2. What is a Jesuit? A member of the Society of Jesus Work in missionaries around the world on social justice issues to provide education and training to priests All are men Take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the pope; to go to wherever the pope will send them
3. St. Xavier April 7, 1506 - December 3, 1552 One of the founding fathers of the Company of Jesus Led missions in India, Japan, Borneo, the Moluccas and through the Portuguese Empire
4. Burial of St. Xavier he was first buried on a beach at ShangchuanIsland His incorrupt body was taken from the island in February 1553 and was temporarily buried in St. Paul’s church in Malacca on March 22, 1553 The body has now in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa since December 2, 1637 St. Xavier’s Tomb at the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa
5. Canonization of Saint Xavier beatified by Paul V on October 25, 1619 canonized by Gregory XV on March 12, 1622, at the same time as Ignatius Loyola considered a patron saint of Roman Catholic missionaries in foreign lands feast day: December 3
