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| white | The Holy Guardian Angels | Memorial |
| Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | |
| Cycle II | [650] Exod 23:20-23; Ps 91:1-2, 3-4ab, 4c-6, 10-11; Matt 18:1-5, 10 (Gospel proper). |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture our Guardian angels (cf. Mt. 18:10) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 168th anniversary of the death of P. Alfred Mayer (49) d. 1918 at Petworth, W. Sussex, England.  |
| Anniversary: | 88th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Lewis (94) d. 1998 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 114th birthday of P. Felix Kabuswe MWEWA (born this day in 1972). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 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. |
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