Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II
[332] 1 Kgs 11:4-13;Ps 106:3-4, 35-36, 37+40; Mark 7:24-30.
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries, or Common of Holy Men and Women (Readings from the Common of Saints: [532] Acts 13:46-49 (#720.1); Ps 117:1bc, 2 (#721.8); Luke 10:1-9 (#724. 8).) Hours of the Memorial.
Prop. Ants. Bened. & Magn.
Anniversary:
82nd anniversary of the death of P. Joseph McSweeney (HIB) (73) d. 1982 at Dublin, Ireland.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1656
At Cologne, the death of Fr. Herman Baving, a German who, when provincial of the Lower Rhine, continually exhorted the masters in the colleges to promote among their scholars devotion to the guardian angels.
1831
The French novitiate at Montrouge near Paris was sacked by revolutionaries convinced that the novices there were practicing "small arms drills" in preparation for the Society’s conquering France.
1831
The French novitiate at Montrouge near Paris was sacked by revolutionaries convinced that the novices there were practicing "small arms drills" in preparation for the Society’s conquering France.
1891
General William Tecumseh Sherman (March to the Sea) dies. One of his sons was a Jesuit priest.
1982
Paul Palmer, S.J. dies theologian on sacraments, professor at Woodstock.
1984
Johannes Hofinger, S.J. dies in New Orleans. He founded the East Asian Pastoral Institute, and pioneered in liturgical, pastoral, and catechetical renewal initiated by Vatican II.
