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| | white | St Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle II | [403] Jer 15:10, 16-21; Ps 59:2-3, 4, 10-11, 17, 18; Matt 13:44-46. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [610] Rom 8:1-4; Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (# 727.3); Matt 5:13-19 (#730.1). | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the seven brothers, their mother and Eleazar, martyrs (cf. 2 Mc. 6:18-19, 7:20) [from the Roman Martyrology]. | | Anniversary: | 66th anniversary of the death of F. Ladislaus Bvukumbwe (67) d. 2002 at Harare, Zimbabwe.  | | Anniversary: | 49th anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim Petrausch (ZIM) (84) d. 2019 at Harare, Zimbabwe. | | Anniversary: | 45th anniversary of the death of F. Gabriel McKinney (SAP) (89) d. 2023 at Lusaka, Zambia. | |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
| | 1551 | Plans first discussed to found in Rome the German College. 1551. The first Mass of Francis Borgia is celebrated at Loyola, Spain. | | 1556 | After vespers, the body of St. Ignatius is buried in a side chapel in the Church of Our Lady of the Way, at the gospel side. | | 1569 | Edmund Campion, convinced of the errors of the new religion, abandoned the University of Oxford and all his brilliant prospects. | | 1569 | Edmund Campion, convinced of the errors of the new religion, abandoned the University of Oxford and all his brilliant prospects. | | 1580 | Everard Mercurian, S.J. dies, 4th General of the Society. A Belgian, he was the first non-Spanish General. At his death there were 21 provinces, 144 colleges, 5600 members. | | 1625 | Vision of Ven. Marina de Escobar, who saw St. Ignatius accompanied by 300 of his children. Our Lord revealed to her that all who had died in the Society up to that time were saved. | | 1938 | The Jesuits of the Middle United States, by Gilbert Garraghan was copyrighted, a three volume work covering the years 1820-1930. | | 1980 | Father General Arrupe announces his plans to resign. | | 1988 | John Laboon, S.J. dies Naval Submarine chaplain, he was awarded the Silver Star in World War II. | | | | |
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