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Book SynopsisIn an ever-changing and unpredictable world, Ignatius wanted Jesuits to be alert to the needs of people in the concrete circumstances of their lives, and to be free to respond appropriately. Rooted in the practice of discernment and united through the vow of obedience, the Jesuits were to be flexible and creative, going wherever there was ‘the greater need’, always keeping in mind ‘the greater service of God and the more universal good’. This little book tries to encapsulate some of the responses the Jesuits have made through the ages, by focusing on the lives of a few remarkable individuals. The variety is suggestive of the Jesuits’ range of activities: from the hidden ministry of John Sullivan to the public protests of Dan Berrigan; from the unimaginable journeys of Francis Xavier to the theological insights of Karl Rahner; from the heroism of Edmund Campion to the inspiring leadership of Pedro Arrupe. There are many other striking stories that need to be told, of course, that are not included here: the mission to Ethiopia in the sixteenth century; the initiatives of the Jesuits in China, the South America and present-day Canada in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; the vast educational network that made the Jesuits ‘the schoolmasters of Europe’; and the numerous Jesuit astronomers, scientists, artists and poets who have enriched human learning and culture down to the present day.
Table of ContentsWITH CHRIST IN SERVICE TABLE OF CONTENTS PART 1: BEGINNINGS Chapter 1 Ignatius Loyola Patrick Carberry SJ PART 2: SENT ON MISSION Chapter 2 Pierre Favre Patrick Carberry SJ Chapter 3 Claude la Colombiere David Stewart SJ Chapter 4 John Sullivan Paul Andrews SJ Chapter 5 Teilhard de Chardin David John Ayotte SJ Chapter 6 Karl Rahner Jim Corkery SJ Chapter 7 Pedro Arrupe Brian Grogan SJ Chapter 8 Dan Berrigan Kevin O'Higgins SJ PART 3: TO THE ENDS OF TH EARTH Chapter 9 Francis Xavier Philip Fogarty SJ Chapter 10 Edmund Campion David Stewart SJ Chapter 11 John Olilvie David Steward SJ Chapter 12 Peter Claver David Gaffney SJ Chapter 13 Jacques Berthieu Thomas Casey SJ Chapter 14 Walter Ciszek Anthony Corcoran SJ Chapter 15 Rutilio Grande Michael O'Sullivan SJ Chapter 16 Vincent Canas Fergus O'Donoghue SJ
