The Ignatian Year:
May 20, 2021 - July 31, 2022
About St. Ignatius
A Brief Timeline of the Life of St. Ignatius
Ignatius is wounded by a cannonball at the Battle of Pamplona.
During his long convalescence at Loyola, Ignatius undergoes a spiritual conversion.
Ignatius begins 11 months of living in a cave outside the town of Manresa. It was here where he started work on what would become the Spiritual Exercises.
Ignatius and six others—including Francis Xavier and Peter Faber—pronounce vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
Pope Paul III approves the Society of Jesus, making it an official religious order in the Catholic Church.
St. Ignatius dies in Rome, after serving as the first Superior General of the Society. There are already more than 1,000 Jesuits.
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(Images: The Jesuit Institute London)