The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31
TODAY I'M HISTORY
Death of Ienatlus LoyoIa-July ST.
SUNDAY, JULY 81. 1910.

Death OF I9natlus Loyola-July a'
On July 81. 1876, occurred the Ge"'"
Of the founder of the Society ol jesus
| lgnatius Loyola II was French can
non ball at Pampeluna, where he was us
sisting in the defense. that translornie"
Loyola from Spanish soldier and nj
dalgo with hot BIscayan blood, into 'ne
man whom we now know AS the founder
OF the Order of Jesus. The Spanlard
right log was broken, and he was car
| riod TO the ncigbboring castle oil boyoiu'
where he lay for many weary months
and read the Lives oil the Saints. Clils
| 30. headstrong man. he had thercLot G
| led the lie Of the soldier OF his Times
| and had set before himself only tne an am
| bItion of the campaiGner, But now there
was wrought In him change ana ms
mind turned naturally toward more sPii
| itual things. ,,
| from his kindred and friends ana
| changed the whole manner of his lIl9'
Making pilgrimage to the Holy Ethu;
ne hung up his arms in the Church o.
| the Virgin OF Mount Serat and VoWGu
| his devotion 10 the God OF his iaith ~,
| the garments OF beggar he prac'igcu
the severest a.usterites and reached Je
| rusalem on the fourth OF september
| 1922.
Loyoa returned 10 Spain three years
| later and gave his whole attention 10
his youth been sorely neglected. lie
made no secret OF his Ignorance and IN
dustriously worked his way from tne ru
diments of grammar through full uni,
verslty course, the rlgor of his life ana
the rebukes which he administered 70
laNer clercs not infrequently bringing
upon him the dislike OF his immediate
ecclesiastical supcriorS.
In 1928 Loyola went 10 Paris. and III
the university there met Xavier. taper'
Rodriguez and Bobadilla. a group OF STU
nIG hg, o14 FMS gr1i
own zeal On the 18th of August, 1881,
these six enthusiasts met in the under
ground chapel of Montmartre and 10,
seLher took solemn vows OF poverty ana
celibacy, resolving TO give their lives 10
the defense OF the church and the con-
version OF unbelevers.
This was the beginning of the now
famous Society OF Jesus. When the plan
OF the new order was laid before Pope
Paul III that Pontin raised several OBJ,
jections to 1t, but as the Jesuits agreed
a constitution was AT last granted In the
bull of 9th September, 1910 Loyola be-
ing unanimously elected president and
established as director in the city Of
Rome.
All this came about at most op-
perfume time TO the service OF the Ro-
man faith and no single order OF that
church did it such good service in the
period OF the reformation, The Jesuits
were absolutely fearless of bodily harm,
their zeal was such as had not been seen
were unboundcd. They We're unhampered
by the routine which more or less closSed
the movements OF the other orders and
they were governed by perfect sys-
ten and directed by man OF executive
genius who knew well just how 10 send |
every man about the errand for which
he was naturally best fitted 1t was |
ever the aim OF the society 10 develop |
the peculiar qualities of each member.
It's whole endeaVor was to work 'for |
the greater glory OF God" even TO the |
theoretical Sacrifice OF the intellect
a maxim of Loyola's which, however, !
should only be interpreted by two others |
from the same pen: Preserve your |
freedom of mind and do not relinquish !
1t by the authority of any person or In |
any circumstances whatever" and I'm |
all things except sin l ought 10 do the |
VIII OF my superior and not my own
With astonishing rapidity the fame
It's works spread through the whole world |
and when. on the 31st day OF July, 1856. |
Loyola died at the age OF Go. worn out
with his hard labors In its cause. he left
IL one Of the most powerful engines OF !.
the church, which, in the f"rHs OF the
second director, James Lainez was to
force from the statesman Richelieu the
praise that II was "a masterpiece of
policy Its founder was canonized as
saint in 1922 and his festival is cele-
brated upon the anniversary of his
death.
On July 81, 177T. Lafayette was made
major general by congress. II is the II
date of the famous battle OF Plevna -ln n
1877, July 81 is the birthday Of James