[150] Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; Ps 34:2-3, 17-18, 19+23; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
87th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Aston Chichester (83) d. 1962 at Rome, Italy.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
Anthony Claret, bishop. Optional memorial. The Founder of the Claretians. He joined the Society of Jesus as a priest, but left the novitiate four months later for health reasons. He died on this day in 1870 in political exile in France.
1523
At Jerusalem St. Ignatius was maltreated on Mount Olivet ty the Armenian servant of the Franciscans, but was consoled by a vision of our Blessed Lord.
1604
At Coimbra died Father Jerome Carvahlo. He gave six hours daily to prayer, and made 100 genuflections a day. Our Lady bade him not to fear Purgatory, as she was the consoler of the afflicted souls there.
1618
John Berchmans sets out from Flanders to Rome as a scholastic. He will reach Rome on December 31st.
1759
133 Jesuits banished from Portugal are put on shore at Civita Vecchia. They are kindly received by Pope Clement XIII and by religious communities, especially the Dominicans.
1759
One hundred thirty-three Jesuits, banished from Portugal and put ashore at Civitavecchia, were most kindly received by Clement XIII and by the religious communities, especially the Dominicans.
1964
The death of Archbishop Aston Ignatius Chicester, S.J. missionary to Rhodesia. He died while attending the Second Vatican Council.
1982
Daniel O’Connell dies in Rome. He had been Director of the Vatican Observatory from 1952-70, and President of the Pontifical Academy of Science.
1997
Thomas Anchanikal (A.T. Thomas) disappears in Hazaribag, India, age 46. He was a defender of the dalits (lower caste)
