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| white | The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) | Solemnity |
| Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, sequence optional, creed, Preface of Holy Eucharist I or II. | |
| Yr A | [167] Deut 8:2-3, 14b-16a; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; 1 Cor 10:16-17; John 6:51-58. |
| 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: | 184th anniversary of the death of P. Maurice Vesteneck (43) d. 1884 at Mopeia, Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 132nd anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Stofner (71) d. 1936 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 131st anniversary of the death of F. Henry Jaschke (39) d. 1937 at Umtali, S Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 90th anniversary of the death of F. Stephen Chiwanza (73) d. 1978 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 84th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Carroll (76) d. 1984 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 71st anniversary of the death of P. John McCann (86) d. 1997 at Blackburn, England. |
| Anniversary: | 69th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Brewer (64) d. 1999 at Johannesburg, RSA. |
| Anniversary: | 48th anniversary of the death of P. David A. Skelskey (UNE) (82) d. 2020 at Manila, Philippines. |
| Birthday: | 119th birthday of F. Felix MAJICHI (born this day in 1949). |
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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