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| white | Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest | Feast |
| Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church | |
| Yr C | Isa 6:1-4,8 or Heb 2:10-18; Ps 23 (22):2-3, 5, 6 (â„ź.1); John 17:1-2, 9, 14-26.
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| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Barnabas, apostle (cf. Acts 4:36-37) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 188th anniversary of the death of F. José Rieder (37) d. 1894 at Quelimane, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 171st anniversary of the death of P. Peter Dichamp (57) d. 1911 at Stonyhurst, Lancs, England. |
| Anniversary: | 165th anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Zurek (70) d. 1917 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 145th anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Longa (80) d. 1937 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 119th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Quin (88) d. 1963 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 83rd anniversary of the death of P. Joseph McDonald (81) d. 1999 at Chikuni, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 75th anniversary of the death of F. Amadeu Inácio (93) d. 2007 at Cernache, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 64th anniversary of the death of P. Shaun Carls (SAF) (54) d. 2018 at Clarens, RSA. |
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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