[132] Exod 32:7-11, 13-14; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17+19; 1 Tim 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 or 15:1-10.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 4 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
168th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Molinari (66) d. 1917 at Genoa, Italy.
Anniversary:
88th anniversary of the death of P. Paul Cullen (HIB) (61) d. 1997 at Dublin, Ireland.
Birthday:
111th birthday of P. Carlos Domingos CARDOSO (born this day in 1974).
Jubilee:
Blue Sapphire Jubilee of P. Admire Rufaro NHIKA who celebrates 65 years since professing Final Vows today.
Jubilee:
Blue Sapphire Jubilee of P. Gilbert Fungai BANDA who celebrates 65 years since professing Final Vows today.
Jubilee:
Blue Sapphire Jubilee of P. Ignatius A. TAMBUDZAI who celebrates 65 years since professing Final Vows today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1547
The creation of the Province of Spain, with Araoz as the first Provincial. 1603. The Edict of Rouen, an edict of reestablishment, allows the Society to open colleges.
1752
Month uncertain. Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV asked. Father de Sacy to admit her to the sacraments. On his refusing unless certain conditions were met, she became the Society’s deadly enemy, and one of the most ardent promoters of its destruction in France.
1759
At Lisbon, 133 fathers and brothers of the Society are put on board a vessel to be conveyed as exiles to Civitavecchia.
1759
Royal Edict against Portuguese Jesuits. At Lisbon, 133 fathers and brothers of the Society were put on board a vessel to be conveyed as exiles to Civitavecchia.
1883
General Congregation 23 convened and choose as Vicar with right of succession the Swiss Jesuit Anton Anderledy. In its Decree 46 the Congregation dedicated the Society of Jesus to promoting devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
1941
A dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City, concludes Fordham University centenary celebration. 18 bishops, Vice-President Wallace, Governor Lehmann, Mayor LaGuardia are in attendance.
