On the occasion of the Ignatian Year and the gathering "Au large avec Ignace" in Marseille, the Jesuits of EOF (French-speaking Western Europe) are offering a comic book dedicated to the founder of the Society of Jesus. An innovative graphic novel, full of twists and turns and humour, recounts the inner conversion of Ignatius, a Spanish nobleman.

The attraction of the Society of Jesus for the image is not new: from its origins, it very quickly seized it to witness to Christ; the frescoes of the baroque churches are a good example. 

This new comic book, rich in this iconographic tradition, aims to reach everyone, believer or non-believer, from 7 to 77 years old, to invite them to live a spiritual experience, and to help them understand how the experience of Ignatius relates to that of our contemporaries.  The life of Ignatius of Loyola is not guided by a will that breaks down in contact with reality, like the crisis of Covid today, but by discernment, animated by a real love of Christ, his compass of life. In this album, the story is not linear but focuses on five precise moments in Ignatius' life, as many conversions that he experienced and that invite interiority.

To write the script for this comic strip, Étienne de Forges, a Jesuit in formation, with the help of Fr Michel Kobik SJ, drew on Ignatius' writings. Their scenario was then entrusted to the cartoonist Quentin Denoyelle.

Étienne de Forges SJ, Quentin Denoyelle, Ignatius of Loyola, Éditions Jésuites Fidélité, October 2021
https://www.editionsjesuites.com/fr/livre-ignace-de-loyola-bande-dessinee-2386.html 

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