Lives of the First Jesuits
The books of the lives of the first Jesuits were specifically mentioned by St. Francis de Sales in his advice on holy reading as being helpful to furthering our devotion.
Books
Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
The Students of Rhetoric, Class of 1892, of St. Fancis Xavier’s College, New York City
The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola
The Life and Letters of St Francis Xavier
Henry James Coleridge
The Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Virgilio Cepari
The Life of St Francis Xavier
Fr. Dominic Bouhours
The Life of St. Ignatius Loyola
F. A. Forbes
The Life of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Jesuits
Fr. Fredrick William Faber
The Life of St. Peter Faber
Fr. Giuseppe Boero
Snippets
Life of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
p.75 St. Aloysius’s virtues at school
The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola
p.n45 An example of St. Ignatius’s early struggles with discernment
p.23 St. Ignatius of Loyola begins to read holy books, which for the first time gives him true peace