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| white | The Presentation of the Bl Virgin Mary | Memorial |
| Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | |
| Cycle II | [499] Rev 4:1-11; Ps 150:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6; Luke 19:11-28. |
| Hours of the Memorial.
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [680] Zech 2:14-17 (#707.11); Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55 (#709.5); Matt 12:46-50 (#712.3). | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Presentation of Mary in the Temple (cf. Apoc. James 5:2) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 138th anniversary of the death of P. John Loubiere (64) d. 1930 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1536 | The nine first companions leave Paris together to go to Venice to meet St. Ignatius there. A 50 day journey. |
| 1545 | At Rome the entrance into the Society of Father Jerome Nadal, whom St. Ignatius had known as a student at Paris. |
| 1552 | At Rome, the arrival of the first students at the German College, one of the foundations especially dear to St. Ignatius. |
| 1645 | General Congregation VIII elected Vincenzo Carafa as Superior General. This was the longest congregation in the history of the Society, the sessions continuing for 145 days. |
| 1694 | Voltaire is born. Paris. His family name was Francois Marie Arouet. He was educated by the Jesuits at the College of Louis-le-Grand, Paris. He wrote wit and satires, including Candide. |
| 1759 | At Livorno, the harbor officials refused to let the ship, S. Bonaventura with 120 exiled Portugese Jesuits on board, cast anchor. Carvalho sent orders to the Governor of Rio de Janeiro to make a diligent search for the supposed wealth of the Jesuits. |
| 1858 | The Collegio Pio Latino Americano opens in Rome. It has trained over 23 cardinals and 340 bishops. |
| 1921 | Francis Aloysius Barnum dies Alaskan missionary. He wrote a dictionary and grammar. He set up Georgetown University’s archaeological museum. |
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