[418] Josh 24:14-29;Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 11; Matt 19:13-15.
Hours of the day.
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St Stephen of Hungary Common of Holy Men and Women Readings from the Common of Saints: [623] Deut 6:3-9 (#737.3); Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); Matt 25:14-30 or 25:14-23 (#742.12).
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Anniversary:
127th anniversary of the death of F. Edward de Smedt (35) d. 1904 at Dunbrody, RSA.
Anniversary:
62nd anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Otto (71) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
22nd anniversary of the death of F. Franz Gabriel (89) d. 2009 at Berlin, Germany.
Anniversary:
8th anniversary of the death of F. Paul A. Desmarais (SAP) (78) d. 2023 at Pickering, ON, Canada.
Birthday:
31st birthday of S. Sean Tanaka SHONIWA (born this day in 2000).
Birthday:
97th birthday of F. Hubert SIMON (born this day in 1934).
The Suppression of the Society of Jesus by Clement XIV. Publication of the Brief Dominus ac Redemptor. Father General Ricci is led away prisoner to the English College. There were 22,589 Jesuits, and 670 colleges.
1773
The suppression of the Society of Jesus came with the publication of Clement XIV’s Brief "Dominus ac Redemptor." Father General Lorenzo Ricci was led away as a prisoner to the English College.
1802
The death of Pierre Gibault, S.J. He accompanied Clark on his explorations to the Mississippi.
1962
Joseph Schuh, S.J. arrives in Lagos, Nigeria. The mission of the NY Province begins there.
1967
John Courtney Murray, S.J. dies. Theologian. We Hold These Truths.
