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| white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity |
| 40th 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: | 40th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Tyrrell (HIB) (73) d. 2001 at Dublin, Ireland.  |
| Anniversary: | 25th anniversary of the death of P. Dieter Thiel (84) d. 2016 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 59th birthday of P. Makasa Adrian CHIKWAMO (born this day in 1982). |
| Jubilee: | Diamond Jubilee of P. Alojz PODGRAJSEK who celebrates 60 years of Priesthood today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1521 | Ignatius close to death, receives the last sacraments after the injury at Pamplona. |
| 1553 | Ignatius writes to Xavier, but Xavier had died the previous December. In fact, the death of Xavier, in December 1552 only becomes known in Rome in 1555. |
| 1577 | Peter Paul Rubens is born. An artist, friend of the Jesuits, he painted St. Ignatius. |
| 1771 | Anton Kohlmann is born. Kayserberg, Germany. He was the future superior in New York, and builder of St. Patrick's Cathedral. |
| 1991 | Two Jesuits (Paulo Dezza and Jan Korec) are among 22 cardinals created, making a total of seven Jesuit cardinals, the largest ever. |
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