English Jesuits

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The English Jesuits were members of the Society of Jesus from England who played a key role in preserving and promoting Roman Catholic education and missionary work among English Catholics, especially during periods of religious persecution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic missionaries
Jesuit
Roman Catholic religious group
activeDuring Elizabethan era NERFINISHED
English Reformation NERFINISHED
Stuart period
post-Reformation England
associatedWithEvent Gunpowder Plot aftermath NERFINISHED
Popish Plot scare NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin England
educationalRole operating clandestine schools in England
running seminaries for English Catholics abroad
training English Catholic clergy
faced religious persecution
foundedInstitution College of St Ignatius, Liege NERFINISHED
English College, Douai NERFINISHED
English College, Rome NERFINISHED
English College, Valladolid NERFINISHED
St Omers College NERFINISHED
Stonyhurst College NERFINISHED
goal pastoral care of recusant Catholics
reconciliation of England with the Roman Catholic Church
governedBy English Province of the Society of Jesus NERFINISHED
influenced English Catholic education system
English Catholic spirituality
languageOfActivity English
legalStatus often illegal in England
mainActivity Catholic education
missionary work among English Catholics
preservation of Roman Catholicism in England
notableMember Edmund Campion NERFINISHED
Gerard Manley Hopkins NERFINISHED
Henry Garnet NERFINISHED
John Ballard NERFINISHED
John Gerard NERFINISHED
John Morris NERFINISHED
John Ogilvie NERFINISHED
Nicholas Owen NERFINISHED
Robert Persons NERFINISHED
Thomas Garnet NERFINISHED
opposedBy English Protestant authorities
partOf Society of Jesus NERFINISHED
punishmentRisk execution
imprisonment
religion Roman Catholicism
servedCommunity English Catholic gentry
English recusants NERFINISHED
usedMethod priest holes
safe houses
secret missionary networks

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