Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II
[275] Acts 8:1b-8;Ps 66:1-3a, 4-5, 6-7a; John 6:35-40.
Hours of the day.
Birthday:
103rd birthday of P. Lodewicus BARNARD (born this day in 1983).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1680
Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha dies. After receiving the Eucharist and the Anointing of the Sick (Extreme Unction) she dies saying, "Jesus, I love you."
1761
The French Parliament being appealed to in the Lavalette affair, demand a copy of the Institute. King Louis XV proposes that the Jesuits modify their Rule. Clement XIII writes to the king, expressing his alarm at the attacks on the Jesuits. On hearing of proposed modifications, he uttered the famous exclamation. "Sint ut sunt aut non sint."
1909
America magazine begins publication. First issue on this day.
1927
Decree that all Jesuits and Jesuit works of the Philippines be transferred from the Aragon Province to the Maryland/New York Province.
