[115] 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Ps 85:9a+10, 11-12, 13-14; Rom 9:1-5; Matt 14:22-33.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 3 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
125th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Kaltschmidt (80) d. 1949 at Sankt Andrä, Austria.
Anniversary:
106th anniversary of the death of P. Casimir Kozlowski (69) d. 1968 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
87th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Collins (77) d. 1987 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Birthday:
91st 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.
