[152] Deut 6:2-6; Ps 18:2-3a, 3b-4, 47+51; Heb 7:23-28; Mark 12:28b-34.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 3 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
87th anniversary of the death of P. João de Deus Kamtedza (55) d. 1985 at Ulóngwè, Chapotera, People's Rep. of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
87th anniversary of the death of P. Silvio Moreia (44) d. 1985 at Ulóngwè, Chapotera, People's Rep. of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
75th anniversary of the death of P. Joakim Chisemphere (39) d. 1997 at Chinyunyu, Lusaka, Zambia.
Birthday:
136th birthday of P. Bronisław KONDRAT (born this day in 1936).
Birthday:
72nd birthday of NS. Stanley TEMBO (born this day in 2000).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
Blessed Dominic Collins, martyr. Optional Memorial
Blessed Dominic Collins, Religious and Martyr (Optional Memorial)
Dominic Collins (1566-1602) was born in Youghal, Ireland. As a young man, he enlisted in the army of the Duke of Mercoeur, France. He served with distinction the cause of the Catholic League for over nine years. He was appointed military governor of Brittany. At thirty-two, he settled into a comfortable life in Spain. He felt, however, the call to religious life. He was accepted into the novitiate in Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain, as a coadjutor Brother in 1598. In February 1601, he accompanied a Jesuit chaplain to Ireland on a mission from the King of Spain. When they landed, Ireland was being besieged by the English. Collins was arrested, imprisoned, and finally sentenced to death.
1534
The election of Pope Paul III (Cardinal Alessandro Farnese) who by his Bull Regimini militantis, constituted the Society a Religious Order.
1610
At Peking, were celebrated the solemn public obsequies of Father Ricci, who died on May 11th.
1638
In the English College, Rome, John Milton, the great poet, dined with the Fathers and students.
1873
Arrival of Father Beckx at San Girolamo, Fiesole.
1873
At Rome, the Gesu, the Roman College, S. Andrea were occupied by the Government.
1985
Fr. Goncalvez Kamtedza, S.J. pastor, aged 55, and Fr. Silvio Moreira, S.J. aged 44, parish priest, are killed by unknown assassins in Mozambique.
