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St. Francis Xavier (1506–1552) was a pioneering missionary and one of the founders of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). His life was marked by incredible...

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Francis Xavier was born in 1506 in Spain and helped found the Society of Jesus. He spent much of his life traveling as a missionary, spreading Catholicism to places like India, Malaysia, Japan, and southern China. Francis Xavier died in 1552 on an island off the coast of China at age 46, without having reached mainland China. His incorrupt body is housed in a basilica in Goa, India. - Download as a PPT, PDF or view online for free

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Blessed memorial of St Francis Xavier SJ – 3 December Jesus asked, “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” (Matthew 16:26a). The words were repeated…

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Saint of the Day – 3 December – St Francis Xavier SJ (1506-1552) Confessor, Priest, Missionary, Miracle-worker, co-Founder with St Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) and St Peter Faber (1506-1546) of the …

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