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| white | St Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle II | [435] 1 Cor 4:1-5; Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 27-28, 39-40; Luke 5:33-39. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors: For a Pope, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [635] 2 Cor 4:1-2, 5-7 (#722.6); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8, 10 (#721.5); Luke 22:24-30 (#724.9). | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Phoebe, deaconess (cf. Rom. 16:1-2) [from the Roman Martyrology]. | |
| Anniversary: | 123rd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Jones (82) d. 1965 at Edinburgh, Scotland.  |
| Birthday: | 115th birthday of P. Francis Gibson MUNYORO (born this day in 1973). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| Old Jesuit Martyrology. Anthony Ixida and Companions. |
| 1759 | The expulsion of Jesuits from Portugal. They are deported to the papal states. |
| 1860 | In Maryland the first beginnings of a novitiate for North America. In l863 the house was closed on account of the war, and later on reopened at Fordham. |
| 1935 | Zachaeus Maher, S.J. is appointed American Assistant and Admonitor to the General. |
| 1965 | Ferdinand C. Wheeler, S.J. dies. He was Minister and Rector at Woodstock College. |
| 1969 | Harold Gardiner, S.J. Literary critic, America magazine. |
| 1970 | Vincent Lombardi dies. One of the Fordham Seven Blocks of Granite. Coach of the Green Bay Packers. Jesuit educated. |
| 1983 | General Congregation 33 accepts the resignation of Pedro Arrupe. |
| 1994 | Raymond Walter, S.J., dies. Age 79. 1967-72 Treasurer of Society of Jesus, 1972-80 Assistant to General Treasurer. |
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