Foundation
Ignatius of Loyola, a Basque nobleman from the Pyrenees area of northern Spain, founded the society … See more

The spirituality practiced by the Jesuits, called Ignatian spirituality, ultimately based on the Catholic faith and the gospels, is drawn from the Constitutions, The Letters, and Autobiography, … See more

The society is headed by a Superior General with the formal title Praepositus Generalis, Latin for "provost-general", more commonly … See more

Jesuits do not have an official habit. The society's Constitutions gives the following instructions: "The clothing too should have three … See more

The formation (training) of Jesuits seeks to prepare men spiritually, academically, and practically for the ministries they will be called to offer the church and world. Ignatius was strongly … See more

As of 2012 , the Jesuits formed the largest single religious order of priests and brothers in the Catholic Church. The Jesuits have … See more

Slavery
Jesuit scholar Andrew Dial has calculated that the Jesuits owned more than 20,000 slaves worldwide in 1760, the great majority of them in the Americas. The Jesuits in some places protected the indigenous people … See more