Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For volunteer not-for-profit organisations (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "We pray that volunteer non-profit organisations committed to human development find people dedicated to the common good and ceaselessly seek out new paths to international cooperation."
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Thursday of the third week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle II
[190] Isa 54:1-10;Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b; Luke 7:24-30.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
133rd anniversary of the death of P. Julius Causse (29) d. 1889 at Dunbrody, RSA.
Anniversary:
62nd anniversary of the death of F. John Ignatius Conway (60) d. 1960 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1631
At Naples, during an earthquake and eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Jesuits worked to help all classes of people.
1631
At Naples, during an earthquake and eruption of Vesuvius, the Jesuit Fathers displayed heroic charity. In gratitude several colleges were opened.
1904
In Louvain, Fr. Louis de San dies. He was a great theologian of the restored Society.
1979
Pope John Paul II makes a special visit to the Gregorian University. Two weeks later, the Rector, Fr. Martini is appointed Archbishop of Milan.
1994
Joseph Donceel dies at Fordham University. Belgian born, he was a disciple of Marechal and wrote on philosophical psychology.
1998
Leo O’Donovan, President of Georgetown U. receives Germany’s Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit, for fostering relationships between Germany and the US.
