Boy, oh boy. I sometimes get the strangest requests.  I arrived into work this morning to find a voice message from one of my colleagues asking me for 5 “fun facts” about St. Ignatius Loyola that could be used for his feast day on July 31st.  Here’s what I came up with:

1. The youngest of 13 children.
2. Was hauled up before the Spanish Inquisition on a number of occasions.
3. At age 33, he joined a class of young children so he could learn Latin.
4. Once allowed the donkey he was riding on to determine whether he’d follow and murder someone he thought had insulted the Blessed Virgin Mary.
5. He sometimes cried with so much devotion at Mass that he couldn’t continue and feared he’d lose his eyesight.

 Is there any “fun” thing about Ignatius I’ve neglected to mention?