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| red | St Barnabas, apostle | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle II | [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: | 142nd anniversary of the death of F. José Rieder (37) d. 1894 at Quelimane, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 125th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Dichamp (57) d. 1911 at Stonyhurst, Lancs, England. |
| Anniversary: | 119th anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Zurek (70) d. 1917 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 99th anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Longa (80) d. 1937 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 73rd anniversary of the death of P. Henry Quin (88) d. 1963 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 37th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph McDonald (81) d. 1999 at Chikuni, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 29th anniversary of the death of F. Amadeu Inácio (93) d. 2007 at Cernache, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 18th anniversary of the death of P. Shaun Carls (SAF) (54) d. 2018 at Clarens, RSA. |
| Jubilee: | Wine Jubilee of P. Andrews THEKKEKARA (MDU) who celebrates 85 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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