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| white | Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest | Feast |
| Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church | |
| Yr B | Jer 31:31-34 or Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110 (109):1b-e, 2, 3 (℟. 4b); Mark 14:22-25.
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| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
| Anniversary: | 141st anniversary of the death of F. Alphonse Kury (35) d. 1898 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 42nd anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Nixon (78) d. 1997 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 59th birthday of P. Grant TUNGAY (born this day in 1980). |
| Birthday: | 101st birthday of E. Dieter SCHOLZ (born this day in 1938). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| St. Mary Anne de Parades (1618-45) the lily of Quito, Ecuador. Her feast is in the Jesuit martyrology. She was directed by Jesuits. |
| 1810 | At Rome, Fr. Joseph Pignatelli, fearing the suppression of his community at S. Pantaleo, bade them no longer address each other as Father, Brother, or use the words provincial, Rector, and told the brothers to wear secular dress. |
| 1930 | 45 novices move from St. Andrew on Hudson, NY to Wernersville. |
| 1987 | Anthony De Mello, S.J. dies in New York City. He was a spiritual writer and noted lecturer, on prayer, with insights from the spirituality of the East. In 1998, the Vatican issued a warning about some of his writings. He founded the Sadhana Institute in India. |
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