[131] Isa 50:4c-9a; Ps 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Jas 2:14-18; Mark 8:27-35.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 4 of the Psalter.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1571
Martyrdom of Pedro Diaz and eleven missionaries of Brazil, in waters of the Atlantic, near the Canary Islands.
1669
At Paris the pamphlet Anonyme by the Jansenist Arnauld, a publication full of vile calumnies and invectives agains the Society, was burnt by the King’s order.
1773
Frederick II of Prussia informs the Pope that the Jesuits will not be suppressed in Prussia, and invites Jesuits to come.
1983
Peter-Hans Kolvenbach is elected the 29th Superior General at the 33rd General Congregation, age 55.
1998
Cardinal Alois Grillmeier dies age 88. He was a professor at St. Georgen, Frankfurt, and wrote Christ in Christian Tradition. He was created a Cardinal on 26 November 1994.
