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The Jesuits engaged in conflict with the episcopal hierarchy over the question of payment of tithes, the ten percent tax on agriculture levied on landed estates for support of the church hierarchy from bishops and cathedral chapters to parish priests. Since the Jesuits were the largest religious order holding real estate, surpassing the ...
Jerome D'Souza – Indian Jesuit, member of the Constituent Assembly of India 1946–50; José Manuel Gallegos – Priest and New Mexico delegate from 1853 to 1856; Ivan Grubišić – Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, and independent representative in the Croatian Parliament; Andrej Hlinka – Slovak public activist and Catholic priest
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary: S.N.J.M. Marie Rose Durocher: 1837 Sisters of the Holy Redeemer: C.S.R. Sisters of the Holy Redeemer: Sisters of the Holy Spirit and Mary Immaculate: S.H.Sp. Mother Margaret Mary Healy Murphy: 1887 Sisters of the Holy Trinity: C.S.S.T. Sisters of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts: S.U.S.C. John ...
Fr. Joseph O'Callahan (right), a Jesuit priest, is presented with the Medal of Honor by President Truman. Claude Dablon, Superior General of all the Canadian missions (1670-1680) Saint Antoine Daniel, North American martyr; Cardinal Jean Daniélou, author, scholar, and member of the French Academy; Alfred Delp, German hanged for his opposition ...
"Black Pope" is an unofficial designation given to the position of Superior General of the Order of the Jesuits. [2] The name follows from his leadership of the largest Catholic, male religious order [3] and from the colour of the plain black cassock worn by members of the Society, including the Superior General. [4]
A religious order is characterized by an authority structure where a superior general has jurisdiction over the order's dependent communities. An exception is the Order of Saint Benedict which is not a religious order in this technical sense, because it has a system of independent houses, meaning that each abbey is autonomous. However, the ...
Heathen priests among the pre-Christian Rus' people. Zhrets: Sacrificial and divinatory priests within the Slavic Religion: Gothi/Gythia A title sometimes used by adherents of Heathenism, referring to a priest or ceremonial leader. Witch: A title used by someone who practices Witchcraft.
Jesuit formation, or the training of Jesuits, is the process by which candidates are prepared for ordination or brotherly service in the Society of Jesus, the world's largest male Catholic religious order. The process is based on the Constitution of the Society of Jesus written by Ignatius of Loyola and approved in 1550. There are various ...