[131] Isa 50:4c-9a; Ps 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Jas 2:14-18; Mark 8:27-35.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 4 of the Psalter.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1622
In Quito, in the college seminary of St. Louis, the Jesuits founded the University of Gregory the Great.
1627
The Beatification of the Japanese martyrs, Paul Miki and companions, by Pope Urban VIII.
1927
37 Jesuits arrive to begin a Tertianship at Hot Springs, North Carolina. The property was given to the Jesuits by the widow of the son of President Andrew Johnson.
1946
John Baptist Janssens is elected 27th Superior General, at age 57.
