History Jesuits

Jesuit motto AMDG

"Ad maiorem Dei gloriam" for the greater glory of god

Jesuit Key Features

1) teaching people 2) helpers of the poor

First Jesuit recruits

7 students in Paris who took vows of poverty and Chasity were Ignatius's roommates

Rites

Chinese customs of honoring family ancestors Jesuits said if conformed with catholocism Dominicans and Franciscans said they did not

Matteo Ricci

Early Jesuit missionary in china

First Jesuit College

Georgetown in 1780

Women Jesuits

Isabel Roser Juane of Austria

How did the Jesuits operate in India, Japan and China?

Japan: Use of visual arts China: use an intercultural landscape India: use oil paintings

Jesuit role in Counter reformation

Jesuits combatted protestant reformation, Jesuits converted protestants back to catholics

First Jesuit Church in Philadelphia

Old Saint Joseph's

Where is Loyola located?

Spain, Ignatius's home

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

founder of Jesuits founded in 1540 Ignatius was Spanish and a nobleman fought against poverty

Feature of Ignatian Prayer

goal of life is to live with god forever, spiritual meditation

Jesuits were responsible for

printing press scientific innovation

Jesuit monogram IHS

represents the communion of welfare, communion of jesus

Why were Jesuits imprisoned in the tower of London

they went against the king of england

Saint Francis Xavier

went to India to grow Christianity and the Jesuit Order