139th anniversary of the death of F. Stephen Rodenbuher (76) d. 1948 at Szeged, Hungary.
Anniversary:
131st anniversary of the death of P. Charles Daignault (83) d. 1956 at Musami, S. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
104th anniversary of the death of P. James Cogger (79) d. 1983 at London, England.
Anniversary:
97th anniversary of the death of P. William Thomas (82) d. 1990 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
95th anniversary of the death of P. Denis Carroll (72) d. 1992 at Monze, Zambia.
Anniversary:
76th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Dooley (92) d. 2011 at Bournemouth, England.
Birthday:
104th birthday of P. Ricardo DA SILVA (born this day in 1983).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1632
At Alost, in Belgium, the Scholastic, William Assaliers, seeing one of Ours dying and another about to leave the Society, prayed that he might sooner die than lose his vocation. He died within a few days.
1906
Jesuit missionaries are granted faculties to celebrate Mass at sea as long as the time is tranquil.
1931
An Apostolic Letter of Pius XI, Providentissimus Deus proclaims Robert Bellarmine a Doctor of the Church.
1996
Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa dies killed. Archbishop of Bukavu, Zaire. He had been Jesuit Provincial, 1980-86. Age 70. He had denounced the political and economic exploitation of Rwandan refugees who sought refuge in Kivu.
