Serra is known today as the “Apostle of California,” having built in the late 18th century a network of 21 missions that stretched the entire southern half of the state from San Diego to San Francisco.
Saints
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Move over, Bellarmine. For Franciscans, today is the Feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis
What appeared externally on Francis’ body was reflective of his interior conformity to the lived example of Jesus Christ.
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How one saint’s ancient insights are transforming today’s church
The real Francis is far more compelling and important than the imaginary one.
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Saints Among Us
Robert Bartlett’s book will also be welcome to those who have experienced something of the power of the cult of the saints in their own time and place.
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Pope John XXIII: Vicar of Christ
From 2014: In honor of the upcoming canonization of Pope John XXIII, Loyola Press and James Martin, S.J., have graciously allowed us to print this chapter from Father Martin’s book, My Life with the Saints.
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The gentle, grace-filled life of Peter Faber: One of the very first (and one of Pope Francis’ favorite) Jesuits
Faber is not someone well known to the general public. Thanks to the pope he is beginning to become far better known, and rightly so.
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What does St. Peter Faber have to say to Jesuits today?
With profound pleasure I am writing to the whole Society on the occasion of Pope Francis’ proclamation that Peter Faber, “the silent companion” of the first generation of Jesuits, is a saint.
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Novice? Regent? Scholastic? A guide to Jesuit formation (and lingo)
A number of people have asked me about Jesuit formation, particularly the nomenclature, and the way that Jesuits refer to one another at various stages. So here goes.
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Recovering the real St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Aloysius Gonzaga needs rescuing from the hands of overly pious artists.
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What can Catholics learn from the foreign yet familiar life of St. Kateri Tekakwitha?
Like her Christ, Kateri took the apparently senseless suffering and death that is the lot of any human being and gave it meaning.