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It highlights Faber’s life as a “silent companion” of the first Jesuits, his Ignatian faith, gratitude and memory, and his leadership in forming the early group. 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On day coinciding with his birthday, our Holy Father wanted to present to the universal Church a gift that is very significant and precious to him.  \nThe canonization of Peter Faber happens to coincide with another great event of our time – a Jesuit Kairos: the Bicentenary of the Restoration of the Society (1814) . Without any doubt our beloved Savoyard companion can provide us incentive and drive for a dynamic restoration of our lives as Jesuits, personally as well as corporately, lives which are never complete for we are always on pilgrimage. That transparent, spontaneous, and childlike faith that Faber showed can help us persevere as “companions in His Company,” convinced in an Ignatian way that “it is the Lord who does all things in us, and for whom all things operate, and in whom they all exist”(Memorial, 245) .  \nBless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Peter Faber chose this beginning verse of Psalm 102 to humbly open the door of his heart in his Memorial. It sums up in a few profound words the essential stance of Faber before life and before God: blessing, memory, and gratitude.  \nAlthough the human and religious stature as well as the great deeds of some of his Jesuit companions (Ignatius, Xavier, Laínez, Borgia, or Canisius) may have led us to overlook or even ignore the person and accomplishments of Faber, today we recognize in his life and legacy a way of proceeding that is genuinely Ignatian and profoundly rooted in the person of our Lord; Faber was truly a companion of Jesus.  \nOn the first day of August 1546 Faber passed away in Rome, barely forty years of age. He was the second of the First Companions of Paris to die, following Jean Codure who had died in August 1541. Faber had arrived in the Eternal City from Coimbra a few days before, arriving exhausted by the long and hard journey. Although his friends Laínez, Salmerón, and Le Jay were waiting for him in Trent with hopes of seeing him, word began to spread in Europe: “Master Faber is now found at a better Council, because he passed away from this life on the first of August”(Monumenta Lainii I, 52) .  \nWhat does “Master Faber” continue to teach us almost 470 years after his death in that manner so much his own, a pedagogy in a soft voice? And what can we personally learn if“we open our heart and let Christ occupy its center”? (Memorial, 68)  \nProvidentially, at the end of September 1529 three university students came to live together on the third floor of the Collège Sainte-Barbe as students of the Arts: Peter Faber, Francis Xavier, and Ignatius of Loyola. After five years of course work and shared experiences, at Montmartre on the 15th day of August 1534, Faber presided at a Eucharist at which the first seven “friends in the Lord” fixed their eyes and hearts on the same desire: Jerusalem. It was the beginning of an unanticipated project, the Society of Jesus, which continues with vitality and surprises today.  \nWhen Ignatius left for Azpeitia, his birthplace, in March of 1535,“Master Faber” remained“as our elder brother”(Lainez to Polanco, FN I, 104), overseeing the welfare and growth of the group. What type of leadership did Peter Faber exercise at that time? Thanks to his attention and friendship, the “least Society” did not cease to grow in number and virtue. By means of conversation and the Spiritual Exercises he first incorporated Claude le Jay, Jean Codure, and Paschase Broët in the group. In later years Francis Borgia and Peter Canisius joined the Society. The fire that was already burning in his heart began to light other fires. In Faber we recognize the brother who watched over and cared for the “union of souls,” the conservation and th","cbCaiqhKbUuVpmAe","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqhKbUuVpmAe","pdf",93416,"English","# TO THE WHOLE SOCIETY\n## Pope Francis and the canonization\n## The Jesuit Kairos and Restoration (1814)\n## Faber’s stance: blessing, memory, gratitude\n## Faber among the first companions and his death\n## Early Jesuit formation: Sainte-Barbe, Montmartre, Jerusalem\n## Faber’s leadership and Spiritual Exercises\n## Prayer, inner life, and encounters with God","[{\"question\":\"Why is Peter Faber’s canonization considered significant for the Society of Jesus?\",\"answer\":\"The letter frames it as a gift to the universal Church from Pope Francis and connects it to a Jesuit Kairos—the bicentenary of the Restoration of the Society (1814).\"},{\"question\":\"What central spiritual qualities does the letter attribute to Peter Faber?\",\"answer\":\"It emphasizes blessing, memory, and gratitude, describing his transparent, spontaneous, childlike faith and his Ignatian way rooted in the person of the Lord.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the letter describe Faber’s role in the early Society and the Spiritual Exercises?\",\"answer\":\"It presents him as a companion and elder brother who oversaw the group, encouraged growth through conversation, and shared the Spiritual Exercises so others could learn the method of prayer.\"}]","Canonization of Peter Faber S.J. - 2013/20 | PDF",1790652540]