Company of Jesus
Americannoun
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Mama Antula collaborated in the performance of spiritual exercises based on the writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Company of Jesus in 1534, according to her biographer.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
The evolution of monasticism had already pointed the way to these tasks; its apogee was reached with the organization of the Company of Jesus.
From The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
The church of Saint-Paul has long needed a monstrance in keeping with the magnificence of that basilica, itself due to the Company of Jesus.
From Bureaucracy by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
The Rev Valentin Closa, of the Company of Jesus, who for many years has had charge here, found that some visitors were so irresponsible that thefts were of almost daily occurrence.
From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by George Wharton James
The congregation of the college of La Flèche had then the good fortune of being directed by Father Bagot, one of those superior priests always so numerous in the Company of Jesus.
From The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval by Adrien Leblond de Brumath
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