Gondar - Phi Kappa Psi

formerly occupied by a large community of native nuns --the only female religious
in Goa; the Augustinian church and convent built in 1572, now in ruins; convent
and church of St. John of God (1685), now partly in ruins; the Rosary church of
the Dominicans, built before 1543; the viceregal chapel of St. Anthony, of about
the same date. The last two were still in full repair at the turn of the nineteenth
century.
To the south are the ruins of the Jesuit college of St. Paul, built about
1541, and the Carmelite church and convent, built about 1612, occupied after
1707 by Oratorians. The chapel of St. Francis Xavier, the scene of the "Domine,
satis est", built before 1542, is still in repair. The following either have entirely
disappeared or their sites are marked only by ruins: the chapel of St. Martin, built
shortly after 1547; college and church of St. Bonaventure (about 1602); Nossa
Senhora de Serra (1513); convent and church of St. Dominic, built about 1548,
rebuilt 1550, Santa Luzia at Daujim (about 1544); church of St. Thomas, built to
receive the relics of St. Thomas brought from Mylapore in 1560; church of St.
Alexis, built before 1600; church of the Holy Trinity, built about the same time;
convent and church of Cruz dos Milagres, built after 1619; Nossa Senhora da
Luz built before 1543; new college and church of St. Paul (alias convent of St.
Roch) used as a college in 1610, church rebuilt later. From the church of Our
Lady of the Mount, on the eastern hill, which is still in repair, a magnificent
panorama is obtained.
As for Francis Xavier, he was born in the Castle of Xavier near Sanguesa,
in Navarre, 7 April, 1506; died on the Island of Sancian near the coast of China, 2
December, 1552. In 1525, having completed a preliminary course of studies in
his own country, Francis Xavier went to Paris, where he entered the collège de
Sainte-Barbe. Here he met the Savoyard, Pierre Favre, and a warm personal
friendship sprang up between them. It was at this same college that St. Ignatius
Loyola, who was already planning the foundation of the Society of Jesus, resided
for a time as a guest in 1529. He soon won the confidence of the two young men;
first Favre and later Xavier offered themselves with him in the formation of the
Society. Four others, Lainez, Salmerón, Rodríguez, and Bobadilla, having joined
them, the seven made the famous vow of Montmartre, 15 Aug., 1534.
After completing his studies in Paris and filling the post of teacher there for
some time, Xavier left the city with his companions 15 November, 1536, and
turned his steps to Venice, where he displayed zeal and charity in attending the
sick in the hospitals. On 24 June, 1537, he received Holy orders with St. Ignatius.
The following year he went to Rome, and after doing apostolic work there for
some months, during the spring of 1539 he took part in the conferences which St.
Ignatius held with his companions to prepare for the definitive foundation of the
Society of Jesus. The order was approved verbally 3 September, and before the
written approbation was secured, which was not until a year later, Xavier was
appointed, at the earnest solicitation of the John III, King of Portugal, to
evangelize the people of the East Indies. He left Rome 16 March, 1540, and