[108] Gen 18:1-10a; Ps 15:2-3a, 3b-4, 5; Col 1:24-28; Luke 10:38-42.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 4 of the Psalter.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Daniel, prophet (cf. Dn. 1:3-4a, 6) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
66th anniversary of the death of P. Luís Gonzaga Carneiro (90) d. 1992 at Guimarães, Portugal.
Anniversary:
50th anniversary of the death of P. Sean (Max) Murray (HIB) (86) d. 2008 at Dublin, Ireland.
Anniversary:
48th anniversary of the death of P. Reinhardt Zinkaan (82) d. 2010 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Jubilee:
Ruby Jubilee of P. Bendito Evressone NGOZO who celebrates 40 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Ruby Jubilee of P. Joaquim Lucas BIRIATE who celebrates 40 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Ruby Jubilee of P. Izequiel L. Estanislau da COSTA who celebrates 40 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Ruby Jubilee of P. Omar Boby FRANCISCO who celebrates 40 years of Priesthood today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1550
Julius Ill, by his Bull, Exposcit debitum, again confirms the Institute. 1773. The Brief for the Suppression of the Society (Dominus ac Redemptor) was signed by Clement XIV. After signing it, Cardinal Pacca says the pope threw the pen from him and fell senseless on the marble pavement. He was heard exclaiming: "Compulsus feci. Questa soppressione mi dara Ia morte." At that time there were 22,589 Jesuits, 49 Provinces, 669 Colleges and over 3000 missionaries.
1550
Through his Bull, "Exposcit debitum" Pope Julius III again confirmed the Institute of the Society.
1773
Pope Clement XIV issued "Dominus ac Redemptor", an Apostolic Brief, suppressing the Society of Jesus.
1868
Peter Verhaegen, S.J. dies President of St. Louis University, educator, and in charge of the missions.
1947
The death of Servant of God John Baptist Reus, a German who worked in Southern Brazil and is noted for his mystical prayer.
