Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: That the world might grow in compassion (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that each one of us might find consolation in a personal relationship with Jesus, and from his Heart, learn to have compassion on the world."
25 Wednesday
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Wednesday of the twelfth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I
[373] Gen 15:1-12, 17-18;Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9; Matt 7:15-20.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
67th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Johanny (93) d. 1958 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
59th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Butwillo (83) d. 1966 at Heythrop, England.
Anniversary:
14th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Moloney (91) d. 2011 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Jubilee:
Diamond Jubilee of P. Bronisław KONDRAT who celebrates 60 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Emerald Jubilee of P. Edward MURPHY who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Porcelain Jubilee of P. Andrew MTAMIRA who celebrates 20 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Porcelain Jubilee of P. Leonard Peter CHITI who celebrates 20 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Crystal Jubilee of P. Leonard Peter CHITI who celebrates 15 years since professing Final Vows today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1527
At Alcala, St. Ignatius accused of having advised two noblewomen to undertake a pilgrimage on foot to Compostella, was cast into prison.
1537
Ignatius, Francis Xavier and five of the companions were ordained priests in Venice, Italy.
1578
The death in Clare, Ireland, of David Wolfe, pioneer Jesuit of the Irish mission, after five years imprisonment.
1580
Edmund Campion, disguised as a jeweler, arrives in Dover, England. 1773. By order of Clement XIV, the Archives of the Roman Novitiate were sealed.
1782
The Jesuits in White Russia are permitted by Empress Catherine to elect a General. Fr. Czerniewicz is elected, took the title of Vicar-General, with the powers of General.
1782
The Jesuits in White Russia were permitted by the Empress Catherine to elect a superior general. They chose Father Czerniewicz, who took the title of vicar general, with the powers of the general. There werefive Polish Congregation during the suppression of the Society of Jesus. This Congregations elected Vicar General: Stanislaw Czerniewicz (1782), Gabriel Lenkiewicz (1785), Franciszek Kareu (1798) who was canonically confirmed as Superior General by the Pope Pius VII, and then also as Superior Generals Gabriel Gruber (1802) and Tadeusz Brozozowski (1805).
1872
Imperial law permits the expulsion of Jesuits from the German Empire.
1984
Michel Foucault, philosopher, dies. Jesuit alumnus.
