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| white | St Francis of Assisi | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle II | [459] Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5; Ps 139:1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14ab; Luke 10:13-16. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [651] Gal 6:14-18; Ps 16:1b-2a+5, 7-8, 11 (#739.3); Matt 11:25-30 (#742.4). | |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Damaris, wife of Dionysius the Areopagite and Crispus (cf. Acts 17:34) [from the Roman Martyrology]. | |
| Anniversary: | 193rd anniversary of the death of F. Anthony Ferreira (45) d. 1893 at Quelimane, Portuguese Eastern Africa.  |
| Anniversary: | 190th anniversary of the death of F. Anthony Sauguinetti (72) d. 1896 at Stonyhurst, Lancs, England. |
| Anniversary: | 142nd anniversary of the death of F. Theophile Szopinski (77) d. 1944 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Anniversary: | 124th anniversary of the death of P. George Barrett (83) d. 1962 at London, England. |
| Anniversary: | 93rd anniversary of the death of F. António Ferreira (46) d. 1993 at Quelimane, Rep. of Mozambique. |
| Birthday: | 146th birthday of P. Brian MACGARRY (born this day in 1940). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1582 | St. Teresa of Avila dies. She favored Jesuits as spiritual directors. |
| 1582 | The Gregorian reform of the calendar takes place. Ten days are dropped, so that the next day is October l5th. Clavius' calendar is accepted, but some riots result, and some Jesuit houses are stoned. Countries which did not like the Pope liked his calendar even less. It actually took until the 20th century until all countries adopted it. |
| 1597 | In London Father John Gerard and Mr. Arden effected their marvelous escape from the Tower. With the help of John Lilly and Richard Fulwood, both of whom became Jesuit Brothers, they let themselves down with a rope slung from the Tower across the moat. |
| 1896 | Letter of Father General Martin, "On Some Dangers of our Time." |
| 1927 | Death in Mexicao City of Servant of God, Salvador Garriduenas, Pastor. |
| 1927 | The death in Mexico City of Servant of God Salvador Garcidueñas, pastor and guardian of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Angels. |
| 1985 | William Bangert, S.J. dies Jesuit Historian and teacher of Jesuits. |
| 1987 | The death of John Swain, S.J., age 79. A Canadian, he was Vicar General(1961-65, under Janssens),General Assistant and admonitor to Arrupe (1965-72). |
| 2006 | William Guindon, S.J., age 90, dies. Ex Provincial of New England, and President of Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago. |
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