Entrance to the Jesuit church of Montserrat "After determining to become a great Catholic saint, committing himself to the service of Mary at Montserrat, Ignatius traveled on foot to the town of Manresa where he spent almost a year praying and practicing forms of maceration. In the cave at Manresa he began to have visions of the mystic meanings of the Catholic faith. He claimed to have become another man with another intelligence." Edmond Paris, Secret History of the Jesuits, p.18 [previous document] [back to Index] [next document] [Approaching the End] .