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	Francis Xavier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Casket of Saint Francis Xavier in the Basilica of Bom Jésus in Goa
		One notable church is the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville, Iowa.
		The feast of St Francis Xavier in Goa
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_Xavier (1830 words)

	CIN - St. Francis Xavier by Kate O'Brien
		Francis Xavier was the slowest, the most reluctant, of the famous six young "elected" in Paris to accept Loyola's dream and plan of the Society, and he was the last of the six to submit himself to the test of the Spiritual Exercises.
		Accidentally Francis Xavier took the gospel to the East.
		Francis, the youngest of their six children, was born late of this marriage, and when his brothers and sisters were already grown up.
	www.cin.org /xavier1.html (7177 words)

	St. Francis Xavier
		St. Francis Xavier was born in Spain at the Xavier castle on 8th April 1506.
		Francis Xavier knew went to be firm and stern, specially to men in power, and tactfully he managed to set right the irregularities created in his absence by the substitute Rector, Fr.
		Francis Xavier while living had requested that after his death the remains were to be transferred to Goa.
	www.goaunplugged.com /abtgoa_sfx.html (1021 words)

	St. Francis Xavier - Patron and Model of the Xaverian Missionaries
		Francis Xavier was proclaimed Saint on March 12, 1622, and, together with St. Therese of Lisieux, declared Patron of all Missions, by Pope Pius X in 1904.
		Francis Xavier was born in Navarre, Spain, on April 7, 1506.
		Ignatius changed Francis' goal in life with the question of the Gospel "
	www.xaviermissionaries.org /M_Stories/Xavier.htm (312 words)

	Malaspina Great Books - St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552)
		Francis Xavier is considered the greatest missionary since the time of the Apostles, and the zeal he displayed, the wonderful miracles he performed, and the great number of souls he brought to the light of true Faith, entitle him to this distinction.
		Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, Spain&; April 7, 1506&; Francis Xavier died on the Island of Sancian near the coast of China, December 2, 1552.
		Born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa, in Navarre, 7 April&; 1506; died on the Island of Sancian near the coast of China, 2 December&; 1552.
	www.malaspina.org /home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=453 (1785 words)

	St. Francis Xavier Catholic School - Private Schools - Brunswick, GA
		St. Francis Xavier Catholic School is an educational community inspired by the Holy Spirit and the Gospel.
		Francis Xavier, the only Catholic school in Brunswick, GA, provides a unique, contemporary, and spiritual environment where students are encouraged to make responsible choices within the framework of gospel values.
		Saint Francis Xavier Catholic School is a community of dignity and purpose which shares with the family the educational mission of the church.
	yp.bellsouth.com /sites/stfrancisxaviercatholicschool (456 words)

	St. Francis Xavier
		Among those who labored most zealously was the Jesuit, Francis Xavier, named by Pope Pius X as official patron of foreign missions and of all work for spreading the faith.
		Francis was the youngest of a large family, and special attention was given to his education.
		His birthplace was the castle of Xavier, near Pampeluna, Spain not far from the French border.
	www.miraclerosarymission.org /francis.htm (354 words)

	St. Francis Xavier Catholic School
		Francis Xavier, we are concerned with the total development of the child, and often it is through these activities that students are able to develop to their full potential.
		Francis Xavier Catholic School is located in the parish of St. Fidelis.
		Francis Xavier was a colleague of Ignatius of Loyola and did missionary work for the church in both India and Japan.
	www.tcdsb.org /schools/stfrancisxavier.asp (648 words)

	St. Francis Xavier
		Francis was instructed in the Latin tongue under domestic masters, and grounded in religious principles in the bosom of his pious parents.
		Upon their return to Venice, Xavier was ordained priest upon St. John Baptist's day, in 1537, and they all made vows of chastity and poverty before the pope's nuncio.
		Francis exercised his functions in the Church of St. Laurence, in Damaso, in which he appeared so active that no one distinguished himself by a more ardent charity or a more edifying zeal.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/STXAVIER.htm (6661 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : December 03, 2004 : Francis Xavier
		Francis Xavier (1506-1552) was born in the castle of Xavier in Navarre, Spain.
		Read some more about St. Francis and ideas for Celebrating the Feast of St. Francis Xavier.
		Francis sailed from Lisbon armed with four papal briefs making him nuncio with full powers and recommending him to the Eastern princes.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2004-12-03 (918 words)

	St. Francis Xavier Parish & School
		Francis Xavier Parish is a community of faith in a rapidly growing suburban community.
	www.stfrancissartell.org (81 words)

	St. Francis Xavier School, Cross Plains, Wisconsin
		Francis Xavier Catholic School is united in a Christ-centered environment that develops the student spiritually, intellectually, emotionally and socially.
		The faculty, staff, parents and students of St. Francis Xavier School are committed to working together to create a positive learning environment that helps prepare students for life.
		Francis Xavier School has been serving students in pre- kindergarten through eighth grade in the Cross Plains,Black Earth, Mazomanie,Middleton and Mount Horeb communities since 1857.
	www.sfxschoolcp.org (100 words)

	St. Francis Xavier
		One cannot help asking whether St. Francis Xavier himself, were he now in heaven allowed to select, would choose this glorious picture of himself as the one which redounded most to his credit, or as the one he would most bring before men's notice in proof of the manhood that was in him.
		No, St. Francis Xavier, the Apostle of the East, was not wholly a success; had he been that he would have failed to resemble his Master, the Failure of Calvary.
		Surely there was ground for the resentment of the authorities against the intrusion of Inigo Loyola; and their judgment that Francis Xavier was, after all, fickle and light-headed, a dreamer of dreams and unreliable, was not without a basis of good evidence.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/XAVIER.htm (5518 words)

	St. Francis Xavier Council 6055 Knights of Columbus
		Francis Xavier Council 6055 is located in Burlington, KS and holds their meetings in the St. Francis Xavier Church Hall, which is located in the basement of St. Francis Xavier Church, at the intersection of 3rd and Juniatta St.
		St. Francis Xavier Council was originally founded as Council 1486 in 1910.
		Francis Xavier Council 6055 was founded in 1968 through the efforts of the charter member
	www.geocities.com /stfrancisxavier/kofc6055 (270 words)

	Novena of St Francis Xavier
		Francis Xavier is the patron saint of the missions.
		O God, who was pleased to gather unto your Church the people of the East by the preaching and miracles of blessed Francis, mercifully grant that we who honour his glorious merits, may also imitate the example of his virtues, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
		Francis died of fever at the age of 46 on the island of Sanchian, within sight of China.
	www.sacredspace.ie /novena/day9.htm (639 words)

	St. Francis Xavier
		St. Paul the Apostle traveled the breadth of the Mediterranean world, to make known "the unfathomable riches of Christ." The St. Paul of our modern world, who preached to three continents, was St. Francis Xavier.
		Francis Xavier was declared a saint in 1622 along with St. Ignatius of Loyola.
		The future St. Ignatius, fired with zeal to promote only the "greater glory of God," persuaded Francis and a few others to vow themselves to this cause in 1534.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id790.htm (716 words)

	St Francis Xavier and Malacca
		[Parish Priests of Church of St Francis Xavier]
		He was most generous to Francis and gave him the means of supporting himself during the first stages of the Japanese mission, as well as the means to build a chapel there and gifts to be presented to the king of Japan.
		That morning as Francis was preaching in the cathedral, he was suddenly wrapped into a profound esctasy until his voice burst forth commanding the people 'to prostrate before the altars, to give thanks to God."
	www.geocities.com /francischinchoy/sfx/sfxarticle01.html (1762 words)

	Francis Xavier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One notable church is the Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville, Iowa.
		Xavier was born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilcueta in the Castle of Xavier (modern Spanish Javier, Basque Xabier) near Sangüesa and Pamplona, in Navarre, Spain.
		Casket of Saint Francis Xavier in the Basilica of Bom Jésus in Goa
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_Xavier (2213 words)

	GOACOM -TIMELINES
		Because Francis Xavier laboured for only ten years in the East, and because the problems that confronted him were innumerable, he confined his activities to the coastal regions.
		But perhaps Francis Xavier's greatest contribution was in the field of education, an activity that is being pursued by the Jesuits with great vigour and enthusiasm.
		Francis Xavier was proclaimed a Saint along with the beloved father of his soul, Ignatius of Loyola, only on March 12, 1622.
	goacom.com /culture/biographies/sfxam.html (5307 words)

	Lives of the Saints, December 3, Saint Francis Xavier
		Francis was sent by Saint Ignatius to the Orient in 1534, where for twelve years he labored unceasingly to win souls, sleeping only three hours a night, eating very little, and bearing the Gospel to Hindustan, to Malacca, and as far as Japan.
		What is needed is the spirit which animated Saint Francis Xavier — the desire to make some return to God for His bounties, with much confidence in His paternal love.
		In Rome, Francis again went to a hospital to serve the sick; he also visited the prisons to encourage and console the poor inmates, while preparing for ordination with the others, according to the desire of the pope.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/12-03.htm (762 words)

	St Francis Xavier
		Francisco was born on April 7, 1506 at the Castle of Xavier, near Pamplona in the kingdom of Navarre, Spain.
		Born into nobility and affluence, Francisco Xavier, a Basque Spaniard, heeded the call of Ignatius of Loyola (Ignacio de Loyola), the founder of the Society of Jesus and submitted himself totally to a life of poverty, chastity and apostolic labours.
		The embalmed Body of St. Francis Xavier at the Bom Jesus Church in Old Goa during its exposure once in 10 years.
	www.goa-world.com /goa/sfx (6501 words)

	The Directory of Canadian universities - St. Francis Xavier University
		St. Francis Xavier University has a longstanding tradition of academic excellence, service to society and innovation in teaching.
		St. Francis Xavier University offers more than 900 scholarships, awards and bursaries.
		Guaranteed entrance scholarships of $500 are provided to students with a minimum high school average of 85 percent; $1,000 is the minimum award for those with an average above 90 percent.
	www.aucc.ca /can_uni/our_universities/st_fx_e.html (669 words)

	Saint Francis Xavier
		Francis Xavier, Saint, 1506–52, Basque Jesuit missionary, called the Apostle to the Indies, b.
		Francis was one of the greatest of Christian missionaries; his travels covered many thousands of miles in 11 years, and his successes in preaching and in personal conversion were tremendous.
		Francis Xavier's sidetrip to Leyte immortalized; Abuyog parish church erects a fountain to mark the event.(Tourism) (Manila Bulletin)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0819447.html (431 words)

	St. Francis Xavier
		O Lord, You won many peoples for Your Church through the preaching of St. Francis.
		FRANCIS was born in 1506 in Spain of noble parents.
		He was sent to the College of St. Barbara in Paris and became a teacher.
	www.ainglkiss.com /saints/frax.htm (226 words)

	History of Saint Francis Xavier Parish
		In 1878, the cornerstone for a new church of St. Francis Xavier was laid.
		They would become the home of a church and college named for St. Francis Xavier, who was among the first seven Jesuits in the order founded by St. Ignatius Loyola.
		The faith community which became the Church of St. Francis Xavier started in a different place and with a different name.
	www.rc.net /newyork/stfrancisxavier/history.htm (836 words)

	St. Francis Xavier - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
		From Venice, where he was ordained priest in 1537, Francis Xavier went on to Lisbon and from there sailed to the East Indies, landing at Goa, on the west coast of India.
		Francis Xavier, 24 at the time, and living and teaching in Paris, did not heed these words at once.
		Francis then made the spiritual exercises under the direction of Ignatius, and in 1534 joined his little community (the infant Society of Jesus).
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay?id=1218 (478 words)

	St. Francis Xavier School
		Francis Xavier School, a K-8 rural school of approximately two hundred eighty-five students, is located in Gettysburg, PA. Although a small community, Gettysburg is both a college and a historic town.
		The mission of St. Francis Xavier School is to pass on the rich heritage and Gospel values of the Catholic faith, to assist parents
		In 1994, the Sisters of St. Joseph were invited to join the parish community and assist in ministering to the people of God.
	www.sfxs.org (382 words)

	Vision of St Francis Xavier
		The small painting shows St Francis Xavier in the foreground with a crucifix held close to his breast, surrounded by angels and cherubs who witness his agony.
		It is a study for the altarpiece dedicated to the Saint in the church of St Andrea al Quirinale.
		The study, dating to about 1675, is done with a rapid technique, the figures are only sketched without any definition of particulars and completed with swift strokes of warm colour.
	mv.vatican.va /3_EN/pages/x-Schede/PINs/PINs_Sala14_03_056.html (86 words)

	St.Francis Xavier
		The sacred relic of St.Francis Xavier normally housed in a silver casket in the Bom Jesus church, is brought in a ceremonious procession by several priests to the SE cathedral every 10 years for an exposition.
		St.Francis Xavier who was born in Spain in 1506 to a noble family, was influenced by Ignatious Loyola.
		St.Francis Xavier who landed in Goa during 1542 specifically to stem the rot amongst the faithful, in a short period of time caused a major awakening.
	www.come2india.org /francis-xavier.html (440 words)

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