In August of 1978, I pronounced my first vows as a Jesuit in the chapel at the College of the Queen of Peace in Montecito, California. I created this banner for the occasion.

Jesus and Saint Ignatius are in the center — Jesus gently holding a cross that becomes the sword that Ignatius offers to Mary at Montserrat. Flanking this Holy duo are ten Jesuit saints: let’s see if I can remember who they are…On the right, from the top: Francis Xavier, John Francis Regis, Peter Claver, Peter Canisus and Gerard Manley Hopkins; on the left [I don’t recall for sure, but the bright red makes me think it’s Robert Bellarmine,] Edmund Campion, Alphonsus Rodriguez, Stanislaus Kostka [and hidden by the candle is, I think, Teihard de Chardin.]

The last time I saw this banner, it was rolled up in a closet somewhere at Loyola High. Then again, when I made this in 1978, I was rolled up in a closet as well. AMDG