To celebrate the Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola, students from our global community of Jesuit schools have put together a virtual exhibition with creative artistic expressions of the meaning behind some of St. Ignatius’ famous phrases. The theme of the virtual exhibition is “St. Ignatius in Action”, a celebration of Ignatius’ invitation to the Jesuits and to all of us to become “contemplatives in action”.
The exhibition offers a mix of drawings, sketches, paintings, photos, and even poems representing the meaning behind some of St. Ignatius’ famous phrases. There are 785 art pieces shared by students from different ages and backgrounds from Jesuit schools all over the world: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Macau, Malta, Mexico, Philippines, Spain, United Kingdom, United States and Uruguay.
Here is a list of the schools who participated in this initiative:
School | Country | Region |
Colegio Parroquial Nuestra Señora de Luján | Argentina | Latin America |
Colegio del Salvador | Argentina | Latin America |
Centro Educativo Padre José María Llorens | Argentina | Latin America |
Xavier Catholic College Ballina | Australia | Asia Pacific |
St. Ignatius College Riverview | Australia | Asia Pacific |
St. Aloysius College Milsons Point | Australia | Asia Pacific |
St. Ignatius College Adelaide | Australia | Asia Pacific |
Colégio Loyola | Brazil | Latin America |
Colégio Medianeira | Brazil | Latin America |
Colégio São Francisco Xavier | Brazil | Latin America |
Colégio Anchieta Nova Friburgo | Brazil | Latin America |
Escola Santo Afonso Rodriguez (ESAR) | Brazil | Latin America |
Colégio Sánto Inacio | Brazil | Latin America |
I.E.D. Quinto Centenario Fe y Alegría | Colombia | Latin America |
Colegio Santa Luisa | Colombia | Latin America |
Unidad Educativa Particular Javier | Ecuador | Latin America |
Liceo Javier | Guatemala | Latin America |
St. Mary’s School (ICSE) | India | South Asia |
St. Lawrence High School | India | South Asia |
St Xavier’s High School, Maharashtra | India | South Asia |
Colégio Mateus Ricci | Macau | Asia Pacific |
St. Aloysius College | Malta | Europe |
Prepa Ibero Tlaxacala | Mexico | Latin America |
Instituto Lux | Mexico | Latin America |
Pangantucan Community High School | Philippines | Asia Pacific |
Xavier School San Juan | Philippines | Asia Pacific |
Ateneo de Davao Grade School and High School | Philippines | Asia Pacific |
Colegio Santa María del Mar | Spain | Europe |
Colegio San Ignacio, Madrid | Spain | Europe |
Wimbledon College | UK | Europe |
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College | UK | Europe |
Stonyhurst College | UK | Europe |
Upton Hall FCJ | UK | Europe |
Loyola Blakefield | United States | North America |
Saint Ignatius College Preparatory | United States | North America |
Loyola School New York | United States | North America |
Colegio Seminario | Uruguay | Latin America |
While browsing these beautiful pieces of art, we invite you to click on the images and take some time to contemplate the art work and the phrase which it represents, maybe even leave a message to the artist. This virtual exhibition is open to parents, families, students and educators from our Jesuit school communities. Explore the “St. Ignatius in Action” Global Virtual Exhibition here. To read the poems please follow this link “Poems and Video to Celebrate St. Ignatius Day”
These are some of the phrases which inspired the art you will see while browsing the exhibition:
“Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words”;
“Find God in all things”;
“Legend has it that Saint Ignatius, when he sent Saint Francis Xavier to the East, told him: “go, set the world alight”;
“When you say anything in secret, speak as if you were speaking to the whole world”;
“The man (person) who sets about making others better is wasting his (his/her) time, unless he (he/she) begins with himself (himself/herself)”;
“Care for the whole person” – best known as Cura Personalis.
In some cases students added inspiring reflective descriptions. Here we share some of these:
Being a “contemplative in action” means that your active life feeds your contemplative life and your contemplative life informs your active life. That is what contemplation in action means, and the cycle never ends. Contemplation allows us to renew our active lives (work, play, relationships) so that all we do does not become mindless action but rather glorifies God.