| 17 Monday | |
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| white | The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church | Memorial |
| Mass of the Memorial (Votive Mass
#10B) | |
| These readings are proper to the
memorial.
cf. [572A] Gen 3: 9-15, 20 or Acts 1: 12-14; Ps 86:
1-2, 3 & 5, 5-7; Jn 19: 25-34 | |
| Hours of the memorial (From Votive Masses: 10. Blessed Virgin Mary, B. Our Lady, Mother of the Church.) |
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| | Seasonal weekday readings: |
| | [341] Jas 3:13-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15; Mark 9:14-29. |
| Anniversary: | 161st anniversary of the death of P. Bertram Callan (60) d. 1939 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 155th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Pacek (77) d. 1945 at Chingombe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 119th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Conway (56) d. 1981 at Ennis, Ireland. |
| Birthday: | 126th 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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