Saint Ignatius

Question 0

Where was he born in?

Answer 0

Azpeitia in the Basque Province of Guipizcoa in northern Spain

Question 1

What year was St. Ignatius born in?

Answer 1

1491

Question 2

What did Ignatius want to be?

Answer 2

A soldier

Question 3

What is his family seal and what does it symbolise?

Answer 3

Wolf and pots. It symbolises generosity.

Question 4

What did Ignatius do at the age of 16?

Answer 4

He served as a page to Juan Velazquez.

Question 5

What battle did Saint Ignatius fight in?

Answer 5

Battle of Pamplona

Question 6

How was St. Ignatius injured?

Answer 6

He was hit by a cannon that broke one leg and injured another?

Question 7

What do the French surprisingly do to help him?

Answer 7

They brought him back home instead of to jail.

Question 8

Why did Ignatius originally become interested in the Catholic religion?

Answer 8

When he was healing, he read the Life of Christ and the Lives of Saints.

Question 9

Who did Saint Ignatius want to be like?

Answer 9

Dominic and Francis

Question 10

Define discernment

Answer 10

process of listening to God

Question 11

define Discernment of Spirits

Answer 11

consolation and desolation

Question 12

define consolation

Answer 12

any occurrence or thought that moves you towards God

Question 13

desolation

Answer 13

any occurrence or thought that moves you away from God

Question 14

What happened in March of 1522?

Answer 14

Saint Ignatius left the castle for the Holy Land.

Question 15

How did Saint Ignatius first defend Mary?

Answer 15

In Barcelona, there was a Moor that believed Mary was not a virgin after Christ was born. Saint Ignatius strongly disagreed. Saint Ignatius let his mule go and if he followed the Moor he would kill him. The mule did not follow the Moor.

Question 16

What is the significance of Montserrat?

Answer 16

Saint Ignatius prayed all night, confessed, left his sword, gave his nice clothes away, and offered his life to God.

Question 17

What is the significance of Manresa?

Answer 17

Saint Ignatius lived in a cave near the river Cardoner. He prayed. The Spiritual Exercises is written which are the journal entries from the retreat. Saint Ignatius has a mystical experience at the Cardoner River. It is the most amazing vision to Saint Ignatius.

Question 18

Once in Italy, what did Saint Ignatius ask Pope Adrian VI?

Answer 18

Saint Ignatius asked to please take a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. However, he had to leave because it was dangerous.

Question 19

Why did Saint Ignatius return to school?

Answer 19

Saint Ignatius needed to study Latin in order to become a priest.

Question 20

Why was Saint Ignatius thrown out of all of the universities?

Answer 20

Saint Ignatius was thrown out of school because he was preaching without the credentials.

Question 21

Who did Saint Ignatius room with at the University of Paris?

Answer 21

Saint Ignatius roomed with Saint Francis Xavier and Peter Faber.

Question 22

What did Saint Ignatius do to go to the Holy Land? What did Saint Ignatius do there?

Answer 22

Saint Ignatius took a vow of chastity with 6 other people. There was no ship for a year because of Christians vs. Muslims. Saint Ignatius was ordained a priest while helping in hospitals and teaching.

Question 23

Where did Saint Ignatius want to say his first mass?

Answer 23

Saint Ignatius wanted to say it in Jerusalem.

Question 24

Where was Saint Ignatius' second most mystical vision?

Answer 24

It was at La Storta Chapel.

Question 25

At La Storta, what did God tell Saint Ignatius?

Answer 25

God told Saint Ignatius, "I will be favorable to you in Rome," and that he would place him with his son.

Question 26

Where was Saint Ignatius' first mass?

Answer 26

It was on Christmas at the church of St. Mary Major in the Chapel of the Manger. The Manger was from Bethlehem so it was close to saying mass in Bethlehem.

Question 27

When was the Society of Jesus approved?

Answer 27

September 27, 1540.

Question 28

If someone is a Jesuit, what does that mean?

Answer 28

It means that they are a member of the Society of Jesus and that they made 4 vows: chastity, poverty, obedience, and obedience to the Pope in regards of missions.

Question 29

What were Saint Ignatius' last 15 years spent doing?

Answer 29

Saint Ignatius wrote many letters.

Question 30

What was Lainez's and Saint Ignatius' letter?

Answer 30

Lainez disagreed with Saint Ignatius. Saint Ignatius wrote him a letter to stop ordering him and he stopped. Lainez succeeded Saint Ignatius as the Superior General. They were able to be kind after that.

Question 31

Define cura personalis

Answer 31

It means to care for the whole person.

Question 32

What were the first Jesuit School intended for.

Answer 32

Recruits for the Jesuits.

Question 33

What does Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam mean?

Answer 33

to the greater glory of God

Question 34

When was the first general Jesuit School opened?

Answer 34

1548

Question 35

Who is Father Pedro Arrupe, S.J.?

Answer 35

Father Arrupe is the 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He created the phrase "men and women for others" as a motto for the Jesuit education.

Question 36

What does IHS stand for?

Answer 36

It is the first 3 letters from the Greek name for Jesus.

Question 37

What symbol of Mary was important to Saint Ignatius?

Answer 37

Madonna della Strada.

Question 38

Who was Father Pedro Arrupe?

Answer 38

The 28th Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Question 39

What did Father Pedro Arrupe say? What is its significance?

Answer 39

He said, "men and women for others," as a motto for Jesuit education.

Question 40

Who is the current Superior General of the Society of Jesus?

Answer 40

Father Adolfo Nicolas, SJ

Question 41

Where did Saint Ignatius learn Latin? With whom?

Answer 41

In Barcelona with little boys

Question 42

What is the First Principle and Foundation? What is St. Ignatius' view of our interaction with God?

Answer 42

The First Principle and Foundation is part of the beginning of the Spiritual Exercises. Saint Ignatius believes that it is our goal to praise, reverence, and serve God. It is important to Saint Ignatius to find God in all things, be openminded, focus on the giver, and look for ways to grow your relationship with God.

Question 43

What is the Examen and the steps? Why did Saint Ignatius recommend that we pray the Examen?

Answer 43

It is a prayer that is said once at lunchtime and once before you go to bed. The prayer helps to discern experiences and our responses to life, events, and God. The steps are recall that you are in the presence of God, spend a moment looking over your day with gratitude for the day's gifts, ask God to send you His Holy Spirit to help you look at your actions and attitudes and motives with honesty and patience, review your day, and a heart-to-heart talk with Jesus. Saint Ignatius recommended that we pray the Examen to find the Spirit in our day and review the past 24 hours.

Question 44

What are the Spiritual Exercises?

Answer 44

They are journal entries from Saint Ignatius' retreat at Manresa in a handbook that instruct how to take away things that create desolation.

Question 45

What degree did Saint Ignatius earn at the University of Paris?

Answer 45

Latin grammar and literature, philosophy, and theology

Question 46

What did Saint Ignatius do at Alcala and Salamanca that got him into trouble?

Answer 46

He preached the Gospels without the proper credentials.

Question 47

What do Jesuits do?

Answer 47

Jesuits serve God and go on missions that God through the Pope sends them on.

Question 48

Why did the Franciscan superior order Saint Igntius to leave the Holy Land?

Answer 48

It was dangerous because the Turks were ruling the Holy Land.

Question 49

What were three instances where Mary was important to Saint Igantius?

Answer 49

The Moor, Madonna Della Strada was an important image, and when he laid down his life before Mary at Montserrat

Question 50

How many letters did Saint Ignatius write?

Answer 50

About 7,000 letters