To the Other Towns: The Life of the Blessed Peter Favre, First Companion of St. Ignatius
by William Bangert
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While it is well remembered that St. Francis Xavier was an original companion of St. Ignatius at the beginning of Jesuit Order, it has too often been forgotten that there was a very important third person who made up the original trio that were the foundation stones upon which Ignatius built the Society of Jesus. That third person was Saint Peter Favre, the quiet, gentle and congenial companion of Francis Xavier and Ignatius who labored tirelessly to preach the Gospel with ceaseless travel show more through Italy, Portugal, Germany and the Netherlands, going wherever he was ordered by Ignatius to lay Jesuit foundations and win souls for Christ. This is the life of Peter Favre, first companion of St. Ignatius, a holy and energetic missionary who, as a young college student had met Ignatius and Francis Xavier at the University of Paris in 1525, and there began the origins of the great Society of Jesus. In this inspiring biography, Fr. William Bangert, S.J., has drawn on many essential historical sources and consulted various experts and documents to present a detailed, moving portrait of this prayerful, humble and zealous Jesuit who spent himself for the cause of Christ, packing into the last seven years of his forty years on earth an incredible program of travel and work that kept him always on the move "to the other towns" to proclaim the Kingdom of God. show lessTags
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William V. Bangert, S.J., was professor of history at Jesuit scholasticates throughout the United States including St. Andrew-on-Hudson. He wrote numerous books on early Jesuits including Claude Jay and Alfonso Salmeron: Two Early Jesuits (1985). Fr. Bangert died in 1985 Thomas McCoog, S.J., received his doctorate in history in 1984. He has show more published articles in Recusant History and the Heythrop Journal. From 1984 to 1991 he was associate professor of history at Loyola College in Baltimore. He then joined the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome in January of 1991 show less
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