Tradition of excellence
From the 16th century onwards, the Society of Jesus was highly committed to the education and training of young people. Through their colleges and universities, which soon became a powerful network of cultural irradiation, the Jesuits began to "explore" all fields of knowledge: pedagogy, philosophy, history, botany, geology, mathematics, cartography, astronomy, music, architecture, theatre... Well-founded and critically applied knowledge, besides making better people, was fundamental for the construction of the "common good" and, therefore, a way of collaborating with God in the maintenance of his creation.
From the 16th century onwards, the Society of Jesus was highly committed to the education and training of young people. Through their colleges and universities, which soon became a powerful network of cultural irradiation, the Jesuits began to "explore" all fields of knowledge: pedagogy, philosophy, history, botany, geology, mathematics, cartography, astronomy, music, architecture, theatre... Well-founded and critically applied knowledge, besides making better people, was fundamental for the construction of the "common good" and, therefore, a way of collaborating with God in the maintenance of his creation.
Roman College, forerunner of universities
The success of the college in Messina founded in 1547 encouraged Ignatius of Loyola to consider colleges as effective platforms for evangelisation.
Roman College, forerunner of universities
The success of the college in Messina founded in 1547 encouraged Ignatius of Loyola to consider colleges as effective platforms for evangelisation.
Our expertise
The Tradition of Excellence puts names and faces to some of these Jesuits who in their time and circumstances stood out for their contribution to knowledge from very different perspectives and disciplines. Each one of them is a link of grateful reference in the Jesuit and Ignatian tradition. They are not only "solid stones" of a distant past but, above all, encouragement and spirit for all those persons and institutions who, following in the footsteps of that first group in Paris, wish to live the "value of excellence" today.
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