Jesuit Missionaries in the Colonial Americas: An Exhibit in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15, 2009 – October 15, 2009

Part of Boston College’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, a selection of books and manuscripts highlighting the lives and service of seventeenth-century Jesuit missionaries in Latin America. The exhibition features histories, biographies, catechisms, etc., primarily from the Jesuitana Collection.

Samples from the Exhibit

Venegas, Miguel, SJ (1680-1764)

Natural and Civil History of California
London, 1759

Vasconcelos, Simão de, SJ (1597-1671)

Vida do venerauel padre Ioseph de Anchieta da Companhia de Iesu Lisbon, 1672

Ruiz de Montoya, Antonio, SJ (1585-1652)

Catecismo de la lengua Guarani
Madrid, 1640

Mamiani della Rovere, Luigi Vincenzo, SJ (1652-1730)

Catecismo da doutrina christaa na lingua brasilica da nacao Kiriri
Lisbon, 1698