Introduction

1. Foundations before the Founding

Ignatius and the First Companions

The Spiritual Exercises

2. Taking Shape for Ministry

The Basic Framework

The Campaign for Self-Understanding

Pastoral Ideals and Practice

Programs of Ministry

3. Ministries of the Word of God

Preaching

Sacred Lectures

Conversation and Publication

Teaching Christianity

Missions to the Countryside

The Exercises in Practice

4. Sacraments, Worship, Prayer

Confession and Casuistry

Holy Communion and the Eucharist

Holy Orders

Music and Worship

Prayer

5. Works of Mercy

Peacemaking

Hospitals and Prisons

Ministry to the Dying

Ministry to Prostitutes

Orphans and Daughters of Prostitutes

Jews and New Christians

Confraternities and the Marian Congregations

6. The Schools Toward Messina and Beyond

The Faith in Education

Transcending the Modus Parisiensis

Jesuit Education

Failures, Frustrations, and Crisis

Training the Clergy

The Impact of the Schools

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