Continuing with the video series through which Young Jesuits Talk About Ignatius, here we share episode number 13 presented by Luke Taylor SJ.

To be a missionary without leaving home at a time when the internet didn’t exist seems extremely difficult, if not impossible. However, St. Ignatius lived the last years of his life in Rome and from there he was indeed a missionary. He understood that the mission he was serving was not his own, but the mission of Christ. And so it was not a matter of travelling thousands of kilometres or doing the great deeds he had imagined in his youth. Rather, it was about giving himself to Christ, letting him set the pace of his life. And so the end of this pilgrim’s life was spent in a small room in Rome, writing the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, writing letters to thousands of people and thus helping to make the name of Jesus known and loved in the world.

This video series is a contribution shared by the Jesuit Curia and Voces Esejota. All teachers in our global community are welcome to use these videos in their classrooms to discover together with their students, the life and spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

To watch the videos that have been shared so far, please click here Video Series “Young Jesuits Talk About Ignatius”.

Recommendations to bring the videos to your classroom: Watch in class (4-5 min) or send these videos so that students can watch them with their families. You can be creative and dedicate some minutes in your week to discuss the last episode and see what emerges from the classroom.

Here is Episode 13. Missionary without leaving home by Luke Taylor  SJ.