What does it mean to be jesuit?

Answer 1

Catholic AnswerThe web definition of Jesuit missions is:

(Jesuit Missions) The phrase Jesuit Missions usually refer to a Jesuit missionary enterprise in a particular area, involving a large number of Jesuits priests and brothers, and lasting over a long period of time. or the word "mission" could refer to the goal for which they were established, which, according to St. Ignatius Loyola is two-fold, as taken from the definition below: "to strengthen and where necessary to restore the Catholic faith in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, and to preach the Gospel in non-Christian lands."

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Jesuits. The Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola and approved by Pope Paul III in 1540. As conceived by the founder, it had a twofold aim: to strengthen and where necessary to restore the Catholic faith in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, and to preach the Gospel in non-Christian lands. Typical of the first purpose was the establishment of colleges throughout Europe, and the second purpose was the development of worldwide mission enterprises in Asia, Africa, and the newly developed Americas.

Answer 2

Jesuit is the common shorthand word for a member of the Society of Jesus, the largest Religious Order in the Catholic Church.

Answer 3

Over the past five centuries, there have been hundreds of Jesuit missions all over the world, you would have to narrow your question down to get a meaningful answer.