On July 31, the Society of Jesus of the Holy Land celebrated the feast of its founder with a mass: an opportunity to retrace its history in Jerusalem.
“Great for his admirable conversion, for his penitential acts of austerities, for his magnificent and diverse ventures to promote the greater glory of God and the exaltation of the Holy Church.” This is the beginning of the text by which, in 1622, Saint Ignatius of Loyola was proclaimed a saint.
His feast falls on July 31. The Society of Jesus, a papal priestly religious institute founded by him 500 years ago, celebrated his feast in Jerusalem and all over the world.