Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the formation of men and women religious, and seminarians (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that men and women religious, and seminarians, grow in their own vocational journey through human, pastoral, spiritual and community formation, that leads them to be credible witnesses of the Gospel."
6 Monday
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Monday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II
[291] Acts 16:11-15;Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a+9b; John 15:26-16:4a.
Hours of the day.
Diocese of Tete, Mozambique
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Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of St James, the Great (1991)
Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II. Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum
Anniversary:
129th anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Book (39) d. 1895 at Chishawasha, BSA Co..
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1638
At Ypres, in Belgium, the death of Cornelius Jansenius, the founder of Jansenism, and author of the 'Augustinus', at which he worked for 20 years. Speaking of the Jesuits he said: "Perfecto odio oderam illos". (I detest them with a total hatred)
1816
In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, John Adams called Jesuits "a body of men worthy of damnation."
1816
Letter of John Adams to Thomas Jefferson mentioning the Jesuits. "If any congregation of men could merit eternal perdition on earth and in hell, it is the company of Loyola."
1927
At St. Andrew on Hudson, a Junior runs to the Fathers and says that two KKK are burning down Della Strada chapel. The fathers investigate and discover two pious women with white handkerchiefs on their heads visiting the chapel and lighting candles.
1963
Vincent A. McCormick, S.J. dies. He had been the American Assistant.
1989
The death of Daniel Pasupasu. He had twice been provincial of Central Africa. Regarding a term of office for the General, he said simply that "in Africa the chief is chief for life." At CG 33.
1998
Philip Caraman, S.J. dies. He was an author on Jesuit Saints/History.
