As we have just had the feast of St Ignatius of Loyola, it seems fitting to pay tribute to one of his most loyal sons. In the public imagination, the Society of Jesus has become associated less with missionary zeal than with political progressivism, doctrinal subtlety and ecclesiastical scandal. Yet amidst this turmoil was a Jesuit at once honest and faithful, a man whom many Catholics have never heard of, precisely because he spent much of his priesthood being marginalised by his own order. Fr Paul Mankowski SJ (1953–2020) embodied the qualities St Ignatius prized above almost everything else: intellectual excellence, fearless devotion to truth, indifference to reputation and a willingness to suffer quietly for the good of the Church.