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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 A | Gen 22:9-18 or Heb 10:4-10; Ps 40 (39):7-8a, 10-11ab, 17 (â„Ÿ. 8a, 9a); Matt 26:36-42.
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| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
| Anniversary: | 152nd anniversary of the death of F. Alphonse Kury (35) d. 1898 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 53rd anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Nixon (78) d. 1997 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 112th birthday of E. Dieter SCHOLZ (born this day in 1938). |
| Birthday: | 70th birthday of P. Grant TUNGAY (born this day in 1980). |
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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