NOTABLE JESUITS

John Berchmans

• Patron of altar boys
• His feast day is November 26
• Born at Diest, Brabant

ALOYSIUS GONZAGA

• His first words were Jesus and Mary
• His father wanted him in the military
• St. Charles Borromeo gave him his first Holy Communion

IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA

• His birth name was Inigo Lopez de Loyola
• Youngest of thirteen
• He almost died after being shot by a cannonball

Francis Xavier

• His father was the finance minister of a King
• Grew up in a castle
• The castle he grew up in is now owned by the Jesuit Order

POPE FRANCIS

• First Jesuit pope
• 226th pope
• The first non-European pope in over 1,000 years

The Jesuits were a group founded by many of these notable Jesuits. Who influenced the Church in many ways especially in education and had a strong belief in missionary work.

All of my pictures were from Haiku Deck. I got my information from CNN and Catholic Online.