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| white | Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest | Feast |
| Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church | |
| Yr C | Isa 6:1-4,8 or Heb 2:10-18; Ps 23 (22):2-3, 5, 6 (â„ź.1); John 17:1-2, 9, 14-26.
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| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
| Anniversary: | 107th anniversary of the death of P. Bertram Callan (60) d. 1939 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 101st anniversary of the death of F. Francis Pacek (77) d. 1945 at Chingombe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 65th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Conway (56) d. 1981 at Ennis, Ireland. |
| Birthday: | 72nd birthday of P. Clyde MUROPA (born this day in 1974). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1572 | Pope Gregory XIII exempted the Society from choir and approved simple vows after two years of novitiate and ordination before solemn profession. In these matters he reversed a decree of St. Pius V. |
| 1572 | Pope Gregory XIII exempted the Society from Choir, approved the simple vows after two years' noviceship, and allowed Ours to be ordained before Profession: in all these matters reversing a decree of St. Pius V. |
| 1824 | Brief of Leo XIII returns the Roman College to the Society of Jesus, Cum multa in Urbe. |
| 1915 | Fr. General Ledochowski leaves Rome, goes to Switzerland to better govern and communicate with the Society in WW I. |
| 1966 | Gaston Salet, S.J. dies teacher, preacher. |
| 1968 | Catonsville Nine: an anti-Vietnam protest, with Jesuits involved. |
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