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| Anniversary: | 135th anniversary of the death of F. Clement Wigger (36) d. 1895 at Ricico, Zumbo, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 58th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Keating (72) d. 1972 at Westbourne, Dorset, England. |
| Anniversary: | 31st anniversary of the death of P. Kurt Stefan Czekala (87) d. 1999 at Berlin, Germany. |
| Anniversary: | 8th anniversary of the death of F. Theodore C. Bender (UEA) (87) d. 2022 at Weston, MA, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 7th anniversary of the death of P. José Augusto Alves de Sousa (POR) (89) d. 2023 at Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Birthday: | 61st birthday of P. Bruce BOTHA (born this day in 1969). |
| Birthday: | 36th birthday of S. Anold Tarisai ZINDONDA (born this day in 1994). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1549 | The first Jesuit martyr, Antonio Criminali, Servant of God, dies in India. He is the Protomartyr of the Society of Jesus. |
| 1581 | The Fourth General Congregation opens. It will elect Claudio Acquaviva. 1593. James Sales and Br. William Saultmouche die at the hands of the Huguenots. |
| 1760 | At Civita Vecchia, the landing of twenty Fathers and 190 scholastics from Portugal, victims of Pombal’s persecution. |
| 1878 | At Chicago, the death of Fr. Ferdinard Coosemans, who had a deep devotion to the blessed Sacrament and the Sacred Heart. |
| 2014 | Daniel Harrington dies. Biblical Scholar, New Testament Abstracts. |
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