[133] Isa 55:6-9; Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18; Phil 1:20c-24, 27a; Matt 20:1-16a.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
117th anniversary of the death of P. Norman Dennis (54) d. 1966 at Chishawasha, Rhodesia.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1715
At Quebec died Fr. Louis Andre, who for 45 years laboured in the missions of Canada amid incredible hardships, often living on acorns, a kind of moss, and the rind of fruits.
1773
In Poland Bishop Massalski forbade Ours in the diocese of Vilna to resign the college or interrupt their ministry, till he thought fit to publish the Brief of Suppression.
1819
Jesuit work in Ireland is restored by Fr. Peter Kenny.
1972
The Swiss Parliament repeals the law prohibiting the existence of the Society in Switzerland.
