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| white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity |
| 37th 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: | 149th anniversary of the death of P. Amold Widdershoven (52) d. 1889 at Oudenbosch, N. Brabant, Netherlands.  |
| Anniversary: | 82nd anniversary of the death of P. Bryan Gavan Duffy (70) d. 1956 at Estcourt, Natal, RSA. |
| Anniversary: | 58th anniversary of the death of P. W. Francis Rea (72) d. 1980 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 43rd anniversary of the death of P. António Garcia (82) d. 1995 at Braga, Portugal. |
| Jubilee: | Diamond Jubilee of P. Joseph HAMPSON who celebrates 60 years of Priesthood today. |
| Jubilee: | Sapphire Jubilee of P. Leonard Peter CHITI who celebrates 45 years in the Society today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| St. Bernadine Realino; St. Francis Regis; St. Francis Jerome; Bl. Julian Maunoir; Bl. Anthony Baldinucci, priests, mem. |
| | Saints Bernardine Realino, John Francis Régis and Francis Jerome; Blessed Julian Maunoir and Anthony Baldinucci, Priests (Home Missionaries to people in various European regions) (Optional Memorial)
The saints commemorated today had made their homeland their mission fields. Bernardine Realino (1530-1616), did extensive priestly ministries in Lecce, Italy, for forty-two years. John Francis Régis (1597-1640), one of the great figures of the Catholic Reformation, devoted himself to helping the poor materially and spiritually in France, Francis Jerome (1642-1716) was an outstanding preacher in Italy. Julian Maunoir (1606-1683) spent forty-three years in Brittany, France, preaching about 400 missions. Anthony Baldinucci (1665-1717) gave missions based on the Spiritual Exercises in Italy.
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| 1558 | Election of James Laynez as 2nd General in the First General Congregation. He is elected on the first ballot, with 23 of 31 votes. He had been vicar-general since the death of Ignatius in 1556. |
| 1558 | The election of Diego Laynez as superior general in the First General Congregation. He had been vicar general since the death of Ignatius in 1556. |
| 1565 | Election of Francis Borgia, 3rd General, on first ballot. 1616. St. Bernadine Realino dies. |
| 1611 | Death of St. Bernardino Realino, parish priest in Italy for many years. |
| 1688 | The Society of Jesus is given the commission to promote devotion to the Sacred Heart, in accord with the revelation to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. |
| 1741 | At Peking died Father d'Entrecolles, who studied the manufacture of porcelain in China and introduced it into France: he also wrote observations on the Chinese practice of inoculation as a remedy against small-pox. |
| 1853 | Fr. Peter Beckx becomes General. During his tenure, the Society is expelled from Spain, Naples, Sicily, the greater part of Central Italy, Venice, Germany, and Rome. |
| 1928 | Missouri is divided into the Missouri and Chicago Provinces. |
| 1937 | Letter of Fr. General Ledochowski to provincials on vacation of Ours. Avoid beaches, balneares stationes. |
| 1943 | New York and Maryland Provinces are separated. |
| 1951 | New York Province purchases Bellarmine College, Plattsburg, New York; it serves as a philosophate and then novitiate. |
| 1951 | Teilhard de Chardin appoints Jeanne Mortier as literary executor. She arranges the publication of his works after his death. Earlier she mimeoed and distributed his texts. |
| 1959 | A decree of Fr. General transfers Puerto Rico to the territory of the New York Province. |
| 1985 | Fr. De la Vega of Spain celebrates his 83rd year as a Jesuit - one of the longest ever. |
| 1987 | Decree of Father General Kolvenbach that officially designates it as "The Nigerian Ghanaian Mission." |
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