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The Jesuits are an order of men in the Roman Catholic Church. Saint Ignatius Loyola founded this order in 1534. The official name of the Jesuit order is the Society of Jesus. Members of the Jesuit order take simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and they become scholastic. The motto of the order is Ad majorem Dei gloriam, which is “to the greater glory of God” in Latin. The object is the spread of the church by preaching and teaching or the fulfillment of whatever else is viewed as the most urgent need of the church at the time. The Jesuits are especially noted for their work in education. The order operates more than 4,000 schools, colleges, and universities thro