29 Wednesday | |
| white | Sts Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels | Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast. | | Yr C | [647] Dan 7:9-10, 13-14 or Rev 12:7-12ab; Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 4-5; John 1:47-51. | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum. |
[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: | 122nd 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 | 1558 | Jesuits began to keep choir in obedience to an order from Paul IV, later rescinded by his successor.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. | | | |
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