Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For true human fraternity (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "We pray for all those suffering from religious discrimination and persecution; may their own rights and dignity be recognized, which originate from being brothers and sisters in the human family."
20 Thursday
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Thursday of the second week in Ordinary Time.
Mass ad lib.
Cycle II
[314] 1 Sam 18:6-9; 19:1-7;Ps 56:2-3, 9-10a, 10b-11, 12-13; Mark 3:7-12.
Hours of the day.
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St Fabian, pope and martyr Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope (Readings from the Common of Saints: [514] 1 Peter 5:1-4 (#722.13); Ps 40:2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 (#721.3); John 21:15-17 (#724.12).
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St Sebastian, martyr Common of Martyrs (Readings from the Common of Saints: [515] 1 Peter 3:14-17 (#716.8); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 10:28-33 (#718.2).
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Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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Bl Cyprian Michael Tansi, Priest
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Common of Pastors
Anniversary:
73rd anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Moreau (85) d. 1949 at Chikuni, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
73rd anniversary of the death of P. Philip Beisly (53) d. 1949 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1537
The nine first companions of Ignatius arrive in Venice and meet him there. "With great delight of soul, they found Ignatius awaiting them", according to S. Rodrigues.
1606
The death of Alexander Valignani at Macao. For 33 years he held the offices of Provincial and Visitor of the Indies. He devised the far-seeing missionary policies to be followed there by Ricci and subsequent Jesuits.
1775
Andre-Marie Ampere was born. A physicist, he founded the science of electrodynamics to measure electricity, later known as a galvanometer. He was an alumnus of a Jesuit School during the time of the Suppression.
1932
The first number of the Archivum Historicum Societatis Jesu appears.
1945
Carl Hausmann,S.J. dies of starvation and exposure on a Japanese prison ship. He was a missionary to the Philippines and a chaplain in the US Army.
1994
The death of Philip Land, S.J., from Oregon, a strong advocate of social justice.
2000
Robert Henle, S.J. dies Famed for Latin high school textbook series, and had been President of Georgetown University.
