Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle I
[324] Heb 12:1-4;Ps 22:26-27, 28, 30, 31-32; Mark 5:21-43.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Teachers (Readings from the Common of Saints: [523] Phil 4:4-9 (#740.10); Ps 103:1bc-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18 (#739.6); Matt 18:1-5 (#742.7).) Hours of the Memorial.
Anniversary:
151st anniversary of the death of P. EstevĂŁo (Stef) Czimmermann (43) d. 1894 at Ricico, Zumbo, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
151st anniversary of the death of P. John Temming (38) d. 1894 at Vleischfontein, RSA.
Birthday:
79th birthday of P. Anthony EGAN (born this day in 1966).
Birthday:
48th birthday of NF. Tadeu Carlitos Cândido ALECHEMA (born this day in 1997).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1597
John Francis Regis is born in south France.
1615
At Rome died Father Claudius Acquaviva, the fifth General of the Society . He was elected General when only 37 years of age, and in the l3th year of his religious life. He governed it for 34 years with consummate prudence and unflinching courage under most trying circumstances. He is the longest reigning general - for 33 years and 11 months, serving under eight Popes.
1668
Herman Busembaum, S.J. dies Moral Theologian, author of Medulla Theologiae Moralis.
1683
The arrival of Fr. Thomas Harvey in the colony of New York. He opened a small school near Wall St. The Jesuits had to leave five years later.
1774
Father Laurence Ricci, General, prisoner in Castel S. Angelo, having claimed his liberty, since his innocence had been fully vindicated, received from the Papal Congregationthe reply that they would think about it. Pope Clement XIV was said at this time to be mentally afflicted.
1872
The first issue of the Woodstock Letters appears. A.M. deAugustinis is the editor.
1985
Louis Laurendeau, S.J. dies. He had been the Secretary of the Society of Jesus from l970-83.
