[485] Rom 11:29-36;Ps 69:30-31, 33-34, 36-37; Luke 14:12-14.
Hours of the day.
The Commemoration of All the Departed of the Society of Jesus [SJ] (Post-2013) Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here) Readings from the Common of Saints: Rom 14:7-9, 10c-12, Ps 116Â (114-115):5-6, 10-11, 15-16ac, John 6:37-40
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Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
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All Saints of Africa
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Common of Holy Men and Women
Archdiocese of Harare, and Diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe [ZCBC]
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Bl. Rupert Mayer, Jesuit priest of Germany
Anniversary:
27th anniversary of the death of F. Michael Andriejauskas (82) d. 1996 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
17th anniversary of the death of P. Waldyr Santos (69) d. 2006 at Fonte Boa, Rep. of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
9th anniversary of the death of F. Canisius Chishiri (66) d. 2014 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
7th anniversary of the death of P. Ezequiel Gwembe (75) d. 2016 at Ulóngwe, Chapotera / Lifidzi, Rep. of Mozambique.
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NOTE:
Monthly Mass for deceased Jesuits should be offered on November 6 (or 7).
On this day we remember all the departed of the Province, especially those who have died since this feast's celebration last year, in particular:
12 Nov
P. John Dooley (HIB) (92) d. 2022 at Dublin, Ireland.
7 Feb
P. JoseÌ Augusto Alves de Sousa (POR) (89) d. 2023 at Lisbon, Portugal.
10 Mar
F. Michael Bennett (UWE) (88) d. 2023 at Great Falls, MT, USA.
1 May
P. Manuel Serra Ferreira (POR) (84) d. 2023 at Lisbon, Portugal.
1 Aug
F. Gabriel McKinney (SAP) (89) d. 2023 at Lusaka, Zambia.
16 Aug
F. Paul A. Desmarais (SAP) (78) d. 2023 at Pickering, ON, Canada.
23 Aug
S. Belmiro C. Francisco Molande (SAP) (28) d. 2023 at Angonia, Mozambique.
23 Aug
P. Daniel Kamuzyu (SAP) (41) d. 2023 at Angonia, Mozambique.
18 Sep
P. Klaus CieszynÌski (SAP) (85) d. 2023 at Lusaka, Zambia.
3 Oct
P. Brian Enright (SAP) (86) d. 2023 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
12 Oct
P. Oskar Wermter (SAP) (81) d. 2023 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
5 Nov
P. George Croft (SAP) (98) d. 2023 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
The Commemoration of All the Departed of the Society of Jesus (Optional Memorial)
In the Constitutions, Jesuits are asked to pray in a special way for their departed companions. When a member of the Society dies, usually all the priests of that particular community celebrate Mass for his soul, while the others offer a special prayer for him. Further, a “notice that the same should be done, ought to be sent to the other places of the Society which the superior thinks proper, so that charity toward the departed no less than toward the living may be shown in our Lord†(Cons. [601]). In this spirit of fraternal charity, the Society wishes to commemorate each year and to pray for the eternal repose of all her members who have gone to meet Jesus, “the Alpha and the Omegaâ€.
1614
The death in Nagasaki, Japan, of Servant of God James de Mesquita who died before being exiled from that country where he had been a missionary.
1789
John Carroll is appointed first bishop of Baltimore, 1789, the diocese of Baltimore is erected by Pius VI. He is consecrated at Lulworth Castle on August 15, 1790. Ex-Jesuit because of the Suppression.
1857
Birth of Jon Sveinsson Nonni, S.J. Born in Iceland, he lived his childhood there, and then lived in Denmark, and France. His stories of childhood in Iceland have been translated into forty languages.
1916
The first lecture at the Fordham School of Sociology and Social Service is given by Terence Shealy, S.J., in the Woolworth Building.
1922
Hieronymus Noldin, S.J. dies, age 85. He wrote a Handbook of Moral Theology, and Theologia Moralis..
1982
Pope John Paul II visits the Santa Casa of Loyola, the first such visit by a Pope. He also visits Xavier's castle.
1986
Neil Twombly, S.J. dies. Advocate of social justice, and editor of The Blueprint of the South.
2006
Waldyr dos Santos, S.J. and lay missionary Idalina Gomes murdered in Mozambique by bandits – two others wounded.
