Twice ordained : typescript, [1994?] / John R. Willis.

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Twice ordained : typescript, [1994?] / John R. Willis.

Typed autobiography of Rev. John R. Willis, S.J.

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Willis, John Randolph

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Jesuit, history professor and college administrator. John Willis was born in 1917. He was ordained in the Congregational Church in 1943 and earned a Ph. D. in American Church History from Yale University in 1946. Willis converted to Catholicism and entered the Society of Jesus in 1955. He was ordained in 1962. From 1964 to 1982, Willis taught history at Boston College and served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1964 to 1969. He later taught at Gonzaga Uni...

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In 1534 Ignatius of Loyola, a Basque and former soldier, met in Paris with six companions to take a private vow of poverty and one to place themselves at the disposition of the pope. On September 27, 1540, Paul III issued the bull Regimini militantis ecclesiae, canonically establishing the Society of Jesus. The constitutions of the society were drawn up by Ignatius who submitted his work for approval in 1550. Along with working toward the spiritual benefits of its members, the aim of the order w...

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...