The Order has a commitment to spread the devotion to the [[Sacred Heart]] and to Our Lady, the [[Virgin Mary]].
The Order has a commitment to spread the devotion to the [[Sacred Heart]] and to Our Lady, the [[Virgin Mary]].
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== Distinguished Jesuits ==
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*'''Ignatius Loyola''';
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*Francis Xavier;
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*Francis Borgia;
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*Stanislaus Kostka;
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*Alfonso Rodriguez;
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*Juan de Castillo;
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*John Berchmans;
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*John Francis Regis;
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*Peter Claver;
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*Francis de Geronimo;
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*Paul Miki, John Goto, James Kisai, Japanese martyrs (1597)
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*Peter Canisius;
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*North American Martyrs: Isaac Jogues, Anthony Daniel, John de Brébeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Charles Garnier, Noel Chabanel (priests), and Rene Goupil and John Lalande (lay missionaries);
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*Robert Bellarmine,
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*Andrew Bobola;
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*Edmund Campion, English martyr.
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*Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and spiritual writer.