Brokers Of Culture Essay

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The Jesuits illustrated in the book Brokers of Culture were involved in many missions worldwide. Although the Jesuits were confronted with many obstacles they approached the situation with open arms in every possible situation. At the same time, the Jesuits needed to maintain the word of God and His message. The Jesuits were very successful in that they were able to establish new orders and influence learning institutions. However they also faced many hardships. From being welcomed and embraced in certain parts of the world to being exiled and excommunicated the Jesuits were in for a rocky ride. In the book Brokers of Culture, by Gerald McKevitt, it focuses on the struggles, accomplishments, and missions of the Jesuits mainly in America but…show more content…
By the mid-eighteenth century, they had established more than 650 educational institutions. Early Santa Clara College was both like and unlike other Jesuit Colleges in the United States. Many Hispanics were very enticed by the Jesuit Colleges because they were able to speak to them in Spanish unlike the public colleges where it was prohibited. Santa Clara College was also singled out and became famous for several reasons. For example, they were said to be ‘the best literary institution in the state’ by Horace Greeley (228). Along with many of the other colleges it seemed to be a self-sustaining village. Visitors claimed that it was like ‘a village more than a mere institution for educational purposes’ (229). One of the more sophisticated compliments that Santa Clara College received involved its educational success. Santa Clara College itself was able to claim to have ‘the largest number of Professors and Tutors connected with any institution on the Pacific Coast’ (230). The success in the education aspect of their missions was and is acknowledged greatly to this
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