| 5 Monday | |
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| white | The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church | Memorial |
| Mass of the Memorial (Votive Mass
#10B) | |
| These readings are proper to the
memorial.
cf. [572A] Gen 3: 9-15, 20 or Acts 1: 12-14; Ps 86:
1-2, 3 & 5, 5-7; Jn 19: 25-34 | |
| Hours of the memorial (From Votive Masses: 10. Blessed Virgin Mary, B. Our Lady, Mother of the Church.) |
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| The following
memorial, assigned to today, would normally be omitted
except where it is the titular of the church. | |
| red | St Boniface, bishop and martyr | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle II | [353] 2 Pet 1:2-7; Ps 91:1-2, 14-15b, 15c-16; Mark 12:1-12. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For Missionaries
Readings from the Common of Saints: [577] Acts 26:19-23 (#720.3); Ps 117:1bc, 2 (#721.8); John 10:11-16 (#724.10). | |
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| Anniversary: | 183rd anniversary of the death of P. John Vollers (46) d. 1907 at Canaries, Spain.  |
| Anniversary: | 106th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Moloney (71) d. 1984 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Birthday: | 97th 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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