Basic Life
What year was St. Francis Xavier born?
A: 1506 B: 1507 C: 109
A: April 7, 1506
Who encouraged St. Francis in his vocation?
Ignatius of Loyola
What was the name of the order started by friends/roommates?
Society of Jesus
They were Francis, Ignatius of Loyola, Alfonso Salmeron, Diego Laínez, Nicolás Bobadilla from Spain, Peter Faber from Savoy, and Simão Rodrigues from Portugal. They made private vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the Pope, and also vowed to go to the Holy Land to convert non-Christians.
What is the birth country of St. Francis?
Spain
He grew up in a castle which is still partially there and owned by Jesuits.
What is the birth country of his friend?
Spain
Where was he sent on his first mission?
India
The first five months he spent in preaching and ministering to the sick in the hospitals. After that, he walked through the streets ringing a bell to summon the children and servants to catechism. He was invited to head Saint Paul's College, a pioneer seminary for the education of secular priests, which became the first Jesuit headquarters in Asia.
Where did St Francis die?
A: China B: Japan C: Korea
Shangchuan Island, Jiangmen, China
What did St. Ignatius do before his conversion?
Soldier in the Spanish Army.
After he was injured by a cannonball, he read about the life of Christ and the saints and converted.
How many Churches did he build in Southern India?
40 churches along the coast, including St. Stephen's Church, Kombuthurai, mentioned in his letters dated 1544.
Which apostle's tomb did he visit?
St. Thomas
Where did they meet?
University of Paris--Ignatius was Peter and Francis's new roommate. He was 38 and they were 23.
He and who else were declared co-patrons of the missions in 1925?
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
What body part of his is displayed in Rome today?
His right ARM--used to bless converts
Where did he make a pilgrimage to after seeing Blessed Mary in a vision?
The shrine in Montserrat near Barcelona.
Who was the first Japanese convert?
Anjiro by St. Francis in India. He was fleeing from a crime at the time.
He later helped Xavier as a mediator and interpreter for the mission to Japan and for 45 years they were the only order in Japan.