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greenEighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass of the Sunday; gloria , creed. Yr B [113] Exod 16:2-4, 12-15; Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25+54; Eph 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35. Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. [RM] Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Aristarchos, disciple of Paul (cf. Acts 19:29) [from the Roman Martyrology]. Anniversary: 131st anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Curry (55) d. 1893 at Dunbrody, RSA. Birthday: 33rd birthday of S. Cosme Herculano RAFAEL (born this day in 1991). Birthday: 36th birthday of S. Gerald SIMWINGA (born this day in 1988). 1553 St. Ignatius began to relate some of the events of his life to Father Luis Goncalvez. 1668 A striking defence was made by the Dominican, P. Sarpetri, of our missioners in China, who were accused of favoring the Chinese Rites. 1849 From August 4 to October 11, Fr. General Roothaan, when driven from Rome, visited our Houses in England, Belgium, and Holland. 1879 Leo XIII published his encyclical Aeterni Patris, requiring St. Thomasâ Philosophy to be followed. 1879 Pope Leo XIII published his encyclical Aeterni Patris afďŹrming the importance of the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. 1938 Ferdinand Prat, S.J. dies Toulouse. Life of Jesus Christ, Theology of St. Paul.
