Saint Ignatius

Or take Andrea Pozzo's huge decoration in the vault of the church of Sant'Ignazio, depicting the apotheosis of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order: The painted vault appears to be collapsing onto the moving visitor until he or she comes to rest on a marble disc in the center of the pavement below, from which vantage everything overhead seems to point in the direction of heaven.

The Heirloom City Dan Hofstadter 2011

Perhaps one of the reasons why Ignatius is Saint Ignatius is his resolute insistence that Jesuits not seek appointment to offices such as bishop or pastor.

Thomas Worcester: Do Good Leaders Abound In The Catholic Church? Thomas Worcester 2011

Father Gordon and I will give you an opportunity to follow the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius in a 4-days retreat.

Archive 2009-02-01 2009

Next we drove to Saint Ignatius, 1641! the oldest continualy used Catholic church in America.

Archive 2007-07-01 Dymphna 2007

Next we drove to Saint Ignatius, 1641! the oldest continualy used Catholic church in America.

Dymphna's Road Dymphna 2007

The holy Saint Ignatius of Loyola carried a pike, as we know; and —

Our Street 2006

And they went through ten grueling days with dozens of friends and hundreds of individuals, family and people they didn ` t even know, the Flathead Indian tribe, police, helicopters, searchers, hikers desperately trying to find the plane that went down in the treacherous mountains of Saint Ignatius, Montana.

CNN Transcript May 30, 2005 2005

It reminded me of an incident recorded in the account of the martyrdom of Saint Ignatius of Rome, in which the saintly bishop, upon arriving at the Colosseum, where hungry lions awaited, bumped his shin as he stepped out of the carriage.

Death in Texas Prejean, Sister Helen 2005

He had first developed a fondness for it at the Seminary of Saint Ignatius in Cape Town, where silence was mandatory for all but prayer.

Mission Of Honor Clancy, Tom 2002

Act III takes place on a seashore where Saint Ignatius is training his disciples.

Visiting Gertrude and Alice Grosser, Maurice 1986