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| white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity |
| 61st World Day for the Sanctification of Priests (est. 2002) |
| Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, creed; Preface of Sacred Heart | |
| Yr A | (Sunday Lect.) [170] Deut 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8+10; 1 John 4:7-16; Matt 11:25-30. |
| Anniversary: | 164th anniversary of the death of F. Alphonse Kury (35) d. 1898 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 65th anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Nixon (78) d. 1997 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 124th birthday of E. Dieter SCHOLZ (born this day in 1938). |
| Birthday: | 82nd 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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