150th anniversary of the death of F. Walter Ellis (47) d. 1926 at Hackney, London, England.
Anniversary:
64th anniversary of the death of P. Christian Weichsel (80) d. 2012 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
58th anniversary of the death of P. John Moore (ZAM) (91) d. 2018 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Birthday:
130th birthday of -P. Eustace SEQUEIRA (born this day in 1946).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1560
At Rome, the entrance into the Society of Robert Bellarmine, the nephew of Pope Marcellus II.
1565
S. Andrea in Quirinale, Rome, is opened by St. Francis Borgia as the first separate novitiate, separate from Colleges and Professed Houses.
1565
Under the leadership of Father General Francis Borgia, Sant’Andrea in Quirinale in Rome opened as the first novitiate separate from a colleges or professed house.
1990
The First Congregation of Provincials meets at Loyola, Spain, 83 provincials, on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the approval of the Society, and 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Ignatius.
2005
John Long, S.J. dies, age 80. Ecumenist, expert on Eastern Orthodoxy, with the Vatican Secretariat of Unity, and Dialog.
