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| white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity |
| 21st World Day for the Sanctification of Priests (est. 2002) |
| Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, creed; Preface of Sacred Heart | |
| Yr C | (Sunday Lect.) [172] Ezek 34:11-16; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Rom 5:5b-11; Luke 15:3-7. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Nativity of John the Baptist (cf. Lk. 1:43-44) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 138th anniversary of the death of P. Maurice Vesteneck (43) d. 1884 at Mopeia, Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 86th anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Stofner (71) d. 1936 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 85th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Jaschke (39) d. 1937 at Umtali, S Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 44th anniversary of the death of F. Stephen Chiwanza (73) d. 1978 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 38th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Carroll (76) d. 1984 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 25th anniversary of the death of P. John McCann (86) d. 1997 at Blackburn, England. |
| Anniversary: | 23rd anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Brewer (64) d. 1999 at Johannesburg, RSA. |
| Anniversary: | 2nd anniversary of the death of P. David A. Skelskey (UNE) (82) d. 2020 at Manila, Philippines. |
| Birthday: | 73rd birthday of F. Felix MAJICHI (born this day in 1949). |
| Jubilee: | Sapphire Jubilee of P. Michael T. KELLY who celebrates 45 years of Priesthood today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1521 | At Loyola, St. Ignatius miraculously begins to recover, cured by St. Peter of the leg wound, received at Pamplona. |
| 1537 | At Venice, St. Ignatius and his companions were given minor orders. 1587. King Henry III of France, yielding to the request of Father General Acquaviva, allowed Father Edmund Auger to withdraw from the court. The King demanded, however, that only Frenchmen should be appointed superiors over French houses. |
| 1545 | The first Brief of Paul III "Cum Inter Cunctas" gives the Society generous faculties to administer the sacraments of penance and Eucharist, and to preach the Word. |
| 1921 | New England is separated from the Maryland-New York Province, to become a Vice-Province. |
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