[182] Isa 40:1-11;Ps 96:1-2, 3+10ac, 11-12, 13; Matt 18:12-14.
Hours of the day.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Anniversary:
108th anniversary of the death of P. Ignatius Gartlan (78) d. 1926 at London, England.
Birthday:
42nd birthday of S. Amós Alberto WINGUISSONE (born this day in 1992).
Birthday:
43rd birthday of D. Guidione F FREDERICO MACAMO (born this day in 1991).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1545
Isabel Roser pronounces her vows as a Jesuit, together with Lucrezia di Brandine and Francisca Cruyllas, in the presence of St. Ignatius at Santa Maria della Strada.
1558
A letter of Fr. General Lainez to the Society in India on the religious vocation and perfection.
1661
In the College of Clermont, Paris, Fr. James Caret publicly defended the doctrine of papal infallibility, causing great excitement among the Gallicans and Jansenists.
1686
Carlos de Noyelle, the 12th General, dies. He fought against the Jansenists.
1960
John Courtney Murray, S.J., makes the cover of Time magazine, in a cover story on Church and state issues.
1965
The death of Andre D’Alverny in Lebanon. He was a much loved and admired expert and teacher of Arabic at his center for Arabic studies. His coffin was reopened so Scouts could see him and place a scout scarf about his neck.
2008
Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J. dies in NY, age 90. Church theologian, writer, convert, teacher, son of John Foster Dulles. Models of the Church, etc.
2023
The first Province Assembly of the Southern Africa Province begins. Held at the UNZA Christian Centre in Lusaka, Zambia, it was attended by 160 Jesuits from all corners of the Province. Spiritual Conversations were employed and the Apostolic Priorities for the Province were proposed to Fr General.
