[122] Josh 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Ps 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21; Eph 5:21-32 or [US] 5:2a, 25-32; John 6:60-69.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
80th anniversary of the death of P. Maurice Dowling (HIB) (69) d. 1965 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
52nd anniversary of the death of P. Geoffrey Cockroft (72) d. 1993 at Macheke, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
108th birthday of F. Günter GATTUNG (born this day in 1937).
Jubilee:
Platinum Jubilee of P. Gerard KARAS who celebrates 70 years in the Society today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1541
Jean Codure, first of the founders to die, at Rome.This was four months after his final vows at St. Paul’s. Hewas the first Jesuit to be sent on mission outside of Italy. In Rome, on this day, Ignatius sensed this, stopped, and told his companions of the death.
1590
Pope Sixtus V dies suddenly, shortly after he had desired to change the name of the Society of Jesus.
1605
Ricci builds a house and establishes a novitiate in Peking.
1679
David Lewis, S.J. dies Saint and Martyr, dies forgiving his enemies and persecutors. He was an apostle to the poor in his native Wales for three decades before he was caught and hanged.
1917
House of formation opens in Yonkers for the New York and Maryland Provinces.
1991
In Bogotá, Colombia, the first meeting for those in charge of pastoral work in the Latin American universities of the Society of Jesus.
