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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. | |
| Anniversary: | 103rd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Marconnés (71) d. 1935 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 60th anniversary of the death of F. Bernard Lisson (68) d. 1978 at Magondi, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 60th anniversary of the death of P. Gregor Richert (48) d. 1978 at Magondi, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 44th anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim dos Santos Abranches (97) d. 1994 at Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 36th anniversary of the death of P. Roland Pichon (85) d. 2002 at Limoges, France. |
| Birthday: | 93rd birthday of P. Ludwig REAL (born this day in 1945). |
| Jubilee: | Emerald Jubilee of P. Antony X. SAHAYA who celebrates 55 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Emerald Jubilee of P. Dhanapalan RAYAR who celebrates 55 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Crystal Jubilee of NS. Bongani Gerald G. TSHUMA who celebrates 15 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Crystal Jubilee of NS. Nicholas BWALYA who celebrates 15 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Crystal Jubilee of NS. Faustino Atanásio JOÃO who celebrates 15 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Crystal Jubilee of NS. Tariro Sadler KAMUDYARIWA who celebrates 15 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Crystal Jubilee of NS. Clever MADHARA who celebrates 15 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Crystal Jubilee of NS. Batsirai Cruz MAKORE who celebrates 15 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Crystal Jubilee of NS. Pius MUGISHA who celebrates 15 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Crystal Jubilee of NS. Kudzai SUSHA who celebrates 15 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Crystal Jubilee of NS. Stanley TEMBO who celebrates 15 years in the Society today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1539 | Completion of the Deliberation of the First Fathers of the Society. 1549. Xavier sails from Malacca for Japan. |
| 1581 | 400 copies of Campion's Decem Rationes appear on the benches of Oxford University Church. He presents reasons why he challenges Anglicans to a discussion of religion. |
| 1615 | The Holy See gave permission to the Jesuits of China to celebrate Mass with heads covered, to translate the Bible into Chinese and to administer the sacraments in that same language. |
| 1844 | Joseph Smith (Mormon founder) and his brother Hyrum are killed by armed mob in Carthage, Illinois - because of polygamy. |
| 1978 | Brother Bernard Lisson, S.J. mechanic, age 69, is shot to death and Fr. Gregor Richert, S.J., parish priest, age 48, is shot to death in Zimbabwe at St. Rupert's Mission, Sinoia. |
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