Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle I
[268] Acts 4:32-37;Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5; John 3:7b-15.
Hours of the day.
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St Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church
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(Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church Readings from the Common of Saints: [547] 2 Cor 4:1-2, 5-7 (#722.6); Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 30-31 (#727.2); Luke 6:43-45 (#730.6).)
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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St Benedict’ Religious
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Common of Holy Men and Women
Anniversary:
116th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Naime (69) d. 1957 at Blackpool, England.
Anniversary:
64th anniversary of the death of P. Manuel Joaquim Pereira (89) d. 2009 at Esposende, Portugal.
Jubilee:
Emerald Jubilee of P. George Mtaja BWANALI who celebrates 55 years since professing Final Vows today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1767
The Society was expelled from all its houses in Spain and subjected to great cruelty.
1871
There is plundering of the Jesuit house at rue de Sevres in Paris by the Communards.
1873
In Mexico a law to expel the Society was proposed in Parliament.
