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| white | St Francis Borgia, priest [SJ]
Outside SJ churches, Mass ad lib.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle I | [459] Bar 1:15-22; Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9; Luke 10:13-16. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Readings from the Common of Saints: Phil 3:8-14 (#740.9), Ps 118Â (117):1b-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9, Mark 10:42-45 | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Dionysius the Areopagite (cf. Acts 17:34) [from the Roman Martyrology]. | |
| Anniversary: | 82nd anniversary of the death of P. W. Henry (Hank) Kenney (93) d. 2005 at Clarkston, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 64th anniversary of the death of P. Brian Enright (SAP) (86) d. 2023 at Harare, Zimbabwe.  |
| Birthday: | 93rd birthday of S. John BANDA (born this day in 1994). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 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.
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| 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." |
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