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| white | St Teresa of Jesus (i.e., of Avila), virgin and doctor of the Church | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle I | [470] Rom 3:21-30; Ps 130:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab; Luke 11:47-54. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [657] Rom 8:22-27; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (#727.1); John 15:1-8 (#742.24). | |
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| Anniversary: | 77th anniversary of the death of P. Gerard Pfaehler (90) d. 1960 at Chishawasha, S. Rhodesia.  |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| St. Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor, Memorial. |
| 1546 | Isabel Roser was released by St. Ignatius from her Jesuit vows after eight months. |
| 1546 | The province of Portugal was established as the ï¬rst province in the Society, with Simão Rodrigues as the ï¬rst provincial. |
| 1582 | At Avila the death of St. Teresa, the first day of the new Gregorian calendar. She always wished to have Jesuit confessors and spoke of the Fathers as Benedicti homines Societatis Jesu. |
| 1917 | Pope Benedict XV founds the Pontifical Oriental Institute which is later entrusted to the Society of Jesus. Motu Proprio, Orientis Catholicae. |
| 2012 | Canonization of James Bertieu. |
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