The commonwealth of kings, the men of Rome! And even since, and now, fair Italy! Thou art the garden of the world, the home...

O thou newcomer who seek’st Rome in Rome...

This chapel holds part of St. Francis Xavier, the Jesuit Missionary who baptized hundreds of thousands

This beautiful chapel holds an ancient, 14th century fresco of “Mary of the Street”

Here we come to the Church’s masterpiece, the magnificent chapel and tomb of Ignatius of Loyola, flanked by two interesting works depicting what the Jesuits thought of the heretics

The small chapel with a beautiful, realistic crucifix serves to reminds us what St Ignatius thought about suffering and the cross

Gaulli’s magnificent fresco is deceptive and impressive but is also trying to tell a story

How the Gesù serves as an expression of Jesuit spirituality

In order to understand the art of the Gesù and in fact most of the churches in Rome, it is important to understand just what “Barqoue” art means and where it came from

A quick introduction and overview of the Church of the Gesù

Excerpt taken from “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”, Canto the Fourth

A brief and general introduction to the Roman Catacombs and their origin, significance, and meaning for us today.

Poem by Oscar Wilde