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| red | St Boniface, bishop and martyr | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle II | [356] 2 Tim 2:8-15; Ps 25:2-5ab, 8-9, 10+14; Mark 12:28-34. | | 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: | 185th anniversary of the death of P. John Vollers (46) d. 1907 at Canaries, Spain.  |
| Anniversary: | 108th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Moloney (71) d. 1984 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Birthday: | 99th birthday of S. BenĂcio Arlindo CHICOMO (born this day in 1993). |
| Birthday: | 90th birthday of *NS. Boniface Masele MABULA (AOR) (born this day in 2002). |
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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