[354] Tob 2:9-14;Ps 112:1-2, 7-8, 9; Mark 12:13-17.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
104th anniversary of the death of P. António Júlio Gomes (77) d. 1953 at Braga, Portugal.
Birthday:
89th birthday of P. Matsepane MORARE (born this day in 1968).
Birthday:
61st birthday of S. Victor ERNESTO (born this day in 1996).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1603
Letter from Fr. General Acquaviva to the whole Society, representing that he and Fr. Bellarmine had left nothing undone to prevent the latter's promotion to the Cardinalate.
1832
At Coimbra the obsequies of Carvalho were performed by Father Philip Delvaux, the body having remained unburied since May 5, 1782.
1922
Missouri Province purchased "White House Farm". It becomes the site of a retreat center. It was so called because of a post Civil War movement to transfer the national capital from Washington to St. Louis, with the Farm serving as the President’s home.
1933
A letter of Fr. Ledochowski to all provincials urges the definition of the dogma of Mary as Mediatrix of All Graces.
1980
William Bier, S.J. Psychologist, teacher at Fordham University, dies. He was a pioneer in the psychological testing of candidates.
