[313] 1 Sam 17:32-33, 37, 40-51;Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Mark 3:1-6.
Hours of the day.
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St. Vincent, deacon and martyr Common of Martyrs (Readings from the Common of Saints: [517] 2 Cor 4:7-15 (#716.3); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 10:17-22 (#718.1).
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Enoch (cf. Gn. 5:18–24) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
143rd anniversary of the death of P. Herman Walmesley (76) d. 1927 at Rome, Italy.
Anniversary:
126th anniversary of the death of P. John Lyszczarz (37) d. 1944 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
64th anniversary of the death of P. Duarte Teixeira (78) d. 2006 at Paio Pires, Portugal.
Anniversary:
54th anniversary of the death of P. Abel Paulo Guerra (89) d. 2016 at Braga, Portugal.
127th birthday of P. Roy THADEN (born this day in 1943).
Birthday:
74th birthday of S. Gift CHIFAMBA (born this day in 1996).
Birthday:
95th birthday of P. Andrew SIMPASA (born this day in 1975).
Jubilee:
Blue Sapphire Jubilee of P. Antony X. SAHAYA who celebrates 65 years since professing Final Vows today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1561
Pius IV abrogates the decree of Paul II and keeps the life term of Father General.
1614
The death of Fr. Martin Costens, a Polish Jesuit, who had an iron crown weighing 16 pounds placed on his head and tightened with a pin until his head was crushed.
1769
On the part of his sovereign, Louis XV, the French Ambassador, Aubeterre, presented to Clement XIII a summary demand for the total suppression of the Society. He found the Pope unbending.
1901
Saint Alberto Hurtado, S.J. is born in Chile. He established Hogar de Cristo, and worked with youth, in Catholic Action. He dies 18 August 1952.
