[342] Sir 2:1-11;Ps 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40; Mark 9:30-37.
Hours of the day.
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St Bernardine of Siena, priest Common of Pastors: For Missionaries Readings from the Common of Saints: [566] Acts 4:8-12; Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10, 11 (#721.3); Luke 9:57-62 (#742.19).
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Anniversary:
106th anniversary of the death of P. Emil Schmitz (82) d. 1953 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
91st anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Tasman (78) d. 1968 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Jubilee:
Ruby Jubilee of S. Anold Tarisai ZINDONDA who celebrates 40 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Ruby Jubilee of S. Masuzyo Mwango JUMBE who celebrates 40 years in the Society today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1521
Ignatius was seriously wounded at Pamplona, Spain, while defending its fortress against the French.
1521
St. Ignatius was seriously wounded while defending the Castle of Pamplona against the French.
1622
The death of Pedro Paez, S.J., a Spanish missionary to Ethiopia, the second apostle of Ethiopia. He reached Ethiopia in 1603 after 15 years of journey because en route he was enslaved by Turkish pirates for 7 years. He was the first European to see the source of the blue Nile, he wrote a history of Ethiopia and learned several languages.
1823
Saint Louis University (St. Louis College) is founded.
1961
In a letter dated 20 May, Fr. Swain, Vicar-General formally approved the Institute of Jesuit Sources. The plan was launched unofficially the previous year when Fr. Janssens gave Fr. Ganss permission to start work on an English version of the Constitutions.
1968
J. Franklin (Buck) Ewing, S.J. dies anthropologist, missiologist.
1973
The Society of Jesus allowed in Switzerland after a Referendum.
1974
Jean Cardinal Danielou, SJ, dies in Paris, engaged in ministry.
