[100] Zech 9:9-10; Ps 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14; Rom 8:9, 11-13; Matt 11:25-30.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 2 of the Psalter.
Birthday:
78th birthday of S. João David TIVANE (born this day in 1993).
Jubilee:
Platinum Jubilee of P. Chrispen MATSILELE who celebrates 70 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Platinum Jubilee of P. Paul Musekiwa PETER who celebrates 70 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Platinum Jubilee of P. Nicholas HAMAKALU who celebrates 70 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Platinum Jubilee of P. Clyde MUROPA who celebrates 70 years in the Society today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1592
The arrest by Topcliffe of Robert Southwell at Uxendam Manor. He was tortured and then transferred to the Tower, where he remained for two and a half years, then moved to Newgate.
1682
General Congregation XII elected Charles de Noyelle Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
1872
In Germany, Bismarck’s law expelling the Society was signed by the Emperor William.
1956
Jules Lebreton, S.J. dies Life and Teaching of Jesus Christ. Historian, and theologian, founder of Recherches de Science Religieuse.
