The Journey of the Jesuits

The jesuits took full advantage of the new horizons beyond europe, which they no longer consider their final frontier. Ignatiu sent francisco cavier to india six months before the final approval of the order on september 20 seventh 15 forty from goa and cochin. He made it as far as the chinese island of san coan, off the coast of gwang dong province, but died before he could set foot on the mainland. The ideal of missions, as summarized by geronimo nadal, one of the order's most prominent early members, soon became a reality that affected the lives and fortunes of hundreds of men who had been sent to