Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the gift of diversity in the Church (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that the Spirit help us recognize the gift of different charisms within the Christian community, and to discover the richness of different ritual traditions in the heart of the Catholic Church."
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Thursday of the first week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II
[308] 1 Sam 4:1-11;Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 25-26; Mark 1:40-45.
3rd anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Kandawasvika (ZIM) (83) d. 2021 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
3rd anniversary of the death of F. JoseÌ Manuel Fernandes Dias (94) d. 2021 at Lisbon, Portugal.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1544
Xavier writes a long and famous letter on his apostolic labors, saying he wished to visit all the Universities of Europe in search of laborers for our Lord's vineyard. One result of his plea was the entrance of Nadal.
1559
The death of Roberto Cardinal de Nobili (age 17), uncle of the Jesuit Roberto de Nobili. He was a boy cardinal, named at the age of 12, and a friend of Jesuits and guided by Jesuits such as Polanco.
1573
At Milan, St. Charles Borromeo founded a College and placed it under the care of the Society.
1582
At Rome, Cardinal Buoncompagni (afterwards Gregory XIII) laid the foundation stone of the Roman College. After his election as Pope, he ordered the buildings in progress to be demolished and others on a grander scale to be erected.
1741
Charles Poree dies Famed teacher of rhetoric at Paris. Cf. Diderotâs Encyclopaedia.
1815
Charles Emmanuel, King of Piedmont, abdicated his throne and entered the Society. He died four years later as a scholastic.
2010
The death of Jean-Yves Calvez of the French Province. He was General Assistant from 1971 to 1983. Strong on the Social Teaching of the Church.
