99th birthday of S. Sean Tanaka SHONIWA (born this day in 2000).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1773
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.
