Foundation
Ignatius of Loyola, a Navarre nobleman from the Pyrenees area of northern Spain, founded the society after discerning his spiritual vocation while recovering from a wound sustained in the

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The spirituality practiced by the Jesuits, called Ignatian spirituality, ultimately based on the Catholic faith and the gospels, is drawn from the

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The formation (training) of Jesuits seeks to prepare men spiritually, academically, and practically for the ministries they will be called to offer the

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The society is headed by a Superior Generalwith the formal title Praepositus Generalis, Latin for "provost-general", more commonly called Father

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Jesuits do not have an official habit. The society's Constitutions gives the following instructions: "The clothing too should have three characteristics: first, it should be proper; second, conformed to the usage of the country of residence; and third, not contradictory to the

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Power-seeking
The Monita Secreta (Secret Instructions of the Jesuits), published in 1612 and in 1614 in Kraków, is alleged to have been written by Claudio Acquaviva, the fifth general of the society, but was probably written by former Jesuit Jerome

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As of 2012 , the Jesuits formed the largest single religious orderof priests and brothers in the Catholic Church. The Jesuits have experienced a decline in numbers in recent

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