112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees (est. 1914)
47th World Tourism Day (est. 1980)
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr A
[136] Ezek 18:25-28; Ps 125:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5; Matt 21:28-32.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
24th anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Grybos (78) d. 2002 at Kasisi, Zambia.
Anniversary:
8th anniversary of the death of P. JoseĚ Vicente Martins (97) d. 2018 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Anniversary:
7th anniversary of the death of P. Armand Nigro (UWE) (91) d. 2019 at Los Gatos, CA, USA.
Birthday:
47th birthday of P. Tinashe Solomon MHAKA (born this day in 1979).
SJ NOTE:
Monthly Mass for the needs of the Church and the Society should be offered on September 27, the 486th anniversary of the confirmation of the Society (1540).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1540
The Bull of Pope Paul III, Regimini militantis Ecclesiae, constituting the Society a Religious Order, was signed at Palazzo San Marco, Rome. It limits the number of professed fathers to 60. Approbation Day. The Birthday of the Society of Jesus.
1604
The College of S. Bartholomew is founded in New Granada, Columbia. It gave the Church 17 bishops, and 23 martyrs.
1606
At Ingolstadt died Fr. Theodore Canisius, the brother of Peter. For eight years before his death he lost his memory, remembering only the holy names of Jesus and Mary.
1948
Apostolic Constitution of Pius XII, Bis Saeculari. the magna carta of the Sodality movement.
1970
Teresa of Avila is declared a doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. She is the first woman so declared. Had Jesuit directors.
1985
Elliott MacGuigan, S.J. dies. Canadian canon lawyer and moral theologian.
2001
James J. Hennesey, S.J. dies, age 74. Jesuit historian, and expert on USA Church history.
