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white | Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest | Feast |
| Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church | |
Yr C | Isa 6:1-4,8 or Heb 2:10-18; Ps 23 (22):2-3, 5, 6 (â„Ÿ.1); John 17:1-2, 9, 14-26. Download the texts |
| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
| Diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe | white | St Kizito, Co-Patronal Feast of the Diocese | Feast | | Mass of the saint, Gloria, proper readings, preface of saints. |
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Anniversary: | 110th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Roberts (68) d. 1978 at Wrexham, Wales. |
Birthday: | 116th birthday of P. Chiedza CHIMHANDA (born this day in 1972). |
Birthday: | 136th birthday of P. Alojz PODGRAJSEK (born this day in 1952). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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1558 | Entrance into the Society of Francisco de Toledo - the first of the Society to be raised to the Cardinalate. |
1559 | At Tusculum, i.e. Frascati, a villa was purchased for the Fathers and Brothers of the Roman College. Aloysius Gonzaga and John Berchmans would go there for summer vacations. |
2007 | Robert North, S.J. dies, age 91. He edited the Elenchus Bibliographicus for years, Pontifical Biblical Institute and Marquette. |
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