“You only torment and upset yourself”: Replies to a Restless Writer at the Turn of the Eighteenth Century[1] Elisa Frei Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies Originally published: April 20, 2021 DOI: 10.51238/ISJS.2019.18 Introduction Ignatius of Loyola (c.1491–1556) founded the Society of Jesus in 1540 as an apostolic order, but from the […]
François Pomey’s Candidatus rhetoricae and Its Revisions as Documents of the History of Jesuit Rhetorical Education Manfred Kraus Universität Tübingen Originally published: March 1, 2021 DOI: 10.51238/ISJS.2019.05 Writing the history of Jesuit education is not an easy task. But it gets particularly difficult when it comes to elucidating what actually went
“Regulations for Our Black People”: Reconstructing the Experiences of Enslaved People in the United States through Jesuit Records Kelly L. Schmidt Loyola University Chicago Originally published: March 1, 2021 DOI: 10.51238/ISJS.2019.12 In the Jesuit Archives and Research Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, there are only two folders labeled “Slaves, Slavery.” One is housed in the
Jesuit Libraries in the Old and the New Society of Jesus as a Historiographical Theme Noël Golvers KU Leuven Originally published: March 1, 2021 DOI: 10.51238/ISJS.2019.07 Beginning with the spread of Christianity in late antiquity, the clergy became one of the social groups that collected books—classical pre-Christian and Christian titles alike—not
The Università degli Studi di Padova hosts a two-day conference with scholarly presentations considering vocations to the Society of Jesus in the early modern period. The event is sponsored by the Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche, Giuridiche e Studi Internazionali. The conference considers the theme of “vocation”–and in particular the “religious vocation” in its historical, religious,
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A three-day workshop begins October 2 at the Istituto Sangalli in Florence. The event features a number of scholars from around the world to present on the topic “Entangled Knowledges: Education and Culture in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (XIIIth-XIXth C).” This is the fifth international workshop hosted by the Istituto Sangalli, allowing emerging scholars
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In 1872, Superior General of the Society of Jesus Pieter Jan Beckx stood in the Church of the Gesù in Rome and consecrated the Jesuits’ order to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. One hundred years later, Pedro Arrupe renewed the Act of Consecration, explaining the reasons for his decision in the following letter that he
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The Macau Ricci Institute has launched a new, bi-annual publication — the Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute. Dedicated as a “Journal of Moral Leadership, Social Innovation and Comparative Spirituality,” the Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute is edited by Stephan Rothlin and co-edited by Dennis P. McCann and Mike J. Thompson. Thierry Meynard is the associate
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The delegates of the 31st General Congregation gathered, in part, to select the successor to Jean-Baptiste Janssens as the 28th superior general. In these remarks before the congregation, Pope Paul VI believes that the next general would “take every care to ensure that your harmony be not disrupted by discordant voices, but rather that you
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Mutio Vitelleschi, born to a noble family in Rome in 1563, entered the Society of the Jesus only after securing permission from Pope Gregory XIII. The Jesuits elected Vitelleschi their sixth superior general in 1615. His generalate saw worldwide expansion in missions and in membership to some 15,000 men but also an increase in the
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