42nd anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Berridge (60) d. 2011 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Jubilee:
Pearl Jubilee of P. AlcĂdio Vitorino TEMBE who celebrates 30 years of Priesthood today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1546
Peter Canisius is ordained, age 25. He has been a Jesuit for three years.
1769
Clement XIV, the newly-elected Pope began to show coldness towards the Society.
1836
Ampere, Andre-Marie dies in Marseille. He was a Jesuit Alumnus in the time of the suppression. He was born Jan. 20, 1775 in Lyon. A physicist, he founded and named the science of electrodynamics as Electromagnetism.
1933
Charles Simons, of the California Province, is the first Jesuit ordained in China.
2008
Norrie Clarke, S.J. dies, age 93. Philosopher, writer, Fordham University. Founder of the International Philosophical Quarterly.
