| 31 Friday | |
| | white | St Alphonsus Rodriquez, religious [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here) | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle I | [483] Rom 9:1-5; Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; Luke 14:1-6. | | Hours of the Memorial.
From the Common of Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: Eph 6:10-13, 18 (#740.8), Ps 63Â (62):2, 3-4, 5-6, Luke 14:1, 7-11 | |
| | Anniversary: | 33rd anniversary of the death of P. David Norris (CAN) (80) d. 2020 at Pickering, ON, Canada.  |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
| | | Saint Alphonsus RodrÃguez, Religious (Memorial)
Alphonsus RodrÃguez (1533-1617) was born in Segovia, Spain. At age twenty-seven, he married and had three children. His children and wife, however, died young. He joined the Society of Jesus as a coadjutor Brother at the age of thirty-eight. He spent the next forty-six years of his religious life as guest master and doorkeeper in the Jesuit college in Majorca. His daily routine, though ordinary, offered him opportunities for holiness of life.
| | 1617 | The death in Mallorca, of St. Alphonsus RodrÃguez, a Jesuit brother famous for faithful service as porter of the college. Feast Day for Jesuit Brothers | | 1925 | Juan Luis Segundo, S.J. is born. Uruguay, theologian. | | 1956 | Edmund Walsh, S.J. dies Educator. Founder and first Director of Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, now named in his honor. Diplomat, adviser to presidents. | | 1962 | Louis Massignon, S.J. dies, missiologist, Islamicist. | | 1977 | Xavier Society for the Blind, NY, honors Robert I. Gannon for recording the entire Jerusalem Bible on 48 cassettes. | | 1981 | Paolo Dezza begins his mission as the Pope's personal delegate in the Society of Jesus. | | 2008 | In a letter dated 31 October, Father General announced the appointment of Fr. Anton Witwer, of the Austrian Province, as General Postulator of the Society and President of the Liturgical Commission. He succeeds Father Paolo Molinari, of the Italian Province, who was appointed to that position by Father General Janssens on July 31, 1957. | | 2014 | Decree on the Union of the New England and New York Provinces. | | | | |
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