| 18 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: | 101st anniversary of the death of P. Eugénio Witz (79) d. 1953 at Soutelo, Braga, Portugal.  |
| Anniversary: | 40th anniversary of the death of F. Alphonse McAndrew (CDA) (82) d. 2014 at Pickering, ON, Canada. |
| Birthday: | 63rd birthday of NS. Dennis Simbarashe ALUBEMBE (born this day in 1991). |
| Birthday: | 72nd birthday of P. Nelson NYAMAYARO (born this day in 1982). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1534 | Peter Faber is ordained a priest, the first of the companions to become a priest. He says his first Mass on July 22. |
| 1675 | Pere Jacques Marquette dies, age 37, at Ludington, Michigan. Explorer of the Mississippi. |
| 1675 | The death in Canada, at age 37, of James Marquette, Jesuit missionary who gained lasting reknown for exploring the Mississippi River. |
| 1711 | Ruggero Giuiseppi Boscovich, S.J. is born. Astronomer and Mathematician. |
| 1975 | Mass for the closing of Woodstock College, New York City. |
| 1985 | Thomas Moore, S.J. dies. He was Editor of the Sacred Heart Messenger and director of the Apostleship of Prayer. |
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