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| red | St Andrew, apostle | Feast |
| Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast. | |
| Yr A | [684] Rom 10: 9-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Mt 4:18-22. |
| | Hours of the feast; Te Deum. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Andrew, disciple (cf. Jn. 1:40-41) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 119th anniversary of the death of P. João Espinosa (53) d. 1904 at Chupanga, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 98th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Murphy (56) d. 1925 at Liverpool, England. |
| Anniversary: | 68th anniversary of the death of F. John Breiten (86) d. 1955 at Monte Cassino. |
| Anniversary: | 22nd anniversary of the death of P. Michael Hewett (73) d. 2001 at Oxford, England. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1642 | The birth of Br. Andrea Pozzo at Trent, who was called to Rome in 1681 to paint the flat ceiling of the Church of St. Ignatius so that it would look as though there were a dome above. There had been a plan for a dome but there was no money to build it. His work is still on view. |
| 1761 | Father General Laurence Ricci ordered the Litany of Loretto to be added daily to the Litany of the Saints, because of the calamities threatening the Society. |
| 1928 | Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J. is born. 28th Superior General. |
| 1948 | John J. Wynne, S.J. dies. He was the Founder and First Editor of America magazine, l909-10. Also editor of the Catholic Encyclopedia and vice postulator for the North American Martyrs. |
| 2005 | George McMahon, S.J. dies. Father of Fordham – dean, teacher, friend. |
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