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| green | Saturday of the week in Ordinary Time. | |
| | Mass ad lib. |
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| white green | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Optional |
| Birthday: | 39th birthday of P. Emmanuel KAPARASA (born this day in 1985). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1643 | The birth of Julian Garnier a linguist and expert on all Iroquois dialects and the Huron and Algonquin languages. A missionary for 60 years in Canada, he was the first Jesuit to be ordained in Canada. |
| 1656 | Andrew White dies, founder of Maryland mission. After working among the Indians, and composing a dictionary grammar, and catechism in their language, he was carried off to England by the Parliamentarians and cast into Newgate prison. On being released, he withdrew to Belgium. |
| 1757 | Threats to burn the College Louis-le-Grand in Paris because of false charges that the Society was involved in an attempt on the life of Louis VI. |
| 1829 | Publication of Pope Leo XII’s rescript, declaring the Society to be canonically restored in England. |
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