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20 Thursday
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Thursday of the twenty-ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II
[476] Eph 3:14-21;Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19; Luke 12:49-53.
Hours of the day.
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St Paul of the Cross (Transferred from 19 October in the Society of Jesus) Readings from the Common of Saints:
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Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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Blessed Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa, Martyrs
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Common of Martyrs
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Cornelius, centurion (cf. Acts 10:30-32) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
77th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Daly (69) d. 1945 at Spinkhill, Sheffield, England.
Anniversary:
57th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Clarke (74) d. 1965 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
44th anniversary of the death of P. Eric Kotzki (74) d. 1978 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
33rd anniversary of the death of P. Oswald Fishwick (79) d. 1989 at N. Cheam, Surrey, England.
Birthday:
45th birthday of P. Ignatious MUNYORO (born this day in 1977).
Birthday:
39th birthday of P. Godfrey DLAMINI (born this day in 1983).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1618
John Berchmans, on his way to Rome after first vows, learns that his father, recently ordained a priest, had died. He wrote to his family that it "surprised and pained me very much that you did not take the trouble to inform me of his passing."
1763
French King dissolves SJ in all his dominions. In a pastoral letter read in all the churches, the Archbishop of Paris expressed his bitter regret at the suppression of the society in France. He describeditas a veritable calamity for his country.
1873
At Rome, all the Society's houses were by royal decree appropriated by the government. Father General, P. Beckx, left the house at an early hour to be spared the trial of appearing before the Giunta Liquidatrice (Commission of Suppression).
1934
Alma College, California, is blessed and dedicated.
1945
Jacques Van Ginneken, S.J. dies founder of the Grail Movement which he founded in 1921.
1997
The opening of Alberto Hurtado University in Chile.
