Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
Yr A
[64] Isa 49: 3, 5-6; Ps 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10; 1 Cor 1:1-3; John 1:29-34.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
92nd anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Moreau (85) d. 1949 at Chikuni, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
92nd 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.
