[390] Exod 2:1-15a;Ps 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34; Matt 11:20-24.
Hours of the day.
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St Camillus de Lellis, priest Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged Readings from the Common of Saints: [601A] 1 John 3:14-18 (#740.16); Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7b-8, 9 (#739.7); John 15:9-17 (#742.25).
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Anniversary:
122nd anniversary of the death of P. John Stratton (71) d. 1949 at Boscombe, England.
Anniversary:
52nd anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Dorairaj (ZAM) (82) d. 2019 at Dindigul, India.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, optional memorial.
1523
Ignatius departed from Venice on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
1564
Letter to the whole Society on the Sodality of Our Lady for our colleges.
1579
At Lisbon, the death of Simão Rodrigues, one of the ï¬rst companions.
1605
A College is founded in Cartagena, the second in Colombia.
1921
The arrival of 20 Maryland/New York Jesuits in Manila to begin the mission there.
1925
Violinist Fritz Kreisler visits the Jesuits at Melbourne Australia. He is a Jesuit alumnus.
1979
Fr. Bernard Darke, S.J. is assassinated in Guyana, age 53. He was a photographer for the Catholic Standard, the diocesan newspaper, murdered for taking photos of disturbances.
1985
Meeting of Jesuit Ecumenists at Oxford to discuss report of Anglican- Roman Catholic International Commission.
