led him to follow Christ and how he is a

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    University or HNU (formerly Holy Name College; also the Divine Word College of Tagbilaran) is a Catholic institution of higher learning located in Tagbilaran City‚ Bohol‚ Philippines. It is a private‚ non-profit‚co-educational university run by the Society of the Divine Word or SVD. It offers programs in elementary‚ secondary‚ undergraduate and graduate levels. Its academic offerings include courses in graduate school‚ arts and sciences‚ education‚ nursing‚ commerce and accountancy‚ computer science

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