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| red | St Josaphat, bishop and martyr | 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 Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [674] Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 (#722.8); Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 (#739.1); John 17:20-26 (#742.26). | |
| Anniversary: | 75th anniversary of the death of P. Alfred Burbridge (76) d. 1946 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 13th anniversary of the death of P. JoseĚ da Costa ArauĚjo (79) d. 2008 at Teresina, PiauĂ, Brazil. |
| Birthday: | 32nd birthday of P. Emmanuel BANDA (born this day in 1989). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1606 | In the tower of London, Nicholas Owen ("Little John,") was tortured to death on the rack. After death, a hair-shirt was found on his body. |
| 1615 | At Rome Father Fabius de Fabii, one of the ancient family of the Fabii, had a painful death, having been gored by a savage bull on the way to St. Paul's. He would not seek a miracle from St. Francis Xavier, whose arm had recently been brought to Rome, but preferred to resign himself to God's holy will. He had been Master of Novices, Provincial, and Assistant. |
| 1760 | Empress Maria Teresa of Austria decreed that the chairs of theology in all the universities within her domain should be held by Dominicans or Augustinians to avoid the "corrupt doctrine taught by the Jesuits." |
| 1914 | E. Schillebeeckx is born. Theologian. His brother, a Jesuit, was a Provincial in India. |
| 1919 | Instruction of Father General Ledochowski on typewriters, Usus machinae dactylographicae. They would be allowed for offices, not for persons, and should not be carried from one house to another. |
| 1982 | Vincent OâKeefe, General Assistant to Fr. Arrupe, received the Xavier Award at the 40th annual dinner. |
| 1989 | Raymond Adams, S.J. dies Anthropologist, superior, teacher. He was murdered in Cape Coast, Ghana by one he was trying to help. |
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