| 23 Friday | |
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| white | Friday in the Second Week of Easter |
| Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time." |
| Cycle I | [271] Acts 5:34-42;
Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; John 6:1-15.
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| Hours of the day. |
| red | St Adalbert, bishop and martyr | Optional |
| | (Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [553A] 2 Cor 6:4-10; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6+8ab, 16bc+17; John 10:11-16.) |
| red | St George, martyr | Optional |
| | (Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [553] Rev 21:5-7 (#714.4); Ps 126:1bc-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Luke 9:23-26 (#718.4).) |
| Anniversary: | 139th anniversary of the death of P. Philip Stapleton (64) d. 1938 at Harrismith, RSA.  |
| Anniversary: | 92nd anniversary of the death of P. Franciszek Kovanda (65) d. 1985 at Montreal, Canada. |
| Birthday: | 86th birthday of S. Tsepo MOSITO (born this day in 1991). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1527 | Ignatius was imprisoned for the first time, in Alcala, Spain, where he was studying and conversing with people on spiritual topics. |
| 1541 | In St. Paul's Basilica, Rome, the solemn Profession of St. Ignatius and his first companions: Ignatius, Lainez, Salmeron, Codure, Broet, Jay. |
| 1548 | At Naples died William Elphinston, a scholastic novice and scion of the royal house of Scotland, his mother being a Stuart. |
| 1565 | In Peru Fr. Gaspar de Azevedos died while serving the poor. Reputedly he spent six hours every day in prayer, kneeling without support. |
| 1579 | At Rome, the appointment of Fr. Alphonsus Agazzari, the first Jesuit rector of the English College which had been founded by Pope Gregory XIII. |
| 1637 | Henry Morse pronounces his final vows in prison. Later he is freed, but then re-arrested, and martyred. |
| 1878 | The first phone line in the Philippines is established between the Ateneo and the Normal School in Manila. |
| 1888 | Daniel Lord, S.J. is born. |
| 1956 | Miguel Selga dies in Manila. He was a famed scientist and the first director of the Manila Observatory. |
| 1973 | Fr. Arrupe makes the cover of Time magazine., with a feature story on the Jesuits. |
| 1982 | Michael Walsh, S.J. dies New England Province, educator. He had been President of Boston College and of Fordham. |
| 2001 | The death of Paul Beauchamp, French biblical, Old Testament scholar. |
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