St. Ignatius of Loyola: Founder of the Jesuits

A short, popular biography of the ardent Spanish soldier who, while recuperating from a battle wound, was converted to the service of Christ by reading a Catholic book. He initially did great penance, became holy, went to study at the University of Paris, wrote his Spiritual Exercises, gathered a following of brilliant holy men, and then founded the Jesuits.

Author: F. a. Forbes
Publisher: Tan Books
Published: 01/01/1999
Pages: 114
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.99h x 4.22w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9780895556240
ISBN10: 0895556243
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
- Religion | Christianity | History

About the Author
Mother Frances Alice Monica Forbes, also known as F.A. Forbes, was born in 1869 into a Presbyterian family. She converted to Catholicism in 1900, and entered the Society of the Sacred Heart as a postulant when she was thirty-one. She was a strong-willed and intelligent woman, and used both these gifts to generously make the sacrifices that the Lord wished of her daily. F.A. Forbes authored a considerable amount of books based on the saints, including St. John Bosco: Friend of Youth, St. Monica, St. Catherine of Sienna, St. Benedict, and The Gripfast Series of English Readers. She died in 1936.