Indispensable Companions: Jesuit Brothers of the South From Colonial Times to the Present

This book covers the history of the Jesuit Brothers in the South. This important history, unpublished until now, helps the reader to better appreciate the vocation of the Jesuit Brother. Jesuit priests are generally in public teaching classes, preaching and celebrating the Sacraments. People rarely saw Jesuit Brothers as they labored ‘behind the scenes’ providing the necessities of daily living laboring as cooks, stewards, buyers, doorkeepers, infirmarian, launderers, carpenters, gardener and alms-gatherers. Both priests and brothers are genuine Jesuits; both pronounce the same vows and both have the same spiritual life . Put simply, Brothers are Jesuits- complete in every way, except in sacramental and governmental functions of the Order. In addition to providing a history of the Brothers of the South, this book highlights the biographies, and even many photographs, of these dedicated Brothers.