| 26 Wednesday | |
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| white | St John Berchmans, religious [SJ]
Outside SJ churches, Mass ad lib.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) | Memorial |
| Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | |
| Cycle I | [505] Dan 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dan 3:62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67; Luke 21:12-19. |
| Hours of the Memorial.
Readings from the Common of Saints: Phil 4:4-9 (#740.10), Ps 100Â (99):1b-2, 3, 4, 5, Luke 9:57-62 | |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| | Saint John Berchmans, Religious (Memorial)
John Berchmans (1599-1621) was born in Driest, Belgium. He joined the Jesuit novitiate when he was seventeen. He excelled in his studies and was selected to defend the entire course of philosophy in July 1621 in a public disputation. His health suffered from the effort he put into studying for his final examination, and he became steadily weaker as he prepared for the disputation. He fell seriously ill and died on 13 August 1621. He is the Patron Saint of altar servers.
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| 1678 | In London the arrest and imprisonment of St. Claude la Colombiére. He was released after ï¬ve weeks and banished. |
| 1681 | At Rome, the death of Fr. John Paul Oliva, the eleventh general of the Society. He was a widely admired preacher. |
| 1764 | The Jesuits in France were suppressed by the Bourbons. |
| 1921 | A Letter of Fr. General Ledochowski is issued on religious modesty after the example of John Berchmans. |
| 1930 | The Rocky Mountain Mission, based in Spokane, is erected. |
| 1984 | Bernard Lonergan, S.J. dies. Philosopher and Theologian. |
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