Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I - V.
Yr B
[47] Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9; 1 John 2:1-5a; Luke 24:35-48.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 3 of the Psalter.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Mary Cleopas, Salome and the other women disciples of Jesus (cf. Jn. 19:25, Mk. 16:1-2) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
97th anniversary of the death of P. Phelim Rooney (70) d. 1975 at Oxford, England.
Anniversary:
48th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Brook (BRI) (70) d. 2024 at Leeds, England.
Birthday:
91st birthday of P. Nobert MUNEKANI (born this day in 1981).
Birthday:
78th birthday of S. Manuel Chingole MÃRIO (born this day in 1994).
Birthday:
85th birthday of S. Talent RUNGANO (born this day in 1987).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1774
Christopher de Beaumont, Archbishop of Paris, wrote to Clement XIV, regretting the Brief of Suppression. In 1775 the French Cardinals declined to receive the Brief because it threatened disaster to the Church.
1774
Christopher de Beaumont, Archbishop of Paris, wrote to Pope Clement XIV, regretting the Brief of Suppression.
1928
The Jesuit Church of the Blessed Sacrament, in Hollywood, CA, while yet unfinished, holds an opening service. Cecil is born. deMille attends and Jackie Coogan does a reading.
1934
Leo O'Donovan, S.J. is born. Theologian, President of Georgetown University.
