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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: | 181st anniversary of the death of P. Maurice Vesteneck (43) d. 1884 at Mopeia, Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 129th anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Stofner (71) d. 1936 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 128th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Jaschke (39) d. 1937 at Umtali, S Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 87th anniversary of the death of F. Stephen Chiwanza (73) d. 1978 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 81st anniversary of the death of F. Martin Carroll (76) d. 1984 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 68th anniversary of the death of P. John McCann (86) d. 1997 at Blackburn, England. |
| Anniversary: | 66th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Brewer (64) d. 1999 at Johannesburg, RSA. |
| Anniversary: | 45th anniversary of the death of P. David A. Skelskey (UNE) (82) d. 2020 at Manila, Philippines. |
| Birthday: | 116th birthday of F. Felix MAJICHI (born this day in 1949). |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NS. João Aurélio A. ANTÓNIO who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NS. Louis CHANDA who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NS. Dickson Kahyata K. SIAMPEYO who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NS. Boniface MMORA who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NS. Dismas MBOSHYA who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of *NS. Henry Ian SSENYONJO (AOR) who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of *NS. Fred Opima ONZIMA (AOR) who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of *NS. Eric Macharia KIBUCHI (AOR) who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NS. Lawrence Sikhumbuzo NDHLOVU who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NS. Mwansa Chilamo C. CHIPILI who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NS. Isheanesu DHAFANA who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NS. Dácio Damião D. JAIME who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of *NS. Boniface Masele MABULA (AOR) who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NS. Seeiso SEBE who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of NF. Jack MUSAMBA who celebrates 40 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Ruby Jubilee of *NS. Augustine Furaha SAMWEL (AOR) who celebrates 40 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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