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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: | 120th anniversary of the death of P. Eugénio Witz (79) d. 1953 at Soutelo, Braga, Portugal.  |
| Anniversary: | 59th anniversary of the death of F. Alphonse McAndrew (CDA) (82) d. 2014 at Pickering, ON, Canada. |
| Birthday: | 82nd birthday of NS. Dennis Simbarashe ALUBEMBE (born this day in 1991). |
| Birthday: | 91st 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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