St. Francis Xavier

1. St. Francis St. Francis Xavier Xavier

2. His Life story • He was born on the 7th of April in 1506 ad • He was born in Spain , in England • His father passed away for the war during the year 1515 • His mother ensured that he received the best education • When he was young he did many charitable work • He studied at the university of Paris • While he was studying he met St. Ignatius who was also studying with him • They became best friends • St. Francis Xavier was a very smart student, he had many ambitions • He was a very handsome, smart, active, sporty person, he was very popular

3. Francis’ life with Ignatius When St. Francis met St. Ignatius Francis gave up on all of his ambitions when he saw the love St. Ignatius has for Jesus St. Francis decided to join St. Ignatius in his way of serving God and preaching the word of God in 1537 AD Francis joined the Jesuit order and became a priest In a small chapel in Montmartre, they made a vow of poverty, chastity and obedience Francis was sent on many missions to preach the word of god = st. Ignatius

4. Places St. Francis Xavier went to preach the word of God India India Portugal Portugal Africa Africa Srilanka Srilanka Indonesia Indonesia Japan Japan

5. Death  St. Francis Xavier thought of going to china  But he died on the island of sanction while waiting for the boat that promised to take him to China  He died while laying on his bed looking at a cross saying “Christ”  The cause of his death was high fever  He died on the year of 1552 on the 3rd of December  He is the saint of all the missions  His feast is on the 3rd of December