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| white | ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Patron Saint of the Society of Jesus
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here) | Solemnity |
| | (Special Solemn Blessing SJ) | |
| Mass of the solemnity; Gloria, Creed; preface of the solemnity. |
| [543] 2 Sam 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27+29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Matt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Luke 2:41-51a. |
| Other masses are prohibited, but the funeral mass is allowed.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Joseph, spouse of Mary, the Mother of Jesus (cf. Mt. 1:20-21) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 52nd anniversary of the death of F. Peter Osterkiewicz (92) d. 1984 at Lusaka, Zambia.  |
| Anniversary: | 41st anniversary of the death of F. Stanislaus Zak (92) d. 1995 at Stara Wies, Poland. |
| Birthday: | 49th birthday of P. Mayamiko A. KACHIPAPA (born this day in 1987). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| | SAINT JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Patron Saint of the Society of Jesus) (Solemnity)
The feast-day of Saint Joseph, 19 March, was established by Pope Sixtus IV in 1481. The Society of Jesus has had a marked devotion to Saint Joseph since its earliest years. In 1955, when Pope Pius XII established the feast of “Saint Joseph the Worker”, the Church and the Society of Jesus omitted the feast of the patronage from their liturgical calendars. In 2012, the Society of Jesus reinstituted the feast of the patronage of Saint Joseph.
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| 1523 | At Barcelona, St. Ignatius embarks for Jerusalem. |
| 1535 | At Paris Ignatius received the Master of Arts degree with the right to be called "Master Ignatius". |
| 1544 | The Bull, "Injunctum Nobis" confirms the Society of Jesus, and allows more than 60 to be professed fathers. |
| 1616 | Peter Claver is ordained priest in the Cathedral of Cartagena. 1634. Antonio de Andrade dies in Goa. He had been the first European to enter Tibet. |
| 1715 | Pope Clement XI condemned the "Chinese Rites"; this action proved disastrous to the Chinese mission. |
| 1971 | The African Assistancy of the Society of Jesus is created. There were 1600 Jesuits in Africa. |
| 1991 | Joseph Gallen, S.J. dies age 88. canon lawyer, Professor at Woodstock College from 1940-66, writer for Review for Religious. |
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