Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr A
[1] Isa 2:1-5; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5, 6-7, 8-9; Rom 13:11-14; Matt 24:37-44.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Zephaniah, prophet (cf. Zep. 1:1) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
69th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Wilcock (49) d. 1959 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
58th anniversary of the death of P. Jerome O'Hea (77) d. 1970 at Liverpool, England.
Anniversary:
56th anniversary of the death of P. John Baron (73) d. 1972 at Oxford, England.
Anniversary:
13th anniversary of the death of P. Louis Soloman (85) d. 2015 at New York, NY, USA.
Birthday:
36th birthday of S. Jonatá Elias VALANE (born this day in 1992).
Jubilee:
Sapphire Jubilee of P. Patrick MAKAKA who celebrates 45 years since professing Final Vows today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
Francs Xavier, priest, Feast The Patron of the Missions.
SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER, PRIEST (Feast)
Francis Xavier (1506-1552) was born in Navarre, Spain. At the University of Paris he came under the influence of Ignatius of Loyola, and became one of the first nine companions to found the Society of Jesus. As well, he became the first Jesuit missionary, arriving in Goa in 1542, and working on the southeast coast of India. In 1546 he sailed to Malacca, and in 1549, he sailed to Japan. After three years of missionary activity, in 1552 he was back in Goa. He made thousands of converts wherever he went. In April that year he sailed for China, but landed on the lonely island of Sancian in September, in the bay of Canton, off the south coast of China, where he died on 3 December 1552. His incorrupt remains were taken first to Malacca, then to Goa. He is universal Patron Saint of Missions, and Patron Saint of India.
1563
At the Council of Trent, the Institute of the Society was approved by the assembled Fathers.
1815
Archbishop John Carroll dies in Baltimore. He was the first American bishop in the USA and the greatest churchman of the American Catholic Church. Ex-Jesuit because of the Suppression.
1833
A Letter of Fr. Roothaan on desire for the missions.
1844
Francis X. Gautrelet, S.J. speaks to scholastics at the house of studies in France and founds the Apostleship of Prayer.
1847
Shouts "Death to the Jesuits" are heard outside St. Ignatius Church, Rome, at the news of the Protestant electoral victory in Switzerland.
1863
The Missouri Vice-Province is erected into a Province. It had become a mission in 1831, attached to the Belgian Province in 1836 and created a vice-province in 1840.
1928
The Mission of Jamaica is assigned to the New England Province.
1931
The Historical Institute of the Society is opened in Rome.
1953
Francis X. Talbot dies. He was editor of America magazine from 1936-44. He launched the Catholic book Club and Thought magazine, and wrote Saint Among Savages, and Saint Among the Hurons.
1957
The Vice Province of Central Africa is erected.
1978
The five Italian Jesuit provinces are reduced to one, due to declining numbers.
2012
New Proper Liturgical Calendar of the Society of Jesus is published
