| 22 Monday | |
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| white | The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church | Memorial |
| Mass of the Memorial (Votive Mass
#10B) | |
| These readings are proper to the
memorial.
cf. [572A] Gen 3: 9-15, 20 or Acts 1: 12-14; Ps 86:
1-2, 3 & 5, 5-7; Jn 19: 25-34 | |
| Hours of the memorial (From Votive Masses: 10. Blessed Virgin Mary, B. Our Lady, Mother of the Church.) |
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| | Seasonal weekday readings: |
| | [341] Jas 3:13-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15; Mark 9:14-29. |
| Anniversary: | 93rd anniversary of the death of F. Henry Mercer (76) d. 1963 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 54th anniversary of the death of P. Cedric Myerscough (76) d. 2002 at Cape Town, RSA. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of P. Paul MAYERESA who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Coral Jubilee of S. Laison MUCHINI who celebrates 35 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Coral Jubilee of S. Gibson PHIRI who celebrates 35 years in the Society today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1569 | At Rome the Society was installed by Pope St. Pius V in the College of Penitentiaries, fathers of different nationalities there resident being Required to act as confessors in St. Peter’s. At the Suppression, Clement XIV replaced the Jesuits by Conventuals. |
| 1611 | Pierre Biard and Ennemond Masse are the first Jesuits to set foot in New France, Arcadia. |
| 1617 | At Nagasaki the glorious martyrdom of Blessed John Baptist Machado, beheaded for the faith. On hearing his death sentence, he sang the Te Deum. |
| 1965 | Pedro Arrupe was elected the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus in GC31 |
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