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| white | Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest | Feast |
| Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church | |
| Yr A | Gen 22:9-18 or Heb 10:4-10; Ps 40 (39):7-8a, 10-11ab, 17 (â„ź. 8a, 9a); Matt 26:36-42.
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| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
| Anniversary: | 194th anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Kunsztowicz (56) d. 1895 at Stara Wies, Poland. |
| Anniversary: | 189th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Depelchin (78) d. 1900 at Calcutta, India.  |
| Anniversary: | 100th anniversary of the death of P. Marian Folta (82) d. 1989 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 95th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Boron (91) d. 1994 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1595 | St. Philip Neri, priest. Memorial. Most devoted to the Society of Jesus, he had asked to be admitted to the Society, but St. Ignatius saw that it was not his vocation. |
| 1645 | St. Mariana Parades of Quito dies. She lived a solitary, with extreme penances. She spent each Friday night in a coffin and had three hours of sleep each night and died at age of 26. Her feast in June 2. She was directed by Jesuits and is listed in one Jesuit martyrology. |
| 1647 | Massachusetts passed a law banning Jesuits; they would be put to death if they returned after banishment. |
| 1647 | The state of Massachusetts passed a law banning Jesuits. First time offenders are banished. Second time offenders will be executed. |
| 1673 | Ching Wei-San (Emmanuel de Sigueira) dies, the first Chinese Jesuit priest. |
| 1803 | Archbishop Carroll and Bishop Neale of Maryland write to Fr. General Gruber that thirteen ex-Jesuits beg to be admitted to the Society, together with a few other priests. |
| 1839 | St. Francis Jerome is canonized by Pope Gregory XVI. |
| 1871 | At Paris the Communards executed five French Jesuits: Frs Olivaint, Canbert and deBengy today, and Ducoudray and LeClerc two days earlier. |
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