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| Beginning of a new calendar year.
Weekday Lectionary Cycle for Ordinary Time is 1. | |
| Use Weekday Lectionary Vol II. | |
| white | The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord
SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD | Solemnity |
| 120th World Day of Peace (est. 1967) |
| Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, Creed, Preface of the Solemnity |
| [18] Num 6: 22-27; Ps 67: 2-3, 5, 6, 8; Gal 4: 4-7; Lk 2: 16-21. |
| | Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum. |
| white | The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord
SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD | Solemnity |
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| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Circumcision of Jesus, and Mary, Mother of God (cf. Lk. 1:30-31) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 174th anniversary of the death of P. Alexandre Mohl (49) d. 1913 at Lisbon, Portugal.  |
| Anniversary: | 153rd anniversary of the death of F. Francis Eikmans (61) d. 1934 at Maastricht, Netherlands. |
| Anniversary: | 147th anniversary of the death of P. John Noordman (59) d. 1940 at The Hague, Netherlands. |
| Anniversary: | 102nd anniversary of the death of F. John Divers (80) d. 1985 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1491 | Birth of Iñigo de Loyola (Saint Ignatius of Loyola) |
| 1590 | Pope Gregory XIV by his Bull, "Ecclesiae Catholicae" finally settled that "the name (title) of Society of Jesus by which this praiseworthy Order has been designated from its birth by the Apostolic See, and has hitherto been distinguished, shall be retained by it in all future ages." The Titular Feast of the Society of Jesus. Giving of the name of Jesus. SOLEMNITY. |
| 1591 | Ricci receives the first two Chinese Jesuit novices: Chung Ingjen and Huang Fangchi. One was a brother, and other was imprisoned and died before ordination. |
| 1598 | The death of Alphonsus Barréna, surnamed the Apostle of Peru; he was the ï¬rst to carry the faith to the Guaranis and Chiquitos in Paraguay. |
| 1829 | A Rescript of Pope Leo XII says that the Society of Jesus officially and canonically is restored in England. |
| 1865 | The Manila Observatory opens, operates until the Japanese take over on January 3, 1942. |
| 1875 | Jacques Cretineau-Joly, S.J. dies Historian. 6 volume history of S.J. 1890. Arnold Damen, S.J. dies Chicago, missionary, educator. |
| 1930 | Response of Father General "De capillorum cultu," calls for simplicity of hairstyle. "I advise your reverence not to permit the introduction into your province of the practice of giving more attention to the care of one's hair than is consonant with the simple tradition of the Italian clergy." |
| 1937 | The Central American Mission becomes a Vice Province. |
| 1968 | Reunion of New York and Buffalo Provinces, a total of 1402 members. |
| 1985 | Joseph Labaj, S.J. dies Wisconsin Provincial. |
| 2001 | Louis Plamondon, S.J. dies age 70. Tanzania. He had been lst provincial of EAP, and lst Director of Loyola High School. |
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