[97] 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a; Ps 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19; Rom 6:3-4, 8-11; Matt 10:37-42.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
64th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Tyrrell (HIB) (73) d. 2001 at Dublin, Ireland.
Anniversary:
49th anniversary of the death of P. Dieter Thiel (84) d. 2016 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
83rd birthday of P. Makasa Adrian CHIKWAMO (born this day in 1982).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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.
