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Wednesday of the thirty-first week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II
[487] Phil 2:12-18;Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; Luke 14:25-33.
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:
28th anniversary of the death of F. Michael Andriejauskas (82) d. 1996 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
18th anniversary of the death of P. Waldyr Santos (69) d. 2006 at Fonte Boa, Rep. of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
10th anniversary of the death of F. Canisius Chishiri (66) d. 2014 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
8th 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:
30 Mar
P. Wolfgang Thamm (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
24 Apr
P. Peter Brook (BRI) (70) d. 2024 at Leeds, England.
3 May
P. Henry Tafadzwa Masakare (SAP) (41) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
1 Jul
P. Lorenz von Walter (SAP) (93) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
8 Jul
P. Brian Porter (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
17 Aug
F. ArauÌjo JoseÌ de Andrade (SAP) (93) d. 2024 at Maputo, Mozambique.
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.
