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Acknowledgments and Dedication

Since no one can write today about Catholic saints, and particularly about Jesuit saints, without relying on someone else’s research, I’d like to acknowledge some major sources I’ve used to write this book. First, I consulted Jesuit Saints and Martyrs, by Fr. Joseph Tylenda, S.J., for most of my biographical details and dates. Second, I used the Supplement to the Divine Office of the Society of Jesus for additional biographical information as well as to quote excerpts from saints’ writings that appear there as the second reading for Matins (Office of Readings) in the Liturgy of the Hours for their feast days. Third, I used Hearts on Fire: Praying with Jesuits to quote various prayers. Fourth, I used Jesuit documents such as the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus for the Formula of the Institute (“Jesuit Rule”) and other quotations.

For most other sources in this book, particularly for quotations that do not appear in multiple places under public domain, I used in-text citations. I also consulted various lives of the saints and encyclopedias, often uncited, to confirm dates and other information where some sources were unclear. In cases where birth dates or other facts differed in several sources, I chose what seemed best in the Lord. In a special way, I want to thank Joseph McAuley, an assistant editor and colleague at America, for editing my first draft. And thank you to St. Athanasius the Great Byzantine Catholic Church in Indianapolis for hosting me while I wrote it.

In addition to these acknowledgments, I wish to dedicate this work to all the holy Jesuits who have preceded me in this least Society of Jesus, from St. Ignatius of Loyola to Pope Francis. Without their blood, sweat, and tears, I would have nothing to write about. It is because of these men that I have often noticed the loving action of Jesus Christ in my life.

Finally, I want to dedicate this book to all the people I have taught as a Jesuit in catechism, grade school, junior high, high school, and university settings. Thank you for the witness you have shown in sharing your own journeys to God. Without you, I would only know the saints from the books we studied in class.