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| white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity |
| 59th World Day for the Sanctification of Priests (est. 2002) |
| Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, creed; Preface of Sacred Heart | |
| Yr B | (Sunday Lect.) [171] Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9; Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Eph 3:8-12, 14-19; John 19:31-37. |
| Anniversary: | 102nd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Johanny (93) d. 1958 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 94th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Butwillo (83) d. 1966 at Heythrop, England. |
| Anniversary: | 49th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Moloney (91) d. 2011 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Jubilee: | Granite Jubilee of P. Edward MURPHY who celebrates 90 years of Priesthood today. |
| Jubilee: | Emerald Jubilee of P. Leonard Peter CHITI who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today. |
| Jubilee: | Emerald Jubilee of P. Andrew MTAMIRA who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today. |
| Jubilee: | Golden Jubilee of P. Leonard Peter CHITI who celebrates 50 years since professing Final Vows today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 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 ï¬ve 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 ï¬ve 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 wereï¬ve 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 conï¬rmed 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. |
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