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| red | St Mark, evangelist | Feast |
| Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast. |
| Cycle II | [555] 1 Pet 5:5b-14; Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17; Mark 16:15-20. |
| | Hours of the feast; Te Deum. |
| Mass of the feast; Gloria, Preface of Apostles II.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Mark, evangelist (cf. 2 Tm. 4:11b) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 144th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Aloy (51) d. 1892 at Quelimane, Portuguese Eastern Africa.  |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1540 | Arrival in Lisbon of Xavier and Father Simon Rodriguez, both destined for India, but the latter was retained in Portugal by the King. |
| 1603 | Fr. Gregory de Valentia, a Spanish Jesuit died at Naples. A renowned theologian, Pope Clement VIII honored him with the title "Doctor of Doctors." |
| 1688 | Louis XIV, wanting a special Jesuit vicar-general for the French Jesuits, forbade all correspondence with the General and ordered all French Jesuits in Rome to return to France. |
| 1762 | Fr. John de la Marche, sent by Fr.General, informed Fr. de Lavalette of the suspension incurred by him, and the summons to Rome to hear his sentence. Fr. de Lavalette signed his acceptance of the decree with deepest sorrow. |
| 1915 | Pierre Rousselot, S.J. Professor at the Institut Catholique in Paris, is wounded and taken prisoner in WW I. |
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