[252] Num 21:4-9;Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21; John 8:21-30.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
156th anniversary of the death of F. Francisco Megens (35) d. 1906 at Zumbo, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
134th anniversary of the death of P. Stanislaus Hankiewicz (51) d. 1928 at Krakow, Poland.
Anniversary:
56th anniversary of the death of P. Vincent Cichecki (86) d. 2006 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
48th anniversary of the death of P. Leslie McKenna (90) d. 2014 at Preston, Lancs, England.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1523
Ignatius arrives in Rome for the first time, on Palm Sunday. Four months later he leaves for Jerusalem.
1548
The arrival of the first Jesuits missioned in Africa. These Jesuits were sent by Fr. Simon Rodrigues, Provincial of Portugal, at the request of the King of Kongo supported by the King of Portugal. They landed at Pinda, and made their way two days later to Mbanza Kongo, the capital of the kingdom of Kongo. They were four in number, Frs. Jorge Vaz, Cristovao Ribeiro, Jacome Dias and a scholastic, Diego do Soveral.
1800
At Venice, the election of Pope Pius VII (Cardinal Chiaramonti), a Benedictine, who in 1814 restored the Society throughout the world.
1800
At Venice, the election of Pope Pius VII (Cardinal Chiaramonti), a Benedictine, who in 1814 restored the Society throughout the world.
1891
The Motu Proprio of Leo XIII founds the Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana).
1920
Missouri Province tells Fr. General it is sending six men to work in Patna, India.
1976
Alban de Jerphanion (age 75) professor, is killed in Beirut, Lebanon.
1985
Fr. Nicolas Kluiters, S.J. parish priest, is kidnapped in Lebanon.
