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| white | The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) | Solemnity |
| Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, sequence optional, creed, Preface of Holy Eucharist I or II. | |
| Yr C | [169] Gen 14:18-20; Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Luke 9:11-17. |
| Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. | |
| Anniversary: | 121st anniversary of the death of P. Francis Johanny (93) d. 1958 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 113th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Butwillo (83) d. 1966 at Heythrop, England. |
| Anniversary: | 68th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Moloney (91) d. 2011 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
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 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. |
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