Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For formation in discernment (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel."
St Sharbel Makhlūf, priest [2002 RM] Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women Readings from the Common of Saints: [604A] Sir 3:17-24 (#737.13); Ps 15:2-3ab, 3cd-4ab, 5 (#739.2); Matt 19:27-29 (#742.9).
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Three magi (cf. Mt. 2:10-11) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
135th anniversary of the death of P. Alfred Weld (67) d. 1890 at Grahamstown, RSA.
Anniversary:
104th anniversary of the death of F. Peter Schafer (40) d. 1921 at Grahamstown, RSA.
Anniversary:
27th anniversary of the death of P. Frederick Moriarty (64) d. 1998 at Dublin, Ireland.
Jubilee:
Crystal Jubilee of P. George Mtaja BWANALI who celebrates 15 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Crystal Jubilee of P. Slyvester KASIRORI who celebrates 15 years of Priesthood today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1575
In Rome Fr. Robert Parsons enters the Society.
1804
Maryland, Fr. Robert Molyneux is appointed First Superior by Fr. General Gruber.
1861
The purchase of the Roehampton property by the Society. The owners thought they were selling it to the Queen as a residence for the Prince of Wales.
1936
The death of S.G. Braulio MartÃnez and Lawrence Isla, martyrs of the Spanish Civil War.
1950
John Birkmeyer, N.S.J. dies Novice drowns at St. Andrew on Hudson, New York in the Hudson River.
