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| white | SACRED HEART OF JESUS | Solemnity |
| 56th World Day for the Sanctification of Priests (est. 2002) |
| Mass of the solemnity. Gloria, creed; Preface of Sacred Heart | |
| Yr B | (Sunday Lect.) [171] Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9; Isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6; Eph 3:8-12, 14-19; John 19:31-37. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles (cf. Mt. 16:18-19) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 117th anniversary of the death of P. William Brand (65) d. 1940 at Edinburgh, Scotland.  |
| Anniversary: | 95th anniversary of the death of P. Philip Widdowson (70) d. 1962 at Roehampton, England. |
| Anniversary: | 83rd anniversary of the death of P. Leslie Piper (69) d. 1974 at Edinburgh, Scotland. |
| Birthday: | 55th birthday of NS. Kudzai SUSHA (born this day in 2002). |
| Jubilee: | Platinum Jubilee of P. Tadeusz ŚWIDERSKI who celebrates 70 years of Priesthood today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1537 | St. Ignatius and Companions are ordained sub-deacons in Venice. 1542. Peter Faber begins writing his Memoriale. |
| 1546 | Paul III by his Brief, Exponi nobis, empowers the Society to admit Coadjutors, both spiritual and temporal, thus admit brothers. |
| 1553 | At Louvain, certain parish priests urged the faithful not to confess to Jesuits. This was condemned by the theological faculty. |
| 1853 | Pius IX, by his Bull Romani Pontifices makes over the Palazzo Borromeo (Via del Seminario 120), to the German College. |
| 1888 | F.X. Weninger, S.J. dies at Cincinnati. Missionary, preacher. |
| 1909 | Fr. General Wernz calls on the whole Society to assist the mission to Japan. |
| 1909 | St. Pius X entrusted the Pontifical Biblical Institute to the Society. |
| 1930 | The North America Martyrs, and Robert Bellarmine, are canonized by Pius XI. |
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