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| white | THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity. | | Cycle I | Vigil Mass: [586] (Vigil Mass) Jer 1:4-10; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab+17; 1 Pet 1:8-12; Luke 1:5-17. | | Cycle I | Mass of the Day: [587] (Mass during the Day) Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15; Acts 13: 22-26; Lk 1: 57-66, 80. | | | Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum. |
| [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: | 147th anniversary of the death of P. Maurice Vesteneck (43) d. 1884 at Mopeia, Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 95th anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Stofner (71) d. 1936 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 94th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Jaschke (39) d. 1937 at Umtali, S Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 53rd anniversary of the death of F. Stephen Chiwanza (73) d. 1978 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 47th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Carroll (76) d. 1984 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 34th anniversary of the death of P. John McCann (86) d. 1997 at Blackburn, England. |
| Anniversary: | 32nd anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Brewer (64) d. 1999 at Johannesburg, RSA. |
| Anniversary: | 11th anniversary of the death of P. David A. Skelskey (UNE) (82) d. 2020 at Manila, Philippines. |
| Birthday: | 82nd birthday of F. Felix MAJICHI (born this day in 1949). |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of *NS. Safari HAMPHREE (AOR) who celebrates 5 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of *NS. Steven Laurean MOSHA (AOR) who celebrates 5 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of *NS. Brian Okello OLWII (AOR) who celebrates 5 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of *NS. David Oduor OTIENO (AOR) who celebrates 5 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of NS. Salvador Ernesto E. ALBINO who celebrates 5 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of NS. Domingos Daniel D. ANTÓNIO who celebrates 5 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of NS. Panashe Andrew A. FUKA who celebrates 5 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of NS. Titus LANGE who celebrates 5 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of NS. Senzo Isaac I. MASUKU who celebrates 5 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of NS. Proserpino José J. MATEUS who celebrates 5 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of NS. Tashinga MHOVA who celebrates 5 years in the Society 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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