[384] Gen 32:23-33;Ps 17:1b, 2-3, 6-7, 8b+15; Matt 9:32-38.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
57th anniversary of the death of P. Edmund Wilson (80) d. 2006 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
56th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Joyce (70) d. 2007 at Galway, Ireland.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1531
Birthday of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez. RM 1579. Valignano arrives in Japan as Visitor.
1678
At Vilnius, Fr. Thomas Ujeyski, former bishop of Chijov and senator of Poland, completed his novitiate and received a special privilege admitting him to the profession of the four vows.
1767
All the Jesuits in Paraguay were arrested by order of Charkes III of Spain and led into exile. There were 385 priests, 109 brothers, 59 scholastics and 11 novices.
1829
The Restoration of the Society in Portugal.
1981
Four scholastics, traveling from Nicaragua to Mexico are arrested in a Mexican airport for weapons and underground literature, and are released two days later.
1994
Andrew Varga, S.J., dies. Ethicist, Hungarian Provincial, and General Assistant from 1965-75.
1998
The death of Luis Alonso Schoekel. Biblical scholar and teacher. 2017. "Our Life is Mission: Mission is Our Life." Letter
