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| red | St Cecilia, virgin and martyr | Memorial |
| Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | |
| Cycle I | [503] Dan 1:1-6, 8-20; Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; Luke 21:1-4. |
| Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Virgins
Readings from the Common of Saints: [681] Hos 2:16bc, 17cd, 21-22 (#731.2); Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17 (#733.1); Matt 25:1-13 (#736.2). | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Philemon and Apphia, collaborators of Paul (cf. Phlm. 1-3Phlm. 1-3) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 167th anniversary of the death of P. Albert Moulinard (43) d. 1882 at Tete, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 119th anniversary of the death of P. William Arkwright (68) d. 1930 at Belgaum, India. |
| Anniversary: | 80th anniversary of the death of P. John Weisbrich (41) d. 1969 at Sinoia, S Rhodesia. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1633 | Frs. Andrew White and Altham leave England to found the mission of Maryland. |
| 1729 | Aloysius Gonzaga is declared patron of all students throughout the Catholic world. |
| 1791 | Georgetown Academy opened with one student, aged 12, who was the first student taught by the Jesuits in the United States. |
| 1791 | Georgetown Academy opens. Its first student, aged 12, is the first student taught by Jesuits in the USA. |
| 1922 | Fire destroys the Jesuit College of St. Boniface, in Manitoba. Nine students and one Jesuit brother die. |
| 1943 | Pietro Alessandro Yon dies. Organist, composer (Jesu Bambino) served at Xavier Jesuit parish, NYC, and St. Patrick's and other churches. |
| 1987 | Roger Filcock and Robert Middleton are among the 85 martyrs declared blessed by Pope John Paul II. Both were hung, drawn, and quartered in England in 1601. |
| 1996 | Robert Harvanek, S.J. dies age 79, ex-Provincial of Chicago, philosopher. |
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