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| red | Sts Philip and James, apostles | Feast |
| Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast. |
| Cycle I | [561] 1 Cor 15:1-8; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; John 14:6-14. |
| | Hours of the feast; Te Deum. |
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| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. James, apostle and patron of the diocese (cf. Acts 1:13-14a) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 82nd anniversary of the death of F. Francis Ãœberman (94) d. 1991 at Stara Wies, Poland.  |
| Anniversary: | 49th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Tafadzwa Masakare (SAP) (41) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 87th birthday of F. Arnold MURWIRA (born this day in 1986). |
| Birthday: | 81st birthday of S. Innocent G. KALULU (born this day in 1992). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1560 | The first band of Jesuit missionaries head to Angola. |
| 1606 | The martyrdom of Henry Garnet, SJ, who was falsely charged with complicity in the Gunpowder Plot. At St. Paul's Churchyard, London. |
| 1611 | At Nanking, the opening of the first church, a Jesuit one, in that city. 1764. The last of the French Canadian Jesuit martyrs, Fr. Simon Gounon, drowns taking communion to the sick. |
| 1900 | Hugo Rahner, S.J. is born. |
| 1945 | Innsbruck is taken over by the American troops. Theology at the Canisianum resumes a few months later. |
| 1978 | The death of Leo C. Brown, labor arbitrator who from 1942 to his death served as mediator for hundreds of worker-management disputes. |
| 1987 | Rupert Mayer, S.J. is beatified in Munich. Apostle of Munich. |
| 1994 | Vincent Potter dies. Philosopher, professor at Fordham, expert on C.S. Peirce. |
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