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| | Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC] | | red | Bl Benedict Daswa, Martyr | Memorial | | Common of Martyrs: For One Martyr | | | Wis 2:12-2; Ps 26 (27):1-4; Eph 6:10-17; Jn 12:24-26.
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| Anniversary: | 76th anniversary of the death of F. John Göll (80) d. 1952 at Chishawasha, S. Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 12th anniversary of the death of P. John O'Leary (88) d. 2016 at Los Gatos, CA, USA. |
| Birthday: | 79th birthday of P. John MUJDRICA (born this day in 1949). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1549 | The first band of missioners to Brazil set sail from Lisbon. Sent by Ignatius, they include the Superior, Manuel Nobrega. |
| 1645 | The death of Henry Morse, known as the "Priest of the Plague" because of his care for the plague-stricken. He was martyred at Tyburn, England, by being hanged, drawn and quartered. |
| 1833 | Father General John Roothaan wrote the Ordinatio de Mineverali that granted Jesuit schools permission to charge tuition in line with other reputable day schools in the country. Poor students, however,were not to be turned away. |
| 1953 | The dedication of the Philosophate at Spring Hill, Alabama. |
| 1956 | Neil Boyton, S.J. dies. He was a teacher at Regis, a friend of youth, and pastoral worker at St.Ignatius Parish, NY. |
| 2000 | Peter Levi dies, age 68. . Ex-Jesuit, poet, Oxford don. |
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