[341] Sir 1:1-10;Ps 93:1, 1ab, 1cd-2, 5; Mark 9:14-29.
Hours of the day.
Birthday:
40th birthday of P. Luis MATOPE (born this day in 1991).
Birthday:
36th birthday of S. Stephanie BWALYA (born this day in 1995).
Jubilee:
Silver Jubilee of P. Russell POLLITT who celebrates 25 years of Priesthood today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1621
Petition from Louis XIII of France to Pope Gregory XV, urging the canonization of St. Ignatius.
1637
At Naples died Father Francis Pavone. Inflamed by his words and holy example, sixty of his class of Philosophy, and the entire class of Poetry embraced the Religious State.
1831
On this day, Fr. General Roothaan’s letter declaring Missouri an independent mission (from Maryland) finally reaches the Missouri Jesuits. Their superior is Fr. Theodore De Theux. He communicated this to the 15 members of the Society in the West. This status gives the mission the privilege of having its own novitiate.
1979
Fr. Francis Louis Martinsek, S.J. is assassinated in Mokame, India. He was born in Pennsylvania, USA.
