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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 A | [167] Deut 8:2-3, 14b-16a; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; 1 Cor 10:16-17; John 6:51-58. |
| Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum. | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Joachim and Anne, grandparents of Jesus (cf. Acts 22:7-8) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 154th anniversary of the death of P. Kazimiro Konopka (62) d. 1941 at Lvov, Poland.  |
| Anniversary: | 124th anniversary of the death of F. James McGuigan (68) d. 1971 at Glasgow, Scotland. |
| Birthday: | 105th birthday of S. Hassan A. PHIRI (born this day in 1990). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1527 | At Alcala, a nobleman having uttered an imprecation against St. Ignatius, perished miserably in an explosion of gunpowder. |
| 1578 | About this time, Father David Wolfe died in Clare, Ireland. He was the pioneer Jesuit of the Irish Mission and suffered imprisonment for 5 years. |
| 1580 | Peter Claver is born in Verdu, Spain. |
| 1881 | The banishment of 83 members of the Society of Jesus from the Republic of Nicaragua. |
| 1923 | Shadowbrook, New England Province house of formation, is established. |
| 1988 | Hans Urs Von Balthasar dies. A theologian, one-time a Jesuit. He had been named a Cardinal in May, but died three days before being installed. He was also in the process of being readmitted to the Society of Jesus. |
| 2007 | Tony Montfort dies. Layman, worked at Jesuit Missions, London, for 44 years. |
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