2 Sunday
greenTwenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass of the Sunday; gloria , creed. Yr A [139] Isa 5:1-7; Ps 80:9+12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20; Phil 4:6-9; Matt 21:33-43.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 3 of the Psalter. [Season of Creation (1 Sep-4 Oct): Use optional Mass for the Care of Creation .]
[RM] Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture our Guardian angels (cf. Mt. 18:10) [from the Roman Martyrology]. Anniversary: 132nd anniversary of the death of P. Alfred Mayer (49) d. 1918 at Petworth, W. Sussex, England. Anniversary: 52nd anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Lewis (94) d. 1998 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Birthday: 59th birthday of *F. Michael Ganaafa MUSIIME (AOR) (born this day in 1991). Birthday: 78th birthday of P. Felix Kabuswe MWEWA (born this day in 1972).
Jubilee: Ruby Jubilee of P. Sebastian M. MALAMBO who celebrates 40 years since professing Final Vows today. On this day in our Jesuit history...1636 St. Isaac Jogues first set foot on the shores of the New World after two stormy months on the ocean. 1648 In the Church of the Gesu, the Bona Mors Confraternity is founded by the 7th Fr. General, Vincent Caraffa. 1836 Gregory XVI gives the direction and government of the Pontificial Urban College of the Propagation of the Faith to the Society of Jesus. 1892 Father Louis Martin is elected General at Loyola, Spain. 1912 Blessed John Beyzym, S.J. missionary from the Ukraine to work with the lepers in Madagascar, died on this day. 1954 The Cornerstone is laid for Loyola Seminary, Shrub Oak, NY. 1960 Edward Garesche, S.J. dies. He founded the "Queen's Work" and Catholic Medical Mission Board, which he directed from 1929 to 1960. 1964 Fr. General Janssens suffers a stroke, and dies three days later. 1996 Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, Nigeria opens. Premier College.