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Fifth Week » (REVISED)

Book cover image of Fifth Week by William J. O'Malley

Authors: William J. O'Malley, James Martin (With), Joseph Downey
ISBN-13: 9780829409284, ISBN-10: 0829409289
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Loyola Press
Date Published: December 1996
Edition: REVISED

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Author Biography: William J. O'Malley

Book Synopsis

The body and soul of this Second Edition of The Fifth Week are still the stirring accounts of the lives and deaths of Ignatius the founder and Xavier the missionary to the East; of Campion, Ciszek, and Chardin in Europe; of Brebeuf and Lord and Pro the West. We follow O'Malley's personal journey through questions and doubts to self-knowledge and the dynamic equilibrium of his commitment to life in the Society of Jesus. With humor and tolerance he records the drama and daily grind with sundry companions. The Fifth Week is a great companion for prospective Jesuits: It asks - with them - do you want to be a priest? religious priest? a Jesuit?

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Pt. 1Jesuits of the Past1
1The First Jesuit, St. Ignatius Loyola3
2A Progress of Jesuits21
A Warning and a Confession21
St. Francis Xavier, Patron of Missionaries22
St. Edmund Campion, Underground Jesuit27
St. Nicholas Owen, Brother Sorcerer32
Matteo Ricci, Jesuit Mandarin36
St. Jean de Brebeuf, Giant to the Hurons42
The Paraguay Reductions45
The Suppression of the Jesuits49
Phoenix53
Peter de Smet, Friend of Sitting Bull54
Gerard Manley Hopkins, Jesuit Poet58
Miguel Pro, Jesuit Clown63
Pt. 2Jesuits of the Present67
3The Heroes69
Daniel Lord, The Jesuit Who Never Grew Old69
Carl Hausmann, The Quiet Jesuit74
Joseph O'Callahan, Medal of Honor Winner79
Walter Ciszek, Jesuit in Siberia83
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Cosmic Adventurer92
4The Unknown101
Pt. 3Jesuits of the Future147
5Life in the Society Today149
6The Challenge of the Third Millennium161
7Obstacles to a Vocation Today171
8How Does a Man Know?175
Afterword199
Bibliography209
American Jesuit Provincial Offices215

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