Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For pilgrims of hope (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that this Jubilee strengthen us in our faith, helping us to recognize the Risen Christ in the midst of our lives, transforming us into pilgrims of Christian hope."
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Third Sunday of Advent
Psalter Week 3
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Gaudete Sunday
Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
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[9] Zeph 3:14-18a; Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Phil 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
Organ may be played solo; flowers may decorate the altar today. (PS 25).
Anniversary:
135th anniversary of the death of P. Julius Causse (29) d. 1889 at Dunbrody, RSA.
Anniversary:
64th 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.
