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| white | Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest | Feast |
| Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church | |
| Yr C | Isa 6:1-4,8 or Heb 2:10-18; Ps 23 (22):2-3, 5, 6 (â„ź.1); John 17:1-2, 9, 14-26.
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| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
| Anniversary: | 144th anniversary of the death of F. Kilian Heim (47) d. 1941 at Triashill, Chishawasha, S Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 129th anniversary of the death of P. John Withnell (82) d. 1956 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 122nd anniversary of the death of F. Michael O'Toole (64) d. 1963 at Harlaxton, Lincs, England. |
| Anniversary: | 113th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Duda (76) d. 1972 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Birthday: | 101st birthday of P. Clemence MUTIMUTEMA (born this day in 1984). |
| Birthday: | 85th birthday of NS. Modesto NUMERI BISSUASSE (born this day in 2000). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1556 | Peter Canisius is appointed Provincial of Upper Germany, as the Province is constituted. A few days earlier, the province of Lower Germany was erected. |
| 1569 | Three ships, with 60 Jesuits aboard, leave Portugal for Brazil. But not one Jesuit will reach Brazil. |
| 1661 | The 11th General Congregation elects Oliva as perpetual Vicar General with right of succession and "sole right" of General, due to the state of health of Fr. General Nickel, aged 80 years. |
| 1758 | The Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, who loved the Society, was forced by Pombal to suspend all the Jesuits in his patriarchate. He died of grief within a month. |
| 1886 | Father Camillus Mazzella was promoted to the Cardinalate by Leo XIII. He had been the first Dean of Woodstock College. He was Professor of theology and would chair the commission that declared Anglican orders invalid, a report accepted by Leo XIII. |
| 1952 | The formal dedication of Gonzaga Retreat House for youth in Monroe, NY. It had been started sometime earlier. |
| 1962 | Karl Rahner is silenced in a manner, by Father General: preliminary censorship. This would last for about one year. |
| 2000 | George Ganss, S.J. dies, age 94. Director, founder of the Institute of Jesuit Sources, and translated the Constitutions. |
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