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| red | St Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle II | [470] Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6; Luke 11:47-54. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [660] Phil 3:17—4:1; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); John 12:24-26 (#718.5). | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Hosea, prophet (cf. Hos. 1:1) [from the Roman Martyrology]. | |
| Anniversary: | 154th anniversary of the death of P. John Ryan (84) d. 1926 at Tremeirchion, N Wales.  |
| Anniversary: | 147th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Hedley (87) d. 1933 at Tremeirchion, N Wales. |
| Anniversary: | 97th anniversary of the death of P. Edward de Meulder (79) d. 1983 at Jamshedpur, India. |
| Anniversary: | 73rd anniversary of the death of F. Frank Preglj (85) d. 2007 at London, England. |
| Birthday: | 89th birthday of S. Nobert RWODZI (born this day in 1991). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1537 | At Venice the Papal Nuncio published his written verdict declaring that Ignatius Loyola was innocent of all charges which had been leveled against him by his detractors. |
| 1546 | The First Province of the Society is established, the Portuguese Province, with Simao Rodrigues as Provincial. |
| 1578 | At S. Andrea, Rome, the entrance into the Society of Robert Southwell, aged sixteen. |
| 1578 | Robert Bellarmine entered the Jesuit novitiate of Sant' Andrea in Rome at the age of 16. |
| 1651 | Emmanuel Sigueira enters the novitiate of S. Andrea in Rome. He will be the first Chinese Jesuit priest. |
| 1688 | Domenico Zipoli, S.J. is born. An organist at the Gesu in Rome, he was a missionary and composer in Paraguay and Argentina, in the Jesuit Reductions. He was never ordained because of the distance from an ordaining bishop. |
| 1690 | St. Margaret Mary dies. St. Claude was her director. |
| 1782 | Jesuits in White Russia elect Stanislaus Czerniewicz as Vicar General of the Society. |
| 1996 | Richard Michael Fernando, S.J. dies scholastic, age 26,working with Jesuit Refugee Service, in Cambodia, is killed by a hand grenade thrown by a disturbed ex-student, as Richard tries to save others lives. |
| 2002 | Richard McSorley, S.J. dies, age 88. Social justice and non-violence. |
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