Sts Cosmas and Damian, martyrs Common of Martyrs Readings from the Common of Saints: [644] Wis 3:1-9 (#713.5); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 10:28-33 (#718.2).
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Gideon, judge (cf. Jgs. 8:22-23) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
166th anniversary of the death of P. Inocêncio Perrodin (39) d. 1893 at Milanje Road, Portuguese Eastern Africa.
Anniversary:
132nd anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Timmer (60) d. 1927 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
39th anniversary of the death of P. Luka Lučić (ZAM) (81) d. 2020 at Zagreb, Croatia.
Birthday:
69th birthday of S. Martin B. MUSONDA (born this day in 1990).
Birthday:
60th birthday of S. Blackwell CHALULA (born this day in 1999).
Birthday:
79th birthday of P. Bendito Evressone NGOZO (born this day in 1980).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs (Feast)
Jesuits of the French Province did considerable missionary work among the indigenous tribes in North America, in Huronia (Quebec Province), between 1625 and 1649. They eventually constructed a Christian settlement. The martyrdom of the eight saints commemorated today occurred in the context of conflicts between the Huron and Iroquois tribes. They were killed by the Iroquois. The martyrs commemorated today are: Fathers John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Anthony Daniel, Charles Garnier, Noël Chabanel, Gabriel Lalemant, Brother René Goupil and lay volunteer John de La Lande.
1758
Letter from Father Laurence Ricci, ordering prayers to avert impending calamities.
1886
At Florence in the theatre "Re Umberto," 3,000 Liberals shouted for the expulsion of all Jesuits from Tuscany. Soon after, the theatre was burned to the ground.
1889
Martin Heidegger is born. Philosopher, had been a Jesuit novice.
1926
Felix Millan dies in the leper colony in Culion, Philippines. He is called "The Father of the Lepers."
1926
Jesuit High, New Orleans, opens.
1926
The death at the leprosarium in Culión, the Philippines, of Father Felipe Millán, known as the "Father of Lepers" after a life heroically dedicated to caring for the sick.
