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| red | St Barnabas, apostle | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle I | [580] Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3 (proper); Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3c-4, 5-6; Matt 10:7-13. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Barnabas, apostle (cf. Acts 4:36-37) [from the Roman Martyrology]. | |
| Anniversary: | 137th anniversary of the death of F. José Rieder (37) d. 1894 at Quelimane, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 120th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Dichamp (57) d. 1911 at Stonyhurst, Lancs, England. |
| Anniversary: | 114th anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Zurek (70) d. 1917 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 94th anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Longa (80) d. 1937 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 68th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Quin (88) d. 1963 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 32nd anniversary of the death of P. Joseph McDonald (81) d. 1999 at Chikuni, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 24th anniversary of the death of F. Amadeu Inácio (93) d. 2007 at Cernache, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 13th anniversary of the death of P. Shaun Carls (SAF) (54) d. 2018 at Clarens, RSA. |
| Jubilee: | Oak Jubilee of P. Andrews THEKKEKARA (MDU) who celebrates 80 years in the Society today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1612 | At Quito died Mark Antonio, an Italian lay-brother known as "the Saint." To the age of 80, he macerated his body with fasts, disciplines, hair shirts. Once during Mass he was seen raised in the air, his face shining with light. |
| 1742 | Pope Benedict XIV forbade the Chinese and Malabar Rites; persecution broke out at once in China. |
| 1844 | Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., is born. |
| 1927 | John O’Malley, S.J. born. Historian. |
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