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The Jesuits

Find out more about some of the men who have formed the Society of Jesus from its earliest days: from carpenters and doorkeepers to theologians, poets and saints.

Find out more about St Ignatius of Loyola

St Pierre Favre

St Edmund Campion SJ

Stained glass depicting Nicholas Owen SJ

St Nicholas Owen SJ

Portrait of St Peter Canisius

St Peter Canisius SJ

St Alphonsus Rodriguez SJ

St Claude de la Colombiere

St Stanislas Kostka SJ

St Jan Berchmans SJ

Manley Hopkins in 1888

Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ

Image of Walter Ciszek taken from his Soviet prison records

Walter Ciszek SJ

Portrait of Miguel Pro SJ

Blessed Miguel Pro SJ

Portrait of Rupert Mayer SJ

Blessed Rupert Mayer SJ

Photo of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin superimposed on a Hubble space telescope photo of the Orion Nebula

Teilhard de Chardin SJ

Alberto Hurtado SJ

St Alberto Hurtado SJ

Portrait of Pedro Arrupe

Pedro Arrupe SJ