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Friday of the nineteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II
[417] Ezek 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63;Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Matt 19:3-12.
Hours of the day.
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St Jane Frances de Chantal, religious Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious Readings from the Common of Saints: [623A] Prov 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 (#737.11); Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3 (#739.9); Mark 3:31-35 (#742.14).
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Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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Blessed Isidore Bakanja, Martyr
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Common of Martyrs
Anniversary:
73rd anniversary of the death of F. Martin Kaltschmidt (80) d. 1949 at Sankt Andrä, Austria.
Anniversary:
54th anniversary of the death of P. Casimir Kozlowski (69) d. 1968 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
35th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Collins (77) d. 1987 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Birthday:
39th birthday of P. Tendai Ellton MATARE (born this day in 1983).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1629
At Paderborn, John Bitter, a German Scholastic, who used to serve the poor at the college gate every day, was found dead on his knees. It was revealed in an apparition that he had been freed from Purgatory at the second Mass said for his repose.
1871
Expulsion of the Society from Guatemala.
1877
The energetic Swiss Jesuit, Fr. Maurice Gailland died. An expert in languages, he worked in Kansas and wrote a 450 page Potawatomi dictionary and grammar.
1905
Hans Urs von Balthasar born, Lucerne, Switzerland.
1977
The death of Jerome D'Souza, S.J. age 79. Educator in India and in Rome. He was the first Assistant for India and East Asia, and served India at the UN.
1989
Francis Sullivan, S.J. dies NY Province, Juniorate Professor of Classics.
1993
President Clinton and Pope John Paul II meet at Carroll Hall on the Regis University campus.
2003
Walter Ong, S.J. dies. Polymath, author on orality, culture. He had been President of the PMLA: Modern Language Association.
