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| white | Sts Joachim and Ann, parents of the Bl Virgin Mary | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle II | [606] Sir 44:1, 10-15; Ps 132:11, 13-14, 17-18; Matt 13:16-17. (None of the readings are proper.) |
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| Anniversary: | 186th anniversary of the death of F. José Barbosa (25) d. 1898 at Chupanga, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 117th anniversary of the death of P. Walter O'Connor (57) d. 1967 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 67th anniversary of the death of P. Marino Carneiro Areias (75) d. 2017 at Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Jubilee: | Platinum Jubilee of P. Henry Tafadzwa MASAKARE who celebrates 70 years of Priesthood today. |
| Jubilee: | Platinum Jubilee of P. Isaac-el Joseph FERNANDES who celebrates 70 years of Priesthood today. |
| Jubilee: | Platinum Jubilee of P. Batanai Ignatius PADYA who celebrates 70 years of Priesthood today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 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. |
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