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| white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity |
| 86th World Day for the Sanctification of Priests (est. 2002) |
| Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, creed; Preface of Sacred Heart | |
| Yr B | (Sunday Lect.) [171] Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9; Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Eph 3:8-12, 14-19; John 19:31-37. |
| Anniversary: | 152nd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Marconnés (71) d. 1935 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 109th anniversary of the death of F. Bernard Lisson (68) d. 1978 at Magondi, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 109th anniversary of the death of P. Gregor Richert (48) d. 1978 at Magondi, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 93rd anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim dos Santos Abranches (97) d. 1994 at Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 85th anniversary of the death of P. Roland Pichon (85) d. 2002 at Limoges, France. |
| Birthday: | 142nd birthday of P. Ludwig REAL (born this day in 1945). |
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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