Society of Jesus

Ignatius Loyola

The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu, S.J. and S.I. or SJ, SI ) is a Roman Catholic Church religious order whose members are called Jesuits, Soldiers of Christ, and Foot soldiers of the Pope, because the founder, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, was a knight before becoming a priest.

Jesuits are the largest male religious order of the Roman Catholic Church with 19,216 members (13,491 priests, 3,049 scholastic students, 1,810 brothers and 866 novices).

Other websites

Jesuit documents

• The Jesuit Ratio Studiorum of 1599
• The Jesuit Mission Press in Japan, 1591-1610
• Letter of the Jesuit Social Justice Secretariat to the leaders of the G8, July 2005PDF (98.5 KiB)

Jesuit Websites In Various Regions

• The Jesuit Portal - Jesuit Worldwide Homepage

Africa

• Jesuits in South Africa

Asia-Oceania

• Jesuits in the Philippines

Europe

• Jesuits in Britain

North America

• Jesuits in Canada
• United States Jesuit Conference

South America

• Jesuits in Chile

Media

• The BBC Radio 4 In Our Time programme on 18 January 2007 was devoted to the early history and educational role of the Jesuits; the programme's website offers a free podcast and 'listen again' service In Our Time website
• Pray-as-you-go: latest initiative by the British Jesuits, providing daily prayer in MP3 format for use "on the go"
• Documentary by the Society of Jesus Province of Chicago (Windows Media Player)

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