[195] Judg 13:2-7, 24-25a;Ps 71:3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17; Luke 1:5-25.
Hours of 19 December
Diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
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Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Corpus Christi (1965)
Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II. Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
Anniversary:
169th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Garnier (18) d. 1896 at Port Elizabeth, RSA.
Anniversary:
84th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Logan (73) d. 1981 at Seattle, USA.
Anniversary:
74th anniversary of the death of F. Manuel Alves Lopes (89) d. 1991 at Covilhã, Portugal.
Anniversary:
49th anniversary of the death of P. Frank Woda (90) d. 2016 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Birthday:
66th birthday of S. Emmanuel SHIKABENGA (born this day in 1999).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1593
At Rome Father Robert Bellarmine, the future Cardinal, was appointed Rector of the Roman College.
1734
In Quebec, died Francis Guesner, called another John Francis Regis. He did more in 20 months in New France than most could do in 20 years.
1761
More than 100 Jesuits, under pressure from the French crown and French bishops, signed a declaration that they would teach the four Gallican Articles, directed against the authority of the Holy See.
1935
Pietro Boetto, an Italian Jesuit, is created a Cardinal by Pope Pius XI.
1942
The execution of Fr. Adam Sztark, Rector and chaplain in Bielorussia. He risked his life giving refuge to Jewish children and adults. He is formally recognized as "Righteous among Gentiles," by Holocaust martyrs in Jerusalem.
