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VATICAN CITY, 1956, the 4th centenary of the death of Ignatius, Scott 212-213
A detail of the anonymous min-17th century painting, Paul III approves the Society of Jesus,
located in the antesacristy of the Church of the Gesù
GUINEA, 2009, 80th anniversary of the creation of Vatican State
Pope Paul III, featured in the Council of Trent series, approved the Society of Jesus in 1540. The two stamps above capture the moment, with Ignatius kneeling before the Pope. Between them is his grandson, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, another friend of the Society, who later financed the building of the Gesù in Rome. More - MoreCardinal Gasparo Contarini
(1483 -1542)
VATICAN CITY, 1940, the 4th centenary of the Council of Trent, Scott E10Garparo Contarini a well educated and influential secular diplomat from Venice, was unexpectedly made a cardinal by Pope Paul III in 1535 to such an able man to Roman interests. He was a friend and promoter of the Society. He is featured as an important figure in the Council of Trent series. It was largely due to his influence that the Society received papal approval. More
Jacopo
Barozzi da Vignola
(1507-1573)
VATICAN CITY, 2007, aérogramme for the 5th centenary of his birth
ITALY, 2008, the 5th centenary of his birth, Scott 2836
ITALY, 1973, the 4th centenary of his deathJacopo Barozzi da Vignola, often simply called Vignola was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism. Michelangelo had offered to design for free the Mother Church of the Society of Jesus, the Church of the Gesù in Rome, Vognola was chosen and it, together with the Villa Farnese at Caprarola pictured on this aerogramme were his two greatest masterpieces. More
Hsu Kuang-chi (Xu Guangqi)
(1562 -1633)
CHINA, 1980, Xu Guangqi as one of four Scientists of Ancient China, Scott 1636
CHINA (Taiwan), 1964, Scott 1428
THE PHILIPPINES, 2006, the 50th anniversary of Xavier School which is
also named in honor of Paul Hsu-Kuang-chi.
His bust is on the grounds of the school and is a replica of one found in Xu
Guangqi Memorial Park in Shanghai, China, Scott 3049c
VATICAN CITY, 2010, with Fr. Matteo Ricci for
the 4th centenary of Ricci's death.
GUINEA-BISSAU, 2010, from souvenir sheet honoring
the 4th centenary of Ricci's death
Paul Hsu Kuang-chi was an erudite official of the Chinese Imperial Court and a great friend and protector of Fr. Matteo Ricci, the first Jesuit missionary to succeed in entering the previously exclusive Chinese court. His Memorial of Ricci is one example of his support for Ricci and other Jesuits.
St.
Marko Krizevcanin
(1589 -1619)
Blessed Ivan Merz
(1896-1928)
CROATIA, 1996, Scott 283-85
St. Marko Krizevcanin (left) had attended the German-Hungarian College in Rome, founded by St. Ignatius, was friends with Cardinal Peter Pázmány, SJ, and worked with and was martyred with two Jesuit saints, Stephen Pongrácz and Melchior Grodziecki. Their remains rest now in the Jesuit Church of the Holy Trinity in Trnava, Slovakia. The feast of the three is celebrated on September 7. One stamp se-tenant with this one refers to a miraculous crucifix kept in a former Jesuit college chapel.
The other pictures Blessed Ivan Merz (1896-1928) beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, who is buried in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart the principal Jesuit Church in Zagreb. He was closely associated with the Jesuits, who educated him, helped him on the journey (even through the process of beatification), while he actively collaborated with them. He was a Catholic intellectual, a pillar of the Church, a leader in education and the liturgical movement and in Catholic Action. More
Blessed
Mary of the Incarnation
(1599 - 1672)
CANADA, 1981, Mother Marie's beatification, Scott 886
Born Marie Guyart in Tours, France, Marie de l'Incarnation entered the Ursulines, her childhood dream, following the death of her husband. After reading the Jesuit Relations, the reports of Jesuit missionaries in Canada, she wished to become a missionary. The Jesuits and others were trying at this time to recruit sisters to found religious houses in Quebec, and Marie volunteered and left for Quebec in 1639. The Jesuits were her spiritual advisors, her instructors in the native languages, and assisted her also in drawing up religious constitutions adapted to life in the New World. She and Kateri Tekakwitha were beatified on the same day. Her biography may be downloaded from Project Gutenberg.
St.
Margaret Mary Alacoque
(1647-1690)
SPAIN, 1957, Scott 863-865
Margaret Mary Alacoque's visions of the Sacred Heart, her relationship to her Jesuit spiritual director Saint Claude la Colombiere, and the Jesuits' special promotion of devotion to the Sacred Heart warrant, I think, her inclusion here. More
Blessed
Pedro Calungsod
(ca 1655-1672)
PHILIPPINES, 2002, Beatification of Pedro, Scott 2781-2
Pedro Calungsod was born in the region of Visayas. He accompanied Jesuit Fr. Diego Luis de San Vitores in the task of evangelizing the Marianas Islands, working as a catechist from 1668 to 1672. On April 2, 1672, the Saturday before the Passion Sunday, at about seven in the morning, both were martyred, the 17 or 18 year old catechist together with the Jesuit. They were evangelizing the natives of the village of Tumhom in present day Guam. Two natives hostile to the faith attacked them and killed them with spears, and threw their bodies into the ocean. Pedro could have escaped but tried to defend the priest. Fr. de San Vitores was beatified on October 6, 1985. He was the first apostle and founder of the Catholic community of the Marianas Islands. Fifteen years later Pope John Paul II beatified Pedro Calungsod at Saint Peter's Square in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to canonize Blessed Pedro in October 2012. More
Blessed
Kateri Tekakwitha
(1656 -1680)
CANADA, 1981, Kateri's beatification, Scott 885
Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks, had much to do with Jesuits. They catechized and baptized her, gave her sanctuary, witnessed her miraculous transformation on her deathbed, wrote her biography, promoted devotion to her at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs at her birthplace, Auriesville, and promoted her cause in Rome. Canada honored her and Marie de l'Incarnation on the occasion of their beatification with a se-tenant pair of stamps. More
Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo
(1663-1748)
PHILIPPINES, 1984, 3rd centenary of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, Scott 1662-63
Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo (1663-1748) was the foundress of the first congregation for Filipino women. Fr. Paul Klein, a Bohemian Jesuit who came to Manila in 1682, was Ignacia's spiritual director and gave her the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. As a result she chose to give herself to God, living alone at first in a house behind the Jesuit College of Manila. Other women were drawn to join her and thus was born the Beatas de la Compania de Jesus because of their connection with the Church of St.Ignatius, where Ignatia was eventually buried, now commonly known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, or the R.V.M. Sisters. Mother Ignacia was declared Venerable by Pope Benedict XVI on July 6, 2007. More
