[145] Isa 45:1, 4-6; Ps 96:1+3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10; 1 Thess 1:1-5b; Matt 22:15-21.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 1 of the Psalter.
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Joel, prophet (cf. Jl. 2:13) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
109th anniversary of the death of P. James Crook (79) d. 1950 at St Beuno's, Tremeirchion, N Wales.
Anniversary:
50th anniversary of the death of P. John Grummit (79) d. 2009 at Boscombe, England.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests and martyrs, and companions, martyrs, Memorial.
1536
In Paris St. Ignatius received his diploma, at age 44, as Master of Arts and Sacred Theology.
1604
Aloysius Gonzaga is beatified, while his mother was still alive. 1646. Jean de la Lande, S.J. dies.Jesuit Brother, donne, companion of Isaac Joques.
1697
The Milanese missionary Juan MarÃa Salvatierra arrived in California, carrying an image of the Virgin of Loreto.
1930
Leopold Fonck, S.J. dies Austria. He wrote on Scripture and the life of Christ, and was the first director of the Biblical Institute in Rome.
1934
Response of Fr. General Ledochowski against the abuse of taking off the cassock on mountain trips.
1936
Eugenio Pacelli, Secretary of State and future Pope, visits Wernersville Novitiate with Mrs. Brady.
1952
Joseph Husslein dies St. Louis. Sociologist, and expert on the social encyclicals. He founded the School of Social Service at St. Louis University and served as its Dean from 1930-37.
1975
Maria Theresa Ledochowska is beatified by Pope Paul VI. She was the brother of Fr. General Vlodimir, and is called the Mother of Africa because of her missionary concern.
