Robbie Garrett Scripture Class Brophy College Preparatory Freshman 2019 St. Ignatius of Loyola Summer Reading Assignment 7-17-2015 Book: St. Ignatius of Loyola: In God’s Service by Peggy A. Sklar Directions: Read the book! And while reading, feel free to make notes in the margins on pages that contain what you believe are critical moments in the life of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Give in-depth definitions for each of the terms below. Type thorough and thoughtful responses to each of the questions below. Each response should be between 250-300 words in length. Be prepared to submit your study guide to your Scripture teacher during the first week of school. A summer reading quiz will be given during …show more content…
Inigo was born in 1491 in his family’s castle. His parents were Dona Marina Sanchez de Licona and Beltran de Onaz in 1491. He was first baptized as Inigo. He knew that he would not inherit the castle, so he needed to figure out what he would do with his life. Inigo’s dad received a letter from a friend, Don Juan Velaquez de Cuellar, who’s wife, Dona Maria de Velasco, was a distant relative of Inigo’s mom. Velaquez was the treasurer to King Ferdianand and Queen Isabella of the Kingdom of Castile. He asked Inigo’s dad if one of his younger sons could help him in the castle he worked in, and Inigo’s dad chose Inigo. During his decade of service to the Velazquez family, Inigo acquired important social and practical skills such as proper dress, good grooming, and etiquette. Afterward, Velaquez Velaquez later suddenly died unexpectantly, giving Inigo no position nor plans for the future. Velaquez’s widow assisted Inigo in securing another position, a soldier, by giving him two horses, some money, and letters of introduction and sent Inigo to Don Antonio Manrique de Lara, the Duke of Najera. Inigo fought for him until he was terribly …show more content…
Ignatius did not worry about not knowing the French language, as he trusted that God would help him cope with language barriers as he did in the past. He walked seven-hundred miles to Paris from Salamanca. In Paris, Ignatius realized that he should focus more on education and postpone his efforts to help the marginalized and people in need. Ignatius realized that in Spain, he devoted too much time to helping others and not enough time getting educated. At the age of thirty-seven, Ignatius enrolled at the College of Montaigu to study humanities, which included the study of Latin grammar and literature. Ignatius had been given money by some of his Spanish benefactors so that he would not have to beg for alms. With this money, he found a room in a boarding house with other Spanish students and turned over the money he was given to another student there for safekeeping. Unfortunately, the student quickly spent the money and Ignatius had no money to pay for school or support himself. He left the boarding house and found a room at the Hospital Saint-Jacques, a hospice for pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. However, the hospice was far away from Ignatius’ school, giving Ignatius far too little time to study and too little time to beg arms. It also caused Ignatius to miss the morning hours of school due to the hospice’s
In chapter five, Goldman goes into detail about Inigo’s past. Inigo’s father, Domingo, is a sword maker; he is not very well known. Everyone who wants a sword and has money goes to Yeste. Although he makes very nice swords, sometimes there
Additionally, Davis’s monograph explores detailed information regarding the shift of many people at the time from Catholicism to Protestantism, which is extremely important to the
This was a set of Christian meditations, prayers and mental exercises that were intended to help distinguish between the good and evil. They were a form of rules to follow in order to live a Christian life based on his own personal experience as a sinner before turning his life over to God. The document has a total of 18 rules that once should consider. Throughout these series of exercises Loyola is stating the importance of having a ready mind to be able to obey Christ, how confession should be through a priest once a year, week, or weekly depending on the sins, the praising of virginity, religious orders and not so much marriage, and also that Christian’s must fear God Divine
The word “trinity” is used to describe the relationship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Though all three are used in scripture there is no description of the “trinity.” Throughout this paper the concept of the “trinity” will be examined. First, the paper will have a summary of relevant sections from three sources: the New Catholic Encyclopedia, the older Catholic Encyclopedia, and a peer-reviewed theological article from a contemporary journal. Two concise analyses will follow the summary. In the first analysis there will be a comparison between the older and newer Catholic encyclopedias to see how over time theological reflection has changed. In the second analysis there will be a comparison between the New Catholic Encyclopedia and a contemporary theological article to show the differences between the two theological perspectives.
I am a representative of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. and I would like to explain why Outline by Rachel Cusk is the perfect novel to incorporate into the grade eleven English curriculum. Outline is the ideal novel for the curriculum because through Cusk’s experiences as a writer, traveller, wife, and single mother, she was able to transpose the lessons she learned onto paper for us to read. This allows us to accompany her through a journey of relationships and consequences. This novel relates to the current grade eleven university course themes the students are already studying, which include family dysfunction, escapism, and appearance versus reality. Teens can relate to Outline because the issues that are present in the novel, are also
Ignatius believed himself to be a beacon of morality in an otherwise dismal society. For instance, throughout A Confederacy of Dunces, he would write about the evils of the hedonistic, “bourgeois” society in which he lived, and about how the world would be in a much better position if based on the medieval principles (such as divine-right and cruel forms of torture) in which he subscribed were
Excerpt D was taken from Chapter 5,the chapter about obedience, of the Rule. The Rule was written by Saint Benedict of Nursia for monks who were living in a communal setting underneath an abbot figure, a father head, of a monastery. The excerpt talks about general rules of obedience for the monks and Christians to follow to understand how they should spend most of their days in worship, work and study. From Saint Benedict’s book, Rule, revels how religion played an important part in early-medieval Europe.
St. Francis of Assisi was born in Assisi, duchy of Spoleto, Italy in 1181. His Father was a wealthy cloth merchant who owned farmland around Assisi. In his early years, he was spoiled, indulging himself with fine food, wine, and wild celebrations. By 14 he was already a rebellious teenager who drank, partied and broke a lot of rules. But he was also known to be charming and for his vanity.
Imagine that you were trapped in a dungeon under the control of a stranger having no way to reach your family (St. Francis of Assisi Biography.com 2). With you not even knowing if anybody will ever notice you again. Saint Francis of Assisi had to go through this horrible experience and witness how cruel some people can really be (St. Francis of Assisi Biography.com 2). Under other people’s leadership can sometime be crucial to your health. Not knowing when you will be getting feed or when eating not having a full sized portion. This can result in having medical problems and can sometimes even cause death. Saint Francis of
The letter to the Philadelphians follows next and like the first few letters continues to emphasise the role of the bishop. I believe even if Ignatius was not a Bishop himself he would still stress the importance of the bishop in the Church. To Ignatius the bishop is a sacred and important role in keeping order and spreading the word throughout the Church. In the previous letters Ignatius says that through the bishop you will find unity in the Church, to the Philadelphians he says through the bishop you will protect yourselves from schism and heresy in the Church. It is also in this letter that Ignatius warns specifically to not listen to the Jews. This comportment towards the Jews was common in early Christianity and can be seen throughout
A necklace of Saint Francis of Assisi, protector of animals. It is completely bronze with a twelve inch chain, a small red heart and a silver paw print pendent hanging above a quarter sized bronze pendent of Saint Francis surrounded by animals. Behind and to the right of Saint Francis there is three crosses on a hill, a river flowing behind him, and a church to his left. The animals surrounding Saint Francis appear to be; two birds, a monkey, squirrel, turtle, rabbit, deer, a dog, and a cat.
Ignatius of Loyola was a Spanish aristocrat and proposed to have a vocation as an expert officer. A cannonball smashed his leg in 1521, and his vocation was broken with it. Amid his long recuperation at the château of Loyola, he invested much energy perusing religious books, fasting and imploring. As an aftereffect of these studies, Ignatius chose to end up a fighter of Christ, and hung up his sword at the holy place of Mary in Montserrat. From 1522 to 1534, Loyola ventured out to religious communities and schools, concentrating on and asking in arrangement for an existence sanctified to Christ. Around the end of his graduate learns at the University of Paris, he and six companions who had been meeting for times of stretched out petition to
Ignatius of Loyola was born on October 23 1491 in Azpeitia, Spain. Ignatius was the youngest of thirteen children. He was raised by the local blacksmith’s wife as he mother died. He was set on a journey to be a knight when he was young. He fought as first Superior General in the battle against the French in 1521. He got seriously injured and underwent many surgeries. Throughout the recovery Ignatius he went through a spiritual conversion and dedicated his life to be a soldier of the Catholic faith. After he finished his recovery he became an expert in the art of spiritual direction. A year later Ignatius suffered fears and scruples which also almost made him despair. After his experiences he wrote a famous book
The excerpts found in The Holy Rule of St. Benedict helped guide the monks with serenity and peace, order, and self-sufficiency. “... Deus, in adjutorium meum intende; Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina, there is next to be said three times, Domine, labia mea aperies, et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam [These were prayers from the Divine Office from Psalm 50[51];17” (Rule of Benedict IX). The monks accomplished serenity and peace by reciting this Psalm because it was considered part of the Divine Office which were a set of prayers. The Divine Office was prayed regularly- eight times per day. St. Benedict arranged an organized albeit strict schedule for the monks to follow that orders a time table revolved around the Divine Office.
Francis of Assisi from the fictional novel, “Chasing Francis” by Ian Morgan Cron, is a great representation of a man who, in all that he did, he did it for the glory of God. As discussed in chapter nine, pages 148-149 of the text, Francis spontaneously assembled the first live reenactment of the Nativity story. This not only provided entertainment for some of the townspeople, but also had the ability to give them a clear depiction of the actuality of the Savior as a human. In this, Francis may have helped to further solidify individuals’ faith during that time period, and also into the future, as depicted in this story. In this novel, Francis’ actions not only inspired Chase Falson in his journey to find Christ, but also others as individuals