New garden furniture.

The Feast Day of Saint Ignatius Loyola.
Born 23rfd October 1491. Spain.
Died 31st July 1556. Rome, Italy.
Status : Priest, Founder of The Society of Jesus, later called The Jesuits.
Patron Saint of the Jesuits, soldiers, educators, the Basque country.

St Ignatius of Loyola is a very inspiring, towering figure, in the story of the revitalisation of the Roman Catholic Church during the years of the Counter Reformation.
He was born into a noble Spanish family in the Basque country. He was passionate about being a soldier and it was while recovering from a serious wound that he discovered his vocation to serving Jesus as a priest. He made a pilgrimage to The Holy Land, then he studied in Paris. With a small group of like minded friends and the watchword" Find God in all things" they formed the Jesuits. Their live was centred on prayer, missionary work and living peacefully in brotherhood for the greater glory of God.

There is a very good talk about him on YouTube


A fairly normal, homely day, with online Mass and rosary, breakfast, reading and looking after the plants indoors and outdoors, caring for the cats and doing some washing.

My Great Nephew Aidan is three years old today.

Have a brilliant day blip friends and thank you for visiting my site today.