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| white | THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity. | | Cycle II | Assumption, Vigil [621] (Vigil Mass) 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2; Ps 132:6-7, 9-10, 13-14; 1 Cor 15:54b-57; Luke 11:27-28. | | Cycle II | Assumption, Mass during the day [622] (Mass during the Day) Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Ps 45:10bc, 11, 12ab, 16; 1 Cor 15:20-27a; Luke 1:39-56. | | | Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum. | | | Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC] | | white | Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Patronal Feast of Southern Africa
(Transferred to the following Sunday) | | | Use Mass from Ordinary Time for today (Of the day from [413]-[418]) |
| | | Archdiocese of Maputo, Mozambique | | white | Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (1944) | Feast | | Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum. |
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| Anniversary: | 125th anniversary of the death of F. Salvador Rodrigues (33) d. 1899 at Zumbo, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 64th anniversary of the death of P. Brian McMahon (HIB) (53) d. 1960 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Anniversary: | 58th anniversary of the death of P. John Murray (44) d. 1966 at Perdik Pass, Chingombe Mission, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 54th anniversary of the death of P. AntoĚnio Maria de Castro Simas (86) d. 1970 at SĂŁo Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. |
| Birthday: | 73rd birthday of P. Jakub ROSTWOROWSKI (born this day in 1951). |
| Birthday: | 85th birthday of P. David HAROLD-BARRY (born this day in 1939). |
| Jubilee: | Golden Jubilee of P. BronisĹaw KONDRAT who celebrates 50 years since professing Final Vows today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of P. Eustace SEQUEIRA who celebrates 40 years since professing Final Vows today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1535 | They renewed their vows on the same feast, in the same church. FB In 1535 LeJay joined them. Ignatius was absent, being in Spain. |
| 1549 | First Christian missionaries, led by Xavier, reach Japan. |
| 1568 | St. Stanislaus Kostka dies . He twice received Holy Communion from the hands of an Angel, and on one occasion Our Lady placed the Holy Child Jesus in his arms. |
| 1821 | Fr. Peter DeSmet boards a ship, the Columbia and sails from Amsterdam to America: the best known missionary of the NW. |
| 1885 | Shrine of N.A. Martyrs at Auriesville, NY opens. |
| 1907 | Two new provinces were erected,Canada and New Orleans. |
| 1919 | Fr. Ledochowski writes a letter on the national clergy in our missions. He refers to China, but it applies elsewhere too. |
| 1927 | The Pontifical Biblical Institute is founded in Rome. |
| 1928 | Chicago Province erected as an independent province from the eastern portion of the Missouri Province. |
| 1929 | The Russian College is created in Rome, under the Jesuits. |
| 1937 | A letter of Fr. Ledochowski to the Provincials on the conversion of the Mohammedans. |
| 1955 | Detroit and Wisconsin Province is founded from Chicago and Missouri Provinces respectively. |
| 1986 | South Africa is made a Dependent Region of the British Prov. |
| 1992 | Lawrence McGinley, dies. President of Fordham University.Age 86. |
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