Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For ecclesial movements and groups (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that ecclesial movements and groups may daily rediscover their evangelizing mission, and that they place their own charisms at the service of the world’s needs."
2 Tuesday
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St Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the Church
Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint.
Cycle I
[280] Acts 11:19-26;Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7; John 10:22-30.
Hours of the memorial
Anniversary:
55th anniversary of the death of P. John Waligora (78) d. 1968 at Katondwe, Zambia.
Anniversary:
48th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Walsh (64) d. 1975 at Pretoria, RSA.
Anniversary:
41st anniversary of the death of P. Richard Copeland (69) d. 1982 at Melbourne, Australia.
Anniversary:
36th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Warner (73) d. 1987 at Wimbledon, London, England.
Anniversary:
17th anniversary of the death of P. James Carroll (72) d. 2006 at Dublin, Ireland.
Birthday:
49th birthday of P. Elias Bboloka Bubala NCHIMUNYA (born this day in 1974).
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of F. Felix MAJICHI who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1564
Pope Pius the V yielded to Fr. General Lainez' request and approved that the Society should have no Cardinal Protector, but be under the Pope's immediate protection.
1564
Pope Pius V yield to Father General Laynez' request and approved that the Society should have no Cardinal Protector, but be under the pope's immediate protection.
1602
Cardinal Bellarmine's first entrance into Capua. He entered on foot, reciting prayers, and carrying the arm of St. Stephen, Protomartyr.
1602
The birth of Athanasius Kircher, S.J., scientist and polymath.
1706
G. J. Kamel, S.J. Jesuit brother dies. The camellia flower is named after him.
1729
Catherine the Great, is born. Empress for 34 years, she saved the Society of Jesus.
1929
St. Jose Maria Rubio, S.J. dies, Madrid. Apostle of Madrid.
2014
Paolo Molinari, SJ dies. Postulator General of the Society from 1957 to 2008. Worked on the canonization of 39 Saints and Blesseds, age 90.
