Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II
[289] Acts 15:22-31;Ps 57:8-9, 10+12; John 15:12-17.
Hours of the day.
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St Louis Grignion de Montfort, priest
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(Common of Pastors: For Missionaries Readings from the Common of Saints: [556A] 1 Cor 1:18-25; Ps 40:2+4, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10; Matt 28:16-20.)
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St Peter Chanel, priest and martyr
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(Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For Missionaries Readings from the Common of Saints: [556] 1 Cor 1:18-25 (#722.2); Ps 117:1bc, 2 (#721.8); Mark 1:14-20 (#724.5).)
Archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa
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Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Flight into Egypt (1951)
Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II. Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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St Pius V, Pope
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Common of Pastors
Anniversary:
163rd anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Boos (44) d. 1899 at Fort Victoria, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
42nd anniversary of the death of P. Edward C.A. Dougherty (UEA) (79) d. 2020 at Philadelphia, USA.
Birthday:
63rd birthday of S. Edward J. MANGAPE (born this day in 1999).
Birthday:
81st birthday of P. Gregory MULOBELA (born this day in 1981).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1575
At Rome died Father James Ceruto, who is said to have renewed his religious vows a thousand times a day.
1581
Alexander Briant was arrested in London.
1767
At Tarracona in Spain 19 of the novices of the Province of Aragon, undismayedby threats and ill-treatment, insist on accompanying the Fathers into exile in Italy.
1842
The Republic of Colombia passed a law permitting Jesuits to return to that country some years after the universal restoration of the Society.
