[197] Song 2:8-14 or Zeph 3:14-18a;Ps 33:2-3, 11-12, 20-21; Luke 1:39-45.
Hours of 21 December
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[(Outside SJ churches) St Peter Canisius, priest and doctor of the Church Celebrated on 27 April in the Society of Jesus.]
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Micha, prophet (cf. Mi. 1:1) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
144th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Meyer (41) d. 1899 at Fort Victoria, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
103rd anniversary of the death of F. Joseph De Oliveira (74) d. 1940 at Recife, Brazil.
Anniversary:
83rd anniversary of the death of P. Stanislaus Jones (78) d. 1960 at Roehampton, England.
Anniversary:
68th anniversary of the death of P. William Erdozain (77) d. 1975 at Chishawasha, Republic of Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
59th anniversary of the death of P. Jean Indekeu (79) d. 1984 at Dormaal, Belgium.
Anniversary:
25th anniversary of the death of F. Dominic Shoniwa (ZIM) (80) d. 2018 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
51st birthday of S. Laban BESA (born this day in 1992).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
According to the General Calendar of the Church, St. Peter Canisius is celebrated on this day. In the Society of Jesus however, the celebration occurs on April 27th. He died on this day, aged 73 in the year 1589 in the city of Freiburg.
1576
At Cordova the death of Father Francis Gomez, a man of wonderful innocence and simplicity, on whose head a white dove is said to have alighted during Mass one Whit Sunday.
1577
In Rome the death of Father Juan de Polanco, secretary to the Society in its first years, very dear to St. Ignatius. He was most influential in the drawing up of the Constitutions.
1965
The death of Jean Lafia, age 94, in Belgium. Called a modern St. Vincent de Paul, he lived and worked with the poor and with youth for 45 years.
1968
Hugo Rahner, S.J. dies. Patristic scholar, and expert in Ignatian spirituality.
1977
Robert McNally, S.J. dies Church Historian.
1993
John P. Leary died, aged 74. He had been President of Gonzaga University, and he founded "New College" in California and "Old College" in Nevada.
