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Fifth Week
Part 1: Jesuits of the Past
1—The First Jesuit
St. Ignatius Loyola
1. Who was the first Jesuit? _____________________________________
2. What are the years of his life? ____________________________________
3. Who are the Basque?
4. In what country do the Basque live? ___________________________
5. What was Ignatius’s name before he became Ignatius? _____________________________
6. What does it mean to be “tonsured”? ___________________________________________________
7. At the age of 16, Iñigo took on what new role? __________________________________
8. Whom did he serve in his new role? __________________________________________
9. Who was the King of Spain during Ignatius’s youth? ______________________________
10. Ignatius was wounded in the battle to protect what city? ___________________________
11. What country’s armies defeated Ignatius and his comrades at arms? ________________________
12. What two books did Ignatius have access to while recuperating from his war wound?
13. What religious orders did St. Dominic and St. Francis found?
14. Who is the “king from beyond time” to whom O’Malley refers? ________________________
15. After his vision of the Virgin Mary, it is said that Ignatius had found his Lady and his King. To whom
does O’Malley refer in this statement?
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16. What is a general confession?
17. Before what shrine in Monserrat did Ignatius spend the night in prayer?
18. After leaving Monserrat, Ignatius settled in what small town of northern Spain? ________________
19. What are “scruples”?
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20. At the River ___________________________ Ignatius’s understanding was illuminated in such a
way that it ended his scruples and severe penances.
21. The four week series of meditations designed by Ignatius that lead a retreatant to freedom in order
to better serve God’s will is known as the _______________________________________ of St. Ignatius.
22. From Manresa, where did Ignatius desire to move? _______________________________
23. When life in the Holy Land did not work for Ignatius, what did he decide to do with his life?
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24. How old was Ignatius when he began to learn Latin and study for the priesthood? ____________
25. What three universities did Ignatius attend?
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26. From which university did Ignatius receive his degree?_____________________________________
27. Who were Ignatius’s roommates while studying in Paris?
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28. What three vows did Ignatius and his first companions take in August of 1534?
29. Where did Ignatius and his companions take their first vows?
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30. From what city did Ignatius and his companions seek to leave Europe to get to the Holy Land?
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31. Why did the early companions never make it to the Holy Land?
32. What is the date for the founding of the Society of Jesus? __________________________________
33. What pope approved the founding of the Society of Jesus? _________________________________
34. What papal document approved the founding of the Society of Jesus? ________________________
35. Who was the first General of the Society of Jesus? _________________________________
36. With what two ministries did the Jesuits quickly find themselves involved?
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37. What document did Ignatius write to govern the fundamentals of the Society of Jesus?
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38. On what date (Month, day, and year) did Ignatius die?