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| white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity |
| 98th World Day for the Sanctification of Priests (est. 2002) |
| Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, creed; Preface of Sacred Heart | |
| Yr B | (Sunday Lect.) [171] Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9; Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Eph 3:8-12, 14-19; John 19:31-37. |
| Birthday: | 105th birthday of S. Pedro Marcos BENATE (born this day in 1994). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1527 | Ignatius was thrown into prison after having been accused of having advised two noblewomen to undertake a pilgrimage, on foot, to Compostela. |
| 1558 | The opening of the First General Congregation nearly two years after St. Ignatius' death. 19 are in attendance including five of the ten companions, Bobadilla, Broet, Lainez, Rodriguez, and Sameron. |
| 1558 | The opening of the First General Congregation, nearly two years after the death of Ignatius. It was summoned by Father Laynez, the vicar general. |
| 1596 | At Malacca Father John de Caunas, a model religious departed this life. After his death his Particular Examen books were found carefully noted during thirty years. |
| 1625 | The first five Jesuits arrive in Quebec, including Jean de Brebeuf. |
| 1778 | Decree of the Emperor allows the Bollandists to continue their work in spite of the suppression. But 10 years later they are stopped. |
| 1873 | In Rome, Victor Emmanuel and his Parliament purposely exclude the General of the Society of Jesus from any pension, such as was allowed to previous generals. |
| 1900 | St. Modesto Andlauer, S.J. is martyred in China. |
| 1951 | 16 German scholastics are killed as their truck is hit by a train near Pullach, West Germany. |
| 1958 | Paul de Jaegher dies Spiritual writer and missionary to India. |
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