St John XXIII, pope Common of Pastors: For a Pope Readings from the Common of Saints: [655A] Ezek 34:11-16 (#719.9); Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); John 21:15-17 (#724.12).
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Philip, deacon (cf. Acts 8:5-6) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
179th anniversary of the death of P. Denys Corboy (60) d. 1911 at Bedford, England.
The Feast of St. Ignatius is raised to a "double" and extended to the universal church.
1688
King Louis XIV forbade all correspondence and interchange between the French Jesuits and Father General Thyrsus Gonzalez.
1688
King Louis XIV forbade all correspondence and interchange between the French Jesuits and the Spanish General, Thyrsus Gonzalez. This petty tyranny lasted two years.
1723
The deaths in Vietnam of Servants of God John Baptist Messari and Francis Mary Bucherelli, martyrs.
1958
Pierre LeJay, S.J. dies. He was a French Jesuit, famed geophysicist, member of the French Academy, and did research on the continental drift.
1963
Walter Ciszek, S.J. is freed from prison camp in Russia. He had been in detention since 1938.
