Saint Dominic de Guzmán (1170–1221) was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded the Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominicans. Dedicated to combating heresy through rigorous theological study, poverty, and itinerant preaching, his vision created a new model of religious life that integrated monastic contemplation with active intellectual ministry in urban universities.
Ignatius Loyola: A Saint Reads the Saints
31 July marks the feast day of Saint Ignatius Loyola (b.1491), the founder of the Society of Jesus (more commonly known as the Jesuits). In a breviary, I was interested to read a passage from the Acts of Saint Ignatius taken down by Luis Gonzalez, which describes the reading habits of the young saint:
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