Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For those fleeing their own countries (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that migrants fleeing from war or hunger, forced to undertake journeys fraught with danger and violence, may find welcome and new living opportunities in their host countries."
30 Sunday
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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B
[98] Wis 1:13-15, 2:23-24; Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b; 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15; Mark 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
59th anniversary of the death of P. Martin Drwiega (77) d. 1965 at Stara Wies, Poland.
Birthday:
46th birthday of P. Inos CHIMIRE (born this day in 1978).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1537
At Venice, Ignatius and his companions received testimonial letters of their ordination, stating that they had been ordained ad titulum scientiae et voluntariae paupertatis.
1571
Francis Borgia sets out for Spain, Portugal and France, and will die shortly after his return to Rome from this long journey.
1829
The opening of the Twenty-First General Congregation, which elected John Roothan as superior general.
1916
Long letter of Fr. General Ledochowski to the United States Provinces on helping external missions. It is written from his generalate in Switzerland.
1962
Monitum from the Holy Office, Rome, on the writings of Teilhard de Chardin.
1998
George Dunne, S.J. dies. A writer, critic, prophet on justice, of the California Province. He wrote A Generation of Giants.
