Whenever the Holy Spirit - the spirit of Pentecost- falls on a group of people it is paradoxically to unite them but also to open them to diversity. The life of Ignatius of Loyola, a Spaniard from the Basque country born in 1491, and the foundation of the Company of Jesus, the « Jesuits » are good examples of this movement of the Spirit, this breath of Pentecost.
Our film this month tells the story of Ignatius' adventure of the spirit which led him by small steps to found a religious congregation, the Company of Jesus. Today, 450 years after his death, the Company brings together several thousand Jesuits around the world. Many other movements and communities also recieve graces from this « Ignatian » spirituality.
In Ignatius' constant search to follow a poor and humble Jesus, God intervened and taught him through visions, events, His Word and the Church, leading him from transformation to transformation.
1. 1521 - PAMPELUNE. Discerning Spirits.
2. 1522 - MANRESE. To save souls.
3. 1523 - From JERUSALEM to PARIS. In the steps of Jesus.
4. 1537 – From VENICE to ROME. Unity in dispersion.
5.1539 - ROME. Finding God in all things.