[220] Deut 30:15-20;Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 9:22-25.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
68th anniversary of the death of P. Victor Riederer (81) d. 2002 at West Wickham, Kent, England.
Anniversary:
67th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Davis (83) d. 2003 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
112th birthday of P. Andrzej LEÅšNIARA (born this day in 1958).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1557
Father Andrew Oviedo, recently consecrated bishop and Patriarch of Ethiopia set sail from Goa for his new see. His mission to "Prester John" was a special interest of St. Ignatius.
1562
A decree of the Parliament of Paris gives the Society legal existence in France, albeit with severe limitations.
1585
Alfonsus Salmeron, S.J. dies. He was the youngest of the first companions of Ignatius, a preacher, theologian, and envoy to Ireland.
1787
At Milan died Father Roger Boscovich, an illustrious mathematician, scientist, and astronomer. At Paris he was appointed "Directeur de la Marine". He was among the most famous scientists in Jesuit history. His theory of the composition of matter foreshadowed in part modern atomic theory, hinting at a field theory approach to physics. He is pictured on a banknote in Croatia in 1993.
1880
John La Farge, S.J. is born at Newport, Rhode Island.
1946
The New Orleans Province is informed that it is assigned a mission in Sri Lanka. The decree was dated March 12.
1949
The two top floors of the theologians house at Milltown Park go up in flames, and one Jesuit theologian is killed.
1956
Br. Claude Ramaz, S.J. dies. He served as an administrator and printer, at the Messenger of the Sacred Heart from 1894 to 1946. He was a pioneer in color printing for Catholic magazines, and a promoter of devotion to the Sacred Heart.
1999
The death of Robert O’Connell, of Fordham, philosopher and scholar, writer on St. Augustine. (Age 74)
2019
Death of Daniel Flaherty, collaboration on writings of Walter Ciszek and Fr. Arrupe- worked at American magazine, was provincial.
