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| white | St John, apostle and evangelist | Feast |
| Mass of the feast; Gloria.
Christmas Preface I - III
Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Morning hours of the feast; Te Deum; Evening Prayer of Octave of Christmas. | |
| | [697] 1 John 1:1-4; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; John 20:1a, 2-8. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. John, evangelist (cf. Jn. 19:26-27) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 163rd anniversary of the death of P. Andrew Hartmann (77) d. 1928 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1551 | The Portuguese Provincial, Simao Rodriguez, is removed by St. Ignatius. |
| 1571 | Kepler, Johannes is born., in Wurttemberg. He was an astronomer who discovered that the Earth and planets travel about the Sun in elliptical orbits. He was a friend and correspondent of the Jesuits. |
| 1597 | Peter Canisius dies in Freiburg, Switzerland. |
| 1656 | Andrew White, S.J. dies. He is the founder of the Maryland Mission, a man of great zeal, fervor, and austerity. He is called the "Apostle of Maryland." He was sent back to England from the colonies in chains and tried for treason, acquitted, yet banished from England. |
| 1834 | Father General Johann Roothaan published an influential letter on the excellence of the Spiritual Exercises and the need for diligent study and good use of them. |
| 1836 | Fr. General approves the sale of slaves owned by the Jesuits, with six conditions. |
| 1900 | The Blessing and laying of the cornerstone of Novitiate of St. Andrew on Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY. It was affectionately called, "The Rock." It would be ready in September 1902. |
| 1927 | The Catholic Medical Mission Board is incorporated in the laws of the State of New York. |
| 1955 | An Instruction of Fr. General Janssens on the use of modern means of communication. |
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