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| white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity |
| 97th World Day for the Sanctification of Priests (est. 2002) |
| Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, creed; Preface of Sacred Heart | |
| Yr A | (Sunday Lect.) [170] Deut 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8+10; 1 John 4:7-16; Matt 11:25-30. |
| Anniversary: | 163rd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Marconnés (71) d. 1935 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 120th anniversary of the death of F. Bernard Lisson (68) d. 1978 at Magondi, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 120th anniversary of the death of P. Gregor Richert (48) d. 1978 at Magondi, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 104th anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim dos Santos Abranches (97) d. 1994 at Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 96th anniversary of the death of P. Roland Pichon (85) d. 2002 at Limoges, France. |
| Birthday: | 153rd birthday of P. Ludwig REAL (born this day in 1945). |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of S. Nicholas BWALYA who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of S. Faustino Atanásio JOÃO who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of *S. Erick Baltazari KIMBI (AOR) who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of S. Stanley TEMBO who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of *S. Kelvin ASSENGA (AOR) who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of S. Clever MADHARA who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of S. Bongani Gerald G. TSHUMA who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of S. Pius MUGISHA who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of *F. Michael Ganaafa MUSIIME (AOR) who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of *S. Anthony Kikuvi KILONZO (AOR) who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of S. Kudzai SUSHA who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of S. Batsirai Cruz MAKORE who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of *S. Joseph Wafula SIKOLIA (AOR) who celebrates 75 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Palladium Jubilee of S. Tariro Sadler KAMUDYARIWA who celebrates 75 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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