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| white | St Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church |
| Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | |
| Cycle II | [421] Ezek 34:1-11; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Matt 20:1-16. |
| Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Doctors of the Church, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [625] Sir 15:1-6 (#725.3); Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (#727.3); John 17:20-26 (#742.26). | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Zacchaeus (cf. Lk. 19:1-10) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Samuel, prophet (cf. 1 Sa. 1:20) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 149th anniversary of the death of P. Bernardino da Costa AraúJo (73) d. 1949 at Recife, Brazil.  |
| Anniversary: | 109th anniversary of the death of P. John Jarski (65) d. 1989 at Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
| Birthday: | 105th birthday of S. Sean Nicholas VAN STADEN (born this day in 1993). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1639 | Fr. Jacob Bidermann dies. As a scholastic he wrote Cenodoxus: the Doctor of Paris. He was called the Shakespeare of the German Baroque period. |
| 1820 | Restoration of the Society in Austria. |
| 1823 | At Rome the death of Pope Pius VII, the restorer of the Society in 1814 and its second Father. His name will remain with us in benediction for ever. |
| 1891 | At Santiago in Chile, the Government of Balmaceda ordered the Jesuit College to be closed. |
| 1893 | Excitement in Rome because seven Italians were killed in a riot in Frances. Angry shouts were raised by the mob, "Down with the Pope! Death to the Jesuits!" and the windows of the German College were broken. |
| 1972 | The death of Pío Buck, a Swiss Jesuit known as the apostle of prisoners in Brasil; he was also famous as an entomologist. |
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