Ruler of Germany

Wanted to host a general council to focus on the elimination of abuses in the Church

Called the Council of Trent in 1545

Wanted the council to emphasize the explanation of Catholic doctrine

Elimination of abuses in the Church

Explained in clear, direct language the doctrine (teachings) of the Catholic Church

Live in his diocese

Establish a seminary in his diocese

Preach regularly

Visit every parish in the diocese each year

Watch over monastaries & convents

Supervise hospitals & charitable institutions

Set a personal example of Christian conduct

First of the counter-reformation popes

Brought together the Council of Trent

Approved a new religious order - the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)

Nearly wrecked the Counter-Reformation

Thought he could reform the Church by himself

Nearly dissolved the Jesuit order

Concluded the Council of Trent

Approved decrees the Council of Trent made

The first three popes after the Council of Trent

They put the reforms of the Council of Trent into practice

First Treidentine pope

Published a catechism that summarized the teachings of the Council of Trent

Published a revised missal, the liturgical book used in Mass

One of the few modern popes to be made a saint

To place in the canon of saints

To be made a saint

Was interested in Catholic education & foreign missions

Sent papal ambassadors (nuncios) to Catholic capitals in Europe

Set up the modern calendar

Rebuilt Rome

Established an effective administrative system for the papacy

The office or jurisdiction of a pope

The period during which a pope is in office

The succession or line of popes

Pope Pius V

Pope Gregory XIII

Pope Sixtus V

How were the Jesuits different from other religious orders?

They did not wear habits

The were not required to pray together

They required a long period of education and apprenticeship

The Jesuits were known as the finest teachers in Europe

The Jesuits were famous as missionaries

St. Francis Xavier

(1506-1552)

Known as the apostle of the Indies

Did missionary work in India & Japan

St. Isaac Jogues

(1607-1646)

and

St. Jean de Brebeuf

(1593-1649)

St. Edmund Campion

(1540-1581)

St. Peter Canisius

(1521-1597)

Known as "the second apostle of Germany"

Was successful in converting many Protestants to Catholicism

St. Robert Bellarmine

(1542-1621)

St. Francis Borgia

(1510-1572)

Founded a university

Advised kings and popes

St. Vincent de Paul

(1581-1660)

Founded Congregation of the Mission

to bring gospel to rural areas of France

Congregation of the Mission priests

know as Vincentians

St. Teresa of Avila

(1515-1582)

Led reform of the Carmelite Order - cloistered nuns

Never left the convent

Devoted entirely to life of prayer

First woman honored as a Doctor of the Church

St. Angela Merici

(1474-1540)

Started the "women religious" movement

Nuns who went out to work as teachers & nurses

This order became the Order of St. Ursula

St. Jane Frances de Chantal

(1572-1641)

Started the Order of Visitiation

A cloistered order

St. Louise de Marillac

(1591-1660)

Founded the Daughters of Charity

with St. Vincent de Paul

Worked among the poor

as teachers and nurses in France

Many in the order were poor themselves

Queen Elizabeth I

(1558-1603)

Wanted to eliminate Catholic Church in England

1. Arrested all Catholic bishops

(so they couldn't ordain any new priests)

2. Ordered all clergy to join Protestant Church of England

3. Threatened to tax everyone who didn't attend Protestant Church on Sundays

William Allen

(1532-1594)

English Catholic priest

Thwarted Elizabeth I's plan to eliminate Catholic Church in England

Started seminary in Douai, Belgium

Priests ordained in Douai, Belgium

Seminary started by William Allen

Secretly traveled back to England as part of underground Catholic Church

Elizabethan era

(1558-1603)

Underground Catholic Church kept alive in England

What did Pope Pius V do

in response to Elizabeth I and her attempt to eliminate the Catholic Church in England?

Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth I

He ordered Catholics not to recognize her as the legitimate ruler of England

When missionary priests in England were arrested, they were asked,

If England were invaded, who would you support, the queen or the pope?