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| white | St Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle I | [428] 1 Thess 3:7-13; Ps 90:3-5a, 12-13, 14+17; Matt 24:42-51. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [633] 1 John 4:7-16 (#740.17); Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (#727.3); Matt 23:8-12 (#730.4). | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Hezekiah, king (cf. 2 Kgs. 18:5) [from the Roman Martyrology]. | |
| Anniversary: | 136th anniversary of the death of P. Alfred Connell (45) d. 1951 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Birthday: | 104th birthday of P. Mwamba D. MUTALE (born this day in 1983). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1628 | Edmund Arrowsmith dies a martyr in Lancashire, England. 1632 Paul Le Jeune completes the first Jesuit Relations. |
| 1633 | The martyrdom in Japan of the Italian Jesuit, Jácome Antonio Granoni. |
| 1879 | The arrival of Fr. Depelchin and Augustine Law in South Africa to begin the mission there. |
| 1983 | Dennis J. McCarthy, S.J. dies scripture scholar. |
| 1985 | The death of Domenico Mondrone, for 54 years a writer for Civilta Cattolica. He wrote much on hagiography. |
| 2003 | The death Maurice Giuliani, founder of Christus, expert in spirituality and a Councillor to Fr. Arrupe. |
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