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| white | St Elizabeth of Hungary, religious | Memorial |
| Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | |
| Cycle I | [499] 2 Macc 7:1, 20-31; Ps 17:1bcd, 5-6, 8b+15; Luke 19:11-28. |
| Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged, or
Readings from the Common of Saints: [678] 1 John 3:14-18 (#740.16); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 (#739.5); Luke 6:27-38 (#742.18). | |
| Anniversary: | 120th anniversary of the death of P. Emmanuel Almeida (42) d. 1901 at Zumbo, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 108th anniversary of the death of P. Marc Barthelemy (56) d. 1913 at Bulawayo, BSA Co.. |
| Anniversary: | 62nd anniversary of the death of F. Hugh Bradley (81) d. 1959 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 55th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Lindekugel (52) d. 1966 at Spokane, WA, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 40th anniversary of the death of F. John Taylor (82) d. 1981 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 3rd anniversary of the death of P. Kieran Barry-Ryan (89) d. 2018 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Anniversary: | 1st anniversary of the death of P. Jeremiah O'Connell (ZAM) (83) d. 2020 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1755 | Luigi Centurione is elected as Superior General in the GC XVIII. Centurione would lead the Society for a little over two years before he died. Just a few weeks after Carvalho, the marquis de Pombal, tookthefirst overt step to banish the Jesuits from Portugal. |
| 1759 | The Bishop of Rio de Janeiro accused the Jesuits of concealing relics and other church treasures belonging to their suppressed churches. All who had knowledge of the matter and refused to disclose it, were to be excommunicated. |
| 1769 | On the river La Plata, Father Benasser and two scholastics who were beingn led prisoners from Montevideo to Buenos Aires, were accidentally drowned. |
| 1913 | Marc Barthelemy S.J. dies. He was a missionary to Southern Africa and the founder of St. George’s College in Zimbabwe. In his honor was a very well attended funeral in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. |
| 1938 | St. Roque Gonzalez and his companions are designated as the patron saints of the Latin American Assistancy by Fr. General. |
| 1982 | William Byron is installed as the 12th President of the Catholic University of America. |
| 2011 | Fr. General announces the eventual introduction of the cause of Fr. Arrupe |
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