Ignatius Loyola

British  

/ lɔɪˈəʊlə /

noun

1. Saint. 1491–1556, Spanish ecclesiastic. He founded the Society of Jesus (1534) and was its first general (1541–56). His Spiritual Exercises (1548) remains the basic manual for the training of Jesuits. Feast day: July 31

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In the western state of Gujarat, where vaccinations were stalled by a powerful cyclone that hit as the pandemic surged, the Rev. Cedric Prakash of St. Ignatius Loyola Church has been mourning five priests.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

The Diocese of Scranton says Rev. John Chmil at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola has resigned after telling church leaders he misused money.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2017

Before Luke, it was Cameron, a terrier rescue who was the four-legged toast of Saint Ignatius Loyola Academy in a hardscrabble part of Baltimore.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2015

For St. Ignatius Loyola, the founding father of the Jesuits, one of the great spiritual tenets was that true spirituality lies in ‘finding God in all things.’

From Time ● Sep. 22, 2015

We’d just returned from Good Friday services at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, and were about to perform my favorite Biles family ritual—tie-dying eggs for our annual Easter egg hunt.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles