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Thursday of the first week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II
[308] 1 Sam 4:1-11;Ps 44:10-11, 14-15, 25-26; Mark 1:40-45.
Hours of the day.
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St Hilary, bishop and doctor of the Church Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church (Readings from the Common of Saints: [512] 1 John 2:18-25; Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 (#721.7); Matt 5:13-19 (#730.1).
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Anniversary:
85th anniversary of the death of P. John Gillooly (40) d. 1937 at Port Elizabeth, RSA.
Anniversary:
10th anniversary of the death of P. John Fitzgerald (91) d. 2012 at Dublin, Ireland.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1552
In Rome, teachers jealous of the success of the first school opened by the Jesuits invaded the premises and abused the Jesuits teaching there.
1776
Jesuits in White Russia wrote to Rome asking what to do since they were forbidden by the Empress Catherine to comply with the Brief of Suppression.
1883
At Kaltern in Tyrol, died Father Joseph Kleutgen, a theologian, a victim with Father Lezziroli of an unfortunate misunderstanding, both being suspended because as extraordinary confessors, it was said they had not prevented the nuns of S. Ambrogio from honoring their deceased Superioress as a Saint.
1891
Miguel Augustin Pro, S.J. is born.
1941
James Joyce dies, age 58. Jesuit alumnus.
1944
John Hurley, S.J. and other Jesuits enter Santo Tomas internment camp in the Philippines after living at the Ateneo under Japanese guards.
