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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 A | Gen 22:9-18 or Heb 10:4-10; Ps 40 (39):7-8a, 10-11ab, 17 (â„Ÿ. 8a, 9a); Matt 26:36-42.
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| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
| | Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC] | | white | St Onophrius, Hermit | Optional | | Common of Holy Men and Women |
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| Anniversary: | 207th anniversary of the death of F. José da Silva (32) d. 1891 at Boroma, Portuguese Eastern Africa.  |
| Anniversary: | 90th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Fitsimmons (75) d. 2008 at Boscombe, England. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1540 | The arrival of Xavier at Lisbon on his way to India. Though he passed near his father's castle at Xavier, he would not call on his relatives. |
| 1575 | Death of Father Castaneda, "who though Rector for many years, was told by the Provincial, Father Bustamante, to go and work in the kitchen. He cheerfully obeyed, and helped the cook for many months." |
| 1611 | Jesuit Fathers Biard and Masse land at Annapolis in Nova Scotia. They are the first French Jesuits in North America. |
| 1845 | Pope Gregory XVI refused the demand of the French government that the French Jesuits should be secularized and their houses closed. |
| 1868 | Fr. Clement Boulanger dies. He was superior of the French Jesuits in Canada. He re-established the mission there. He was an official visitor to the U.S.A. and one of the founders of Fordham University. |
| 1928 | A negative response of Father General Ledochowski on intercollegiate sports at Jesuit colleges. Non placet. He fears loss of study time, and too much travel involved. |
| 1954 | Joseph Pignatelli is canonized. |
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