59th anniversary of the death of P. Walter O'Connor (57) d. 1967 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
9th anniversary of the death of P. Marino Carneiro Areias (75) d. 2017 at Lisbon, Portugal.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1541
Faber makes his final profession at Ratisbonne, without any presence of another Jesuit, no other witness. It is nevertheless considered a solemn profession.
1646
At Prague died Fr. Gaspar Tausch, venerated by all who knew him as a saint. To mortify his sense of taste, he sipped the most nauseous medicines slowly, drop by drop.
1861
The dictator and persecutor of the Church, Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, published a decree expelling Jesuits from Nueva Granada (Colombia); 52 Jesuits abandonned their homeland for the third time, going into exile in Guatemala.
1947
Roberto Bortolotti, S.J. is ordained a priest. He is the first citizen of the Vatican to be a Jesuit, and the first to be a priest.
1953
Castro begins the Cuban Revolution. Jesuit trained leader.
1967
John Markoe, S.J. dies in Omaha. He was a strong advocate of civil rights and interracial justice.
1974
The death of Affonso Fleig. His life was dedicated to work with the poor in the poorest diocese of Northeast Brazil.
