127th World Day of Migrants and Refugees (est. 1914)
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr A
[136] Ezek 18:25-28; Ps 125:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5; Matt 21:28-32.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 2 of the Psalter.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels (cf. Lk. 1:26-28, Dn. 12:1, Tb. 5:10) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
63rd anniversary of the death of P. Gerald Brangan (HIB) (66) d. 1978 at Dublin, Ireland.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1553
Ignatius received the first vows of three Jesuit brothers - the first Jesuit brothers. One was a cook and one was a deacon.
1558
In the Gesu, Rome, and elsewhere, Ours began to keep Choir, in obedience to an order from Paul IV.
1558
Jesuits began to keep choir in obedience to an order from Paul IV, later rescinded by his successor.
1642
At Ossernenon, Auriesville,NY, Rene Goupil, Jesuit martyr is killed by a tomahawk. He was a lay associate, the first of the N.A. martyrs.
1935
Pius XI establishes the Vatican Observatory in its new home at Castel Gandolfo, and entrusts its management and direction to the Society of Jesus.
1984
Hekima College, Nairobi, theologate for Africa, opens.
1984
William A. Carroll, S.J. dies New England; artist and scholar.
