[140] Gen 2:18-24; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Heb 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16 or 10:2-12.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 3 of the Psalter.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Dionysius the Areopagite (cf. Acts 17:34) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
61st anniversary of the death of P. W. Henry (Hank) Kenney (93) d. 2005 at Clarkston, USA.
Anniversary:
43rd anniversary of the death of P. Brian Enright (SAP) (86) d. 2023 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Birthday:
72nd birthday of S. John BANDA (born this day in 1994).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
St. Francis Borgia, memorial.
Saint Francis Borgia, Priest (Memorial)
Francis Borgia (1510-1572) was born in Valencia, Spain. He was trained for life at court, and married in 1529. In May 1539, he was assigned to verify the corpse of the Empress Isabella, who had died unexpectedly fifteen days earlier. He was shocked to see the beautiful face disfigured beyond recognition. This experience was the turning point of his life. After his wife’s death in 1546, he joined the Society of Jesus. In 1565 he was elected as the third Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He died in 1572, in Rome.
1588
The death of Pompeio Capuano, an Italian novice of an illustrious family. When he asked his father's leave to enter the Society, the latter shut him up in a dark room, treating him like a madman.
1662
At Cracow, Laurence Chodorowicz. a Polish lay-brother, died a martyr of charity. Once in an excess of fervent desire for suffering he poured boiling water over his right leg and foot.
1923
The relics of St. Andrew Bobola are recovered from a museum in Moscow and begin their journey to Rome.
2016
Resignation of Fr. Nicolas accepted by GC 36.
2017
Letter of Fr. Sosa "On Discernment of Apostolic Preferences."
