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| white | THE NATIVITY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity. | | Cycle II | 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 II | 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: | 204th anniversary of the death of P. Maurice Vesteneck (43) d. 1884 at Mopeia, Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 152nd anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Stofner (71) d. 1936 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 151st anniversary of the death of F. Henry Jaschke (39) d. 1937 at Umtali, S Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 110th anniversary of the death of F. Stephen Chiwanza (73) d. 1978 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 104th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Carroll (76) d. 1984 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 91st anniversary of the death of P. John McCann (86) d. 1997 at Blackburn, England. |
| Anniversary: | 89th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Brewer (64) d. 1999 at Johannesburg, RSA. |
| Anniversary: | 68th anniversary of the death of P. David A. Skelskey (UNE) (82) d. 2020 at Manila, Philippines. |
| Birthday: | 139th 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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