Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr A
[4] Isa 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Rom 15:4-9; Matt 3:1-12.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
Anniversary:
68th anniversary of the death of P. Stefan Smirzik (75) d. 1996 at Cambridge, Canada.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1549
At Rome the death of Fr. Peter Codazzo, the first Italian to join the Society and the man who gave to Ignatius the church and property of Santa Maria della Strada.
1551
Lainez discourses at the Council of Trent on the Mass as a sacrifice.
1598
Gian Lorenzo Bernini is born. Sculptor, architect, painter, he designed the colonnade of St. Peter's, and was a friend and benefactor of the Society of Jesus.
1649
Charles Garnier, S.J. dies at the hands of the Iroquois.
1649
The martyrdom in Etarita, Canada, of St. Charles Garnier, missionary to the Petun Indians, among whom he died during an Iroquois attack.
1688
At Rome died Father Honoratus de Fabri, grand penitentiary, and a great scientist. He taught the circulation of the blood before Harvey's book was published.
1985
Gabriel Barakana, in Burundi, is sentenced with some laypersons to four years in prison for opposition to the government.
1992
Pater Leppich dies. Famed preacher – "Pater Leppich Spricht."
2020
Father General appointed Fr. Leonard Chiti as Provincial of the new Southern Africa Province; he will assume office on the date the decree takes effect, that is, 25 March 2021. Father General’s letter was sent to the three present Major Superiors whose entities are united in the new Province: Frs. David Rowan (South Africa), Leonard Chiti (Zambia-Malawi) and Chiedza Chimhanda (Zimbabwe-Mozambique).
