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| white | St Martin of Tours, bishop | Memorial |
| Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | |
| Cycle I | [495] Wis 13:1-9; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5ab; Luke 17:26-37. |
| Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [673] Isa 61:1-3abcd (#719.6); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); Matt 25:31-40 (#742.13). | |
| Anniversary: | 32nd anniversary of the death of P. Cirilo Moisés Mateus Magagula (64) d. 2001 at Moatize Hospital, Tete, Rep. of Mozambique.  |
| Birthday: | 87th birthday of P. Charles SEARSON (born this day in 1946). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1590 | Father Robert Bellarmine was appointed by Gregory XIV to supervise the revision of the Vulgate, a work begun by Sixtus V. |
| 1614 | The arm of Xavier brought from Goa to Rome, was received in the Eternal City with extraordinary solemnity. |
| 1616 | At Paris died Fr. John Gontery. He was very dull as a scholastic, but imploring Our Lady's help he became a powerful defender of the Church against Calvinists. |
| 1649 | In the Philippines, Father Vincent Damiani, a devoted worker in the Lord’s vineyard, was run through with a spear out of hatred of the faith. |
| 1982 | Robert Gleason, S.J. dies Fordham University, theologian, Grace. |
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