[140] Gen 2:18-24; Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Heb 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16 or 10:2-12.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 3 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
133rd anniversary of the death of P. John Lazarewicz (65) d. 1930 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
65th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Froch (95) d. 1998 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Jubilee:
Wine Jubilee of P. Ludwig REAL who celebrates 85 years of Priesthood today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1571
The Battle of Lepanto. Cervantes is wounded in it. Four priests and four brothers of the Society also took part, serving as chaplains to the sailors.
1699
In the Gesu, Rome, the sixth and final translation of St. Ignatius' remains took place to the splendid altar-shrine designed by Br. Andrea Pozzo.
1819
Charles Emmanuel IV dies. He had been King of Sardinia and Piedmont. He abdicated in 1802 and entered the Jesuits as a brother in 1815. He is buried in San Andrea Quirinale, in Rome.
1866
Wlodimir Ledochowski is born. 26th General of the Society.
1934
The deaths of Servants of God Emile MartÃnez and John Baptist Arconada, martyrs of Spain.
