[254] Gen 17:3-9;Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 8:51-59.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
61st anniversary of the death of P. Cuthbert Donnelly (75) d. 1977 at London, England.
Jubilee:
Oak Jubilee of E. Dieter SCHOLZ who celebrates 80 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Oak Jubilee of P. Eberhard FUHGE who celebrates 80 years in the Society today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1549
Xavier embarks at Malacca for Japan.
1610
Robert Parsons, S.J. dies "The most active and indefatigable of all the leaders of the English Catholics in the reign of Elizabeth."
1778
Empress Catherine the Great requested the Holy See that the Jesuits in White Russia (the only ones in the world, all others having been suppressed) might have a novitiate. She received the answer that the local bishop should do as he thought best.
1778
Empress Catherine the Great requested the Holy See that the Jesuits in White Russia (the only ones in the world, all others having been suppressed) might have a novitiate. She received the answer thatthelocal bishop should do as he thought best.
1884
Fr. Peter Beckx, aged 88, resigned governance of the Society to Fr. Anton Anderledy.
