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
Suppose we throw all our energies into the practical building of a new house of faith, the gathering and organising of a new Company of Jesus!'
From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Well, this merchant I have been telling you of had two sons, one aged twelve, the other about fourteen, who were studying the humanities in the classes of the Company of Jesus.
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
The work for the Company of Jesus being finished, I returned to Florence in the year 1555 with all my family, to serve Duke Cosimo.
From Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 10 (of 10) Bronzino to Vasari, & General Index. by Vasari, Giorgio
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 Leblond de Brumath, Adrien
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