Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the pastoral care of the sick (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick grant the Lord’s strength to those who receive it and to their loved ones, and that it may become for everyone an ever more visible sign of compassion and hope."
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Thursday of the fifteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II
[392] Isa 26:7-9, 12, 16-19;Ps 102:13-14ab+15, 16-18, 19-21; Matt 11:28-30.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
56th anniversary of the death of P. Ladislaus Zabdyr (78) d. 1968 at Kasisi, Zambia.
Jubilee:
Diamond Jubilee of P. Horst ULBRICH who celebrates 60 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Crystal Jubilee of P. Hector MUKWATO who celebrates 15 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Crystal Jubilee of P. Nicholas PENGE who celebrates 15 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Crystal Jubilee of P. Felix Kabuswe MWEWA who celebrates 15 years of Priesthood today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1613
Brother Gilbert Du Thet, S.J. dies. He is the first (non-canonized) Jesuit martyr of French Canada, killed by English privateers off the Atlantic Coast.
1650
Cristobal Schemer, S.J. dies founder of new solar physics, and a correspondent with Kepler and Galileo.
1650
The death of Cristopher Scheiner, a physicist, astronomer and geometer who discovered sun spots independently of Galileo and created one of the first terrestrial telescopes.
1693
At Resel, in Russia died Fr. Adelbert Grabes, a great spiritual director of youth. He sent 53 to the Cistercians, 30 to the Franciscans, 12 to the Dominicans, 5 to the Basilians, 28 to the Reformed Carmelites, 12 to the Brigittines, and 117 to the Society, almost all of whom persevered.
1973
Fr. Eugene Murphy died. Under his direction the Sacred Heart Hour, which Saint Louis University introduced in 1939 on its radio station WEW, became a nationwide favorite.
1985
Jose Maria Velaz, S.J. dies Venezuela. Founder and promoter of Fe y Alegria, Integrated Popular Education Movement in 1955. In 1985 there were 435 centers with 270,000 students enrolled.
