Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
Yr A
[85] Deut 11:18, 26-28, 32; Ps 31:2-3a, 3b-4, 17+25; Rom 3:21-25, 28; Matt 7:21-27.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
142nd anniversary of the death of P. AntoĢnio JuĢlio Gomes (77) d. 1953 at Braga, Portugal.
Birthday:
99th birthday of S. Victor ERNESTO (born this day in 1996).
Birthday:
127th birthday of P. Matsepane MORARE (born this day in 1968).
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 Presidentās 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.
