Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
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[65] 1 Sam 3:3b-10, 19; Ps 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10; 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; John 1:35-42.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
164th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Booms (37) d. 1890 at Mafeking, RSA.
Anniversary:
160th anniversary of the death of P. Victor Courtois (47) d. 1894 at Inhambane, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
158th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Loeffler (37) d. 1896 at Chishawasha, BSA Co..
Anniversary:
61st anniversary of the death of P. John Davies (76) d. 1993 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
40th anniversary of the death of F. Kizito Makora (61) d. 2014 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
77th birthday of P. Gilbert Fungai BANDA (born this day in 1977).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1594
Close of the fifth General Congregation under Father Acquaviva, the first Congregation held in the General’s lifetime, summoned by Clement VIII.
1615
Jesuits begin a mission in Danang, Vietnam.
1892
Anthony Maria Anderledy, S.J. dies at Fiesole and is buried there at San Giralomo. From Switzerland, he was the 23rd General of the Society of Jesus. He had been ordained in St. Louis, and had been a pastor in Green Bay for two years.
1892
The death at Fiesole of Father General Anthony Anderledy, 23rd Superior General of the Society. The 24th General Congregation elected Luis Martin as new general.
1961
Doctor Tom Dooley dies, noted as a humanitarian in Indo-China. Jesuit alumnus.
1973
Edward Surtz, S.J. is killed in a bicycle accident. He was a renowned scholar on St. Thomas More.
