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| white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity |
| 89th World Day for the Sanctification of Priests (est. 2002) |
| Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, creed; Preface of Sacred Heart | |
| Yr B | (Sunday Lect.) [171] Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9; Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Eph 3:8-12, 14-19; John 19:31-37. |
| Anniversary: | 145th anniversary of the death of F. Manuel Lourenço FernaÌNdez (71) d. 1945 at Fortaleza, CearaÌ, Brazil.  |
| Anniversary: | 110th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard D'Adhémar (75) d. 1980 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 96th anniversary of the death of P. Leonard Kennedy (84) d. 1994 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1546 | At Rome the papal postmaster, enraged by the admission of his mistress into the Casa Santa Maria, a refuge founded by St. Ignatius, raised a great storm against the Society. |
| 1608 | The martyrdom in London, England, of Thomas Garnet. |
| 1623 | In Paraguay died Father John Vasee, a Fleming. Being a skilled violinist, and having taught the Indian children to sing, he drew crowds of savages to him by the double charm of his music and virtues. |
| 1704 | Decree dated this day, of Tournon, the Papal Legate, opposes the Chinese Rites, and sets back inculturation. The Jesuits were informed of it on July 8th and were dismayed. |
| 1773 | At Bologna Cardinal Malvezzi, anticipating the Suppression, tried to force the scholastics to take off the religious habit. |
| 1932 | The Society of Jesus is banished and property seized in Spain. |
| 1967 | Saint Louis Universityâs Board of Trustees gather for the first meeting of the expanded Board. SLU was the first Catholic University to establish a Board of Trustees with a majority of lay members. |
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