St. Francis Xavier

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St. Francis Xavier

• By Jonathan Lee
• And
• Nadia Pucci

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Background Information

• Born on April 7th, 1506 in Spain
• Canonized By Gregory XI on March 12, 1622
• Died December 3, 1552 in China
• Feast Day December 3rd
• Patron Saint of foreign missionaries

St. Francis Xavier
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His Life

• In 1524 he went to the university of Paris to
  earn a degree in licentiate
• There he met St. Ignatius Loyola
• They became friends and Ignatius eventually
  convinced Xavier to join the Jesuits
• This is how St. Francis Xavier became a missionary

The castle where Francis was born (the castle of
Xavier)
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QUIZ TIME !!!

• Lets See if any of you were paying attention
• Which Saint did he meet while studying?
• When was St. Francis canonized?
• Ok now back to the presentation

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A Foreign Missionary

• St. Francis Xavier traveled a lot during his
  missionary work.
• This was because King John III wanted Jesuit
  Missionaries to go to the East Indies
• St. Francis agreed and went there for nine months
  along with several Jesuits

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Map of St. Francis Travels hint hint
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India

• He worked day and night in India trying to
  convert the pagans in India.
• He faced persecution but was able to baptize many
• Some say he baptized so many people his arm
  became disabled

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• During his Missionaries, he preached the Gospel,
  while struggling to learn the native languages
• Along the Indian Coast he baptized and instructed
  great numbers of native Christians who had been
  ill treated by the European Colonists

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Change of plans?

• In December 1547 in Malacca St. Francis Xavier
  met someone who would change the direction of his
  entire missionary work
• He met a Japanese nobleman named Anjiro who fled
  from Japan
• He was also a samurai

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JAPAN
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Missionary in Japan

• There were only 2000 Christians before St.
  Francis Xavier arrived to Japan with Anjiro
• In 1549 he entered Japan, with the help of some
  Japanese converts he had a translation made of
  Christian teaching, and he then recited it to all
  who would listen
• A small number of Japanese were converted and
  these people became the faithful foundation of
  the church in Japan
• The Japanese priests made it even harder for him

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• In Japan he found it very hard to obtain a
  audience with the people of Miyako
• Francis returned to India in 1551
• He was appointed provincial of the newly erected
  Province of India
• Wherever he went, he lived with the poorest
  people, sharing their food and their living
  conditions and ministering to the poor and sick
• He traveled thousands of miles to the most
  inaccessible of places under horrible conditions,
  and converted hundreds of thousands
• His missionary impacted the East of India for
  centuries

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China

• Xavier wanted to go to China
• Not for the dim sum though.
• He wanted to go there and preach
• However on the way his caught a fever on the way
  and died December 3rd 1552

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Conclusion

• St. Francis Xavier was a pioneering Christian
  missionary and co-founder of the society of Jesus
  (Jesuit order). the Xaverian Brothers are named
  after him. he is considered to have converted
  more people to Christianity that anyone else
  since St. Paul

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And Now....
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Its time for a Game!!!

• Hello we would like to play a game with you today

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Answer the Questions for a Reward!

• Who Canonized St. Francis?
• Who was the Saint that he met during his studies?
• Why did he go to India?
• What was the name of the man who helped him start
  in Japan?
• What was named after Francis?

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Sources

• http//transnh.net/_wsn/page11.html
• http//www.societyofpilar.org/The_Venerable_Fr_Agn
  elo.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageCastillo_javier
  .jpg
• http//www.t-chest.co.uk/2005/index.php?main_page
  page_2
• http//www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/12-03.htm
• The Book of Saints. New York Press, Text Victore
  Hoagland. C.P. Illustration Geaorge Angelini 

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Sources part 2

• Church History. Fr. John Laux, M.A.
•  Saints of Out Time. Ed Ransom
• The History of The Church. The Didache Series
• New Catholic Encyclopedia Vol XIV. 1967 Catholic
  University of America