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| white | St Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor of the Church [SJ]
Outside SJ churches opt. mem. or St Hildegard of Bingen, opt. mem.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle II | [445] 1 Cor 12:31-13:13; Ps 33:2-3, 4-5, 12+22; Luke 7:31-35. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [641] Wis 7:7-10, 15-16 (#725.2); Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (#727.1); John 6:63c, 68c (#729.3); Matt 7:21-29 (#730.2) | |
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| Anniversary: | 184th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Terörde (GER) (36) d. 1880 at Gwembe Valley, Zambia.  |
| Anniversary: | 86th anniversary of the death of P. Felix Jackson (70) d. 1978 at Florida, Transvaal, RSA. |
| Anniversary: | 43rd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Wafer (SAP) (87) d. 2021 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Birthday: | 65th birthday of NS. Arthur MCDONALD (born this day in 1999). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| | Saint Robert Bellarmine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial)
Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) in Montepulciano, Italy, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1560. After he was ordained a priest in 1570, he was appointed as the first Jesuit professor of theology at the newly-opened college at Louvain. He soon obtained a reputation as a professor a preacher. In 1576 he was entrusted with the Chair of Controversies recently founded at the Roman College, where he taught theology. His lectures were published in three volumes bearing the title De Controversiis. His teaching was aimed at responding to the objections against the Catholic Church by the Reformers – Luther and Calvin. He is considered as an outstanding theologian of his age.
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| 1544 | At Rome, St. Ignatius and his companions took possession of the house of St. Maria della Strada, the first professed house of the Society. |
| 1544 | St. Ignatius and his companions take possession of the house of S. Maria della Strada, the first professed house of the Society. |
| 1593 | Francis de Toledo, S.J. professor, writer, is the first Jesuit to be elevated to cardinal by Clement VIII. He later conspired with a number of rebellious Spanish Jesuits to alienate Pope Clement VIII from Fr. Aquaviva and the Institute. |
| 1621 | Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor. Memorial. He died on this day in 1621, age 79. |
| 1747 | The death of Juan Prímoli, a Jesuit brother who had exceptional talents as an architect and built the cathedral of Córdoba and various churches in Buenos Aires. |
| 1917 | Cardinal Billot, S.J. resigns from college of cardinals. |
| 1917 | Letter from the US government exempts religious from the physical examination for World War I. |
| 1931 | St. Robert Bellarmine is declared a Doctor of the Church by Pius XI. |
| 1986 | Thurston Davis, S.J. dies. He was the 13th editor of America. |
| 1987 | Puerto Rico is established as an Independent Region of the Society of Jesus. At that time it had 29 Jesuits, including 16 Puerto Ricans. |
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