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| white | The Most Holy Trinity
Texts found in Missal and Lit. of the Hours after propers for Ordinary Time. | Solemnity |
| Yr A | [164] Exod 34:4b-6, 8-9; Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56a; 2 Cor 13:11-13; John 3:16-18. |
| Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. At Evening Prayer II, double alleluia at dismissal | |
| Anniversary: | 70th anniversary of the death of P. Tilman Esser (88) d. 1968 at Makumbi, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 24th anniversary of the death of P. John Dove (91) d. 2014 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 68th birthday of P. Ugenio PHIRI (born this day in 1970). |
| Birthday: | 63rd birthday of P. Chrispen MATSILELE (born this day in 1975). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1591 | In the Roman College, St. Aloysius' holy death occurs at ll:l5 PM, a martyr of charity of the distemper caught in attending the sick. |
| 1608 | Cardinal Bellarmine preaches on the heroic life and virtue (especially humility) of St. Aloysius Gonzaga. He had been the spiritual director of Aloysius. |
| 1626 | At Nagasaki, the martyrdom of Francis Pacheco, John Baptist Zola, and seven others, by slow fire. |
| 1626 | The martyrdom at Nagasaki, Japan, of Blesseds Francis Pacheco, John Baptist Zola, Vincent Caun, Balthasar de Torres, Michael Tozo, Gaspar Sadamatzu, John Kinsaco, Paul Xinsuki, and Peter Rinscei. |
| 1679 | The martyrdom in London of Blesseds William Harcourt, John Gavan and Anthony Turner. |
| 1966 | George Lemaitre dies. A priest (non-Jesuit), scientist, his theory of the expanding universe was praised by Einstein. Jesuit alumnus. |
| 1983 | John Paul II beatifies Mother Ursula Ledochowski, the sister of Vlodimir, foundress of the Ursulines of the Sacred Heart. Another sister was already beatified by Paul VI, the foundress of the Claverian Sisters, and "Mother of the Black Poor." |
| 2001 | Martin Ryackers, S.J. is murdered in Jamaica, at the church door. He worked with the poor for justice. |
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