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In his early days, he saw his future as a chivalrous knight and cared much about his dress and appearance.

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In a battle against France, he was struck by a cannon ball and had surgery with no anesthetic on his torn left calf and broken right shin. He left his dream of chivalry and read more about Christ and saints as he had limited options.
He gave all his clothes to those who needed more and wore a garment of sack-cloth reaching to

his feet. He placed his sword on an altar, symbolically devoting himself to God.

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To help souls (their relationship with God)

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Teach us, good Lord,

to serve you as you deserve.

To give and not to count the cost;

to fight and not to heed the wounds;

to toil and not to seek for rest;

to labour and to look for no reward

except that of knowing that we do your will

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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He spent 11 months in a cave in Manresa, where he devoted himself both to prayer and penance, as well as cared for the sick in hospitals.

In the cave, he grew very ill but he also created the idea for the book of "The Spiritual Exercises".

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Full name is Iñigo Lopez de Loyola.
Youngest son in a large family or lower nobility.

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A manual for a 4-week retreat where you 'meditate' and put yourself in the scenes of Jesus' life. It explains how to pay and how to avoid scruples (moral dilemmas). It also explains how to choose a path in life that isn't pursuaded by love of self or of the world.

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Meditative mindset

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This is what Saint Ignatius believed

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He born in the Basque region of Spain in 1491.

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At the age of 64 he dided in Rome on the 31st july, 1556

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to help the exercitant (one who engages in spiritual exercises) to find out what the will of God is in regard to their future, and to give them energy and courage to

follow that will.

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One popular exercise is the Daily Examen, which looks over the day's events with gratitude, asks forgiveness for failures, then

asks God for the grace to improve the next day.

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Pope Paul III approved

the  new  institute  in  1540.
When Ignatius died, there were more than 1000 Jesuits in Europe, Asia and the America's.

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The mission  was  to  preach  and  defend  the  faith.

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Contributed significantly to the Counter-Reformation activity of the Church.
Being leader of the Jesuits, Ignatius did administrative

work in Rome,  as  well  as  works  of  charity  such  as  opening  orphanages  and  colleges whereas some in the Society were sent by the pope to be missionaries  in  colonies  of  the  new

world.

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-It does not have a distinctive religious habit

-It undertakes active works such as the following:

o    foreign missions, at the pope's bidding;

o    the education of youth of all classes

o    the instruction of the ignorant and the poor

o    ministering to the sick, to prisoners

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Poverty, sickness, exposure to the elements, fatigue, starvation, dangers of shipwreck and capture, prisons, blows, and contradictions

were struggles he faced daily.

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He arrived in 1523 and had planned to live in the Holy Land, visiting the places where Jesus lived and talking with people about Jesus, however the unstable political situation of the time made this hard and he was forced to return to Europe.

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After his pilgrimage, he decided to study in Barcelona, here, he created the idea of the Jesuits.

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In Barcelona, he was beaten senseless, and his companion was killed. He also studied at the

Universities of Alcala and Salamanca, during which time he led a life of poverty. He learned

by experience how the life of prayer and penance might be combined with that of teaching and study.

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Ignatius studied at the University of Paris and met 6 companions who would help in his endeavors. He graduated in 1534 and on the 15 August, in a chapel at Montmartre outside Paris, the 6 men took vows of poverty and chastity. They named themselves 'the Company of Jesus'