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| white | Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest | Feast |
| Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church | |
| Yr B | Jer 31:31-34 or Heb 10:11-18; Ps 110 (109):1b-e, 2, 3 (â„ź. 4b); Mark 14:22-25.
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| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
| Anniversary: | 129th anniversary of the death of P. John Vollers (46) d. 1907 at Canaries, Spain.  |
| Anniversary: | 52nd anniversary of the death of P. Michael Moloney (71) d. 1984 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Birthday: | 43rd birthday of S. BenĂcio Arlindo CHICOMO (born this day in 1993). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1564 | At Lima died Francis Lopez, who had resigned the high office of Visitor General of the Kingdom of Peru to become a lay Brother in the Society. |
| 1564 | Pius IV, hearing that his nephew St. Charles Borromeo felt drawn to the Society, forbad Lainez and Ribadenairs to enter the Apostolic Palace. |
| 1960 | The Vatican Secretariat for Christian Unity is established. Cardinal Bea is the first President, from 1960 to his death in 1968. |
| 1986 | John Mahoney is named professor of moral theology in King’s College, the University of London, the first Catholic priest to hold that chair. |
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