Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Sosthenes, collaborator of Paul (cf. 1 Co. 1:1) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
60th anniversary of the death of F. Manuel Brito Gonçalves (67) d. 1998 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Anniversary:
42nd anniversary of the death of P. Vincent Murphy (HIB) (87) d. 2016 at Dublin, Ireland.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1545
Jeronimo de Nadal, whom St. Ignatius had known as a student at Paris, entered the Society. Later Nadal was instrumental in getting Ignatius to narrate his autobiography.
1629
At Nagasaki, Blessed Leonard Kimura, Japanese lay brother, died a glorious martyr by fire.
1629
The martyrdom in Nagasaki, Japan, of Blessed Leonardo Kimura, who was burned to death.
1680
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, sculptor, architect, dies. He was a friend and benefactor of the Society. San Andrea Quirinale was his favorite creation
1759
Twenty Fathers and 192 Scholastics set sail from the Tagus for exile. Two were to die on the voyage to Genoa and Civita Vecchia.
1855
John Baptist Hus is appointed superior of the New York Canada Mission.
1942
Cocoanut Grove Fire. 500 friends and alumni/ae of Holy Cross and Boston College perish.
1954
Fr. Martin Scott, S.J. dies age 89. Writer, apologist, Answer Wisely. He wrote more than 25 books.
1980
Clement Armitage, S.J. He worked at Jesuit Mission magazine from 1947-1980.
1984
Fr. Joseph Pittau, General Counselor, received Japan’s highest honor, the Order of the Rising Sun, for his contribution to education.
